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I have a baby grand piano in the room i am considering removing the rug and installing bamboo flooring. Would I have to consider a different option if I wanted to keep the piano in this room?
Bamboo is an ideal floor type for installations with heavy things on the floor due to its hardness and resistance to denting, you'll just want to glue down the flooring instead of floating the floor. A floated floor needs to expand and contract with seasonal changes and heavy objects impede this process so gluing it down will be your best bet. Here are our bamboo flooring installation steps (jump down to the glue-down section). www.califloors.com/solid-bamboo-flooring-installation
There's a few ridiculous claims though, like 500lb limit on furniture. Any type of solid wood armoire with books in it will be heavier than 500lbs so I don't know how that's even realistic.
Hi, thanks for the comment. It just means the floating method is not ideal if you have heavy furniture. The weight will inhibit proper expansion and contraction. In this case, you would want to nail down (T&G) or glue down (Click-lock) the flooring.
I understand the instructions for the first two rows, but I don’t understand the reason for having to “stagger” these rows. It seems like you could ensure appropriate spacing and length without this different process for the first two rows. What’s the reason? Thanks.
While you could install it end to end row after row, the stagger technique shown here helps ensure the first two rows are absolutely straight. If your first two rows are even the slightest bit not straight, it has a compounding effect for subsequent rows. The stagger technique has you locking together longer edges (rather than just the ends of the planks) which reduces the chances of thinks getting wonky.
Some of our floors lay left to right, while some lay right to left, but once you determine which direction it wants to go, it's the same general process either way.
Wait. What? No...heavy furniture? On the floor? Which is ..typically where the heavy furniture goes? I went from being about to buy this to wondering why anyone would buy this in a single slide. Can't use it for kitchens due to cabinets, living space due to bookshelves, or bedrooms due to closets/armoires. This is...utterly baffling. Sounds like it's only use is for a model home that nobody actually lives in.
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This floor is a nightmare to install. Avoid getting it. Bought for my house about 2 years ago and hated the process. Now some of the planks are not staying together either.
I hesitate a nail or staple down directly to OBS, it doesn't have the holding power of plywood and any give in the boards will cause a squeak and board movement. The original builder of our home laid down a 3/8 plywood underpayment over the 3/4 OSB sub floor under the section of hard wood and its solid
Thinking of using this in a van. My concerns are that it will attract dirt in the joints between pieces and then if water spills on the floor then it might seep into and under the floor. any thoughts?
If your underlayment is strictly for comfort and insulative properties then using staples is fine, but if your underlayment is also serving as a moisture barrier, the staples will negate these benefits.
If you are a DIYer DO NOT GET THESE. These planks are so difficult to lock together. I've installed countless floors and have never encountered anything so difficult. They also break extremely easy during installation, almost impossible to get them to lock when you are partially under a door jamb. A tapping block will break, so you have to use cut off pieces of board to hammer them into the grove. Kind of makes my job a living hell when people want these and most of the contractors in my area refuse to install them! Go with any other brand and something more flexible!
I wished I'd seen this sooner... I have over 1800 sq ft and these are the worst ever. Bad customer service too! I've installed tons of floors and never experienced anything this difficult to get locked. Going to take 4 times as long as it should and I'm worried it will still fail and I'll get a callback. Not good for DIY or contractors!
@@McCoyFamilyFarm I have installed countless floors in 35 years, and this product is the WORST. Job I recently did took 4 times as long as usual, I was beating my brains out. Never again!
I just want everyone to know I’ve installed laminate vinyl real hardwood even tile. The thing you want and it’s important is at least a half inch space from all walls for the floor to expanded it’s important the baseboard will cover the cap and hold the floor down. Next I want people to start putting T transition peace’s in all doorways and closets even if you can continue the flooring into another room without using a transition peace id recommend still leaving that cap between rooms. Next I hate when I hear people say the floors too squeaky and makes cracking sounds. That’s normal because the floor is not secured when you walk on it it’s slightly moving from your weight . You want this any floor that tight and can’t move will buckle once winter or summer hits. Gluing two planks together is okay but not too the floor let the floor float it’ll last longer.
You're absolutely right! It's a grass with class! When put through our Fossilized™ process it creates a material several times harder than the hardest hardwoods. Watch these videos for more info: bit.ly/1p71594
@@CaliFloors "Harder than hardwoods", yet I can't put any furniture or cabinets on it or basically use it for anything other than walking delicately. Right.
