How to Make a Turn in a Wood Floor
Installing a wood floor is a tricky do-it-yourself project to master, and if you're working in an area with special needs you may quickly find yourself in over your head when it comes to figuring out how to proceed. Situations such as installing around a kitchen island, reversing into another room and making a turn in a wood floor that is being installed in an L-shaped room require thinking outside the box in order for the transition to be smooth and the overall job to have a professional appearance when finished. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Install the flooring as per a standard installation up to the point where you wish the direction of the flooring to turn.
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Run a chalk line into the area where the wood will run perpendicular, making the line close to the nearest wall and at a right angle to the already-installed flooring. This line will ensure that your turned flooring will run square to the previously installed area of flooring.
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Measure the new area from the chalk line to the wall where your second direction will begin, taking a measurement at three points along the wall before snapping a chalk line. This will be the starting line of the first row of turned flooring; it may be necessary to trim one or more planks to bring the wood to the wall as per a standard installation.
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Continue to install the turned floor until you reach the point where the new floor reaches the first installed flooring area.
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Insert the tongue end of each new plank into the exposed groove of the first section of installed flooring; continue to install the rest of the row as per standard installation.
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Repeat the previous step for each remaining row of the new section of floor, giving your floor a clean smooth transition at the point where the turn was made.
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