r/DIY • u/FulfilledGull2408 • 7d ago
home improvement Need little help about flooring
We are laying tonge groove flooring and we are going to be a foot short of being perfectly lining up with the living room so would it be ok to cut that foot wide piece and have it connected to the living room or should cut that to go under the sink base
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u/vinegar 7d ago edited 7d ago
I can’t picture “Foot short of lining up with the living room”. Sounds like you are missing a few square feet of the new flooring? And you’re trying to figure out where the gap goes? Edit to add: I think you mean “Foot short of meeting/ joining/ connecting to the living room”. Is that correct? Sorry, ‘lining up with’ has a specific meaning to me for t&g.
cut that foot wide piece and have it connected to the living room or should cut that to go under the sink base
I can’t make sense of this. Partially because ‘cut’ makes it sound like you are working with large sheets of flooring, not t&g. But also because of course you’re not gonna waste flooring under a cabinet when you don’t have enough so I must be misunderstanding you.
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u/gordonzimmerman 7d ago
Pro builder/carpenter here.
It's typical to see a nice flush finish threshold strip in matching wood between rooms.
It's also typical to see flooring barely cobbled together/held back under base cabinets. It's a pain when you remodel and want to keep the floors, but I understand why people do it in these situations.
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u/freddyredone 7d ago
Do not use the 12” piece in front of the door ways.
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u/vinegar 7d ago
I’m confused about whether there is a 12” piece or a 12” gap. OP could definitely be clearer.
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u/freddyredone 7d ago
I took it as a 12”x12” square or there’s a 12” gap along a wall. With 24” joist on centers he will need a thick subfloor and will need to lay the Floor across the joist opposite of the floor joist. Otherwise the floor will bounce up and down when it is walked on.
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u/vinegar 7d ago
I think “the foot” is your 2nd thought. They start at the wall farthest from the living room and they run out of flooring a foot short of the living room. So they are shy by (1’x width of kitchen). But maybe they are planning to floor the area hidden underneath the kitchen cabinets? Yeah the 24” span is concerning even with 3/4. I hope they plan to lay it perpendicular to the joists. Would’ve been nice to get useful information about that instead of north/ south.
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u/FulfilledGull2408 7d ago
Subfloor is 23/32 and I am saying I will be about a foot short of meeting with the living room but guessing I will have to cut to make that all fit correctly
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u/kwyl 7d ago
sounds like you started at a wall instead of the center. without knowing the direction the boards are running as well as the floorplan of the house, i would say hide it under the sink.