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Directional changes should be avoided to give the flooring a more continuous flow. However, these are best used to designate a special area such as a dining room or study. When it comes to aesthetics, these are only general guidelines as each home should have its own unique feel. One might even consider an angled installation to better fit the layout.
Just remember to let your installer know before they start. When in doubt, install perpendicular to the joist. You may want to consult the manufacturer of your flooring or your floor store to ensure you are following their guidelines to keep the warranty intact.
If you have specific questions, let us know. October 12, - Andrew. Consider the Subfloor The first factor we must consider is the subfloor and method of installation. If you have a large window or glass door, the light will stream through. And that will mean the shadows fall in a particular direction too.
And that can create a very appealing visual effect. Does your room have a strong focal point? Perhaps a fireplace, or a large and striking piece of furniture like a desk? If it does, it makes sense to consider that when deciding on the direction of your flooring.
Running the planks towards the focal point will give it even more impact. There are pros and cons of doing this. Yes, you may need to cut several planks to the correct width along the longer wall. But it will be the shorter wall where each row of planks ends. If your room is long and thin, running the planks in the same direction as the longest wall will accentuate that.
Running them widthways, on the other hand, can make the room look wider. This is the space needed to allow your floor to expand and contract as the temperature changes.
The manufacturer of the flooring will give a recommended distance. Drawing a plan showing your flooring running in both directions is an easy way to get a sense of how it will look. But by drawing a plan, you can see how much difference there is between different options.
Remember that you can also try out a layout before fixing it in place. Perhaps you have a room where the main light source is perpendicular to a fireplace. Or do you add visual impact to the fireplace by running the planks towards that instead? Just remember to visualize and take into consideration all aspects of your laminate flooring and space. The guidelines here would almost always have one run the flooring pieces away from the window.
Not only do most of these installations look funny to the eye of anyone familiar with real wood flooring but the orientation is unappealing. Laying the flooring by your suggestion here can distort the room visual resulting it what appears to be a narrow room when it is nearly square. I and a business partner have apartment buildings with exact floor plan duplicates.
I lay my flooring best by eye way and she lays here according to these same rules picked up at the hardware store from someone who does not install. Her livingrooms look narrower despite dimensions within inches.
Whichever two walls are the shortest measure between are the two to which the flooring should go perpendicular. Who runs flooring the length of 8 hallway?
In the old days with real wood, the leftover short pieces went here. As for the look, if you buy cheap flooring no orientation or light source will make it look anything except cheap. Hi Aaron, thank you for your comment.
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