engineered wood floor advice please....

[jackthelad]

Guys
I intend to lay a floating engineered wood floor to my lounge and hall.

I would like to run the boards lengthways through the ajoining door without a break at the threshhold. However this would mean a run of 8.75 meters.

I have tried to research this, and the general thinking appears to be that 8 meters is the max.

What does everybody else think?

Thanks in advance..... Jack

 

[WoodYouLike]

Guys

Gals alright too?

Length ways is normally not a problem, my concern is the width from the hallway, say 1 meter, going into the lounge, say 3 - 4 meters wide, specially when the door is located in the middle of the room.
The boards laying partly in the hall will have to cope with two different climates: colder in the hall and warmer, dryer in the lounge.

We normally (especially where hallways are concerned) install rooms as separate areas and install thresholds in between.

 

[jackthelad]

Sorry, yes gals are fine, no intention to offend..

Thanks for your help, but you will have to talk to me s l o w l y.

Why is the width an issue but not the length?

Does the wood expand/contract more in one direction than another?

As for your other point, the lounge door is at the end of the lounge, but right in one corner.

I had not considered the different climate in each room, so will break at that point if that is best.

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[WoodYouLike]

Why is the width an issue but not the length?

Does the wood expand/contract more in one direction than another?

R i g h t - i n - o n e

The structure of the wood (grain etc) reacts indeed more in the width than it does in the length.

 

[jackthelad]

Thanks again mate.

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