I will be floating engineered floors in 3 rooms, hallway, and living room in my home. When moving on to the next room from its door way, should I intall a transition T-molding and start over from a base wall in the next room, or should I continue the run fron the first room into the next? Can anyone help???

Thanks is advance!!

Roco.

I would do what the manufacturer suggests, Some say a continuous will work under specific conditions and some say to place a "T" molding.

Get the manufacturer to fax you their specifications for a floating installation of their product.

I have done a few in the past few weeks , from different companys , all said not to run it any longer then 20 ' without a T cap.. I put them in the archways
and ran them from the T cap to keep the boards aligned ..

Thanks, I will contact the company and follow the advice you have provided. Sound like that will work perfect! Thanks to both!!!

Roco :D

Welcome .. Good Luck ..

BR111's web site doesn't address the issue of flooring running more than 20 feet so I would have to assume that is not a problem. I have a similar question. I'm planning to install a floating BR111 traingulo egineered floor. Do know if it is possible to place boards in a 90 degree angle at the threshold when going from one room to the next? Advice...

I would still put the T Cap @ 20 ' , just to be safe , or allow more room for expansion .. if you are putting the 90 degree cut up to a T cap i see no problem with that .. Others on the board may have a different take .. The BR site diddent address that issue also , i assume ..

Nope, they did not address that issue either but some things just have to know. My question regarding laying the boards perpindicular from room to room may have been misinterpreted. Here's a link to a picture that shows hardwood flooring laying perpindicular with no T cap. Any of you guys try this with engineered flooring? I would assume the expansion and shrinking would be a problem but wouldn't it work line an inlay?


http://www.free-flooring.com/hardwood/1.html

I've done that before on engineered glue-downs. I have not attempted that on a floater. Floating floors have more movement than a glue-down installation so I would not try that in a doorway without a transition, out in the field should be OK if you know how it's done.

Heck, I'll do over 20' That's no problem, just don't go through doorways. "T" mold it!!!


I'll go as much as 66' with a floating engineered. Just let me remove the baseboard and undercut the sheetrock, and then ¾" baseboards and ¾" - ¼ round.

So what you're saying is, it's ok to go further than 20' as long as we leave for more expansion gap and as long as the T mold is at doorways??

Did I get that right??

Roco

I would love to do what floor guy suggest , but if you have a problem with some of this low end junk , and the rep comes out and sees no expasnion strip .. What Then ? what he says though should work .. instead of 1/4 space around the room , he is giving it 3/4 " , if i am reading this corectly ..