Flooring dilema

[toptec]

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Have to lay an engineer hardwood flooring in my In-laws place. They want it in the two lengths of hallway and the kitchen area. I am not too sure of which way to run it - along the hallway at the bottom towards a loo or from the bottom upwards towards the top which is the lounge.

Both parts of the hallway are the same length. I personally prefer the former choice as the run follows the eye as you enter the front door.

Opinions from others would be appreciated please.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Two other options come to mind (both of them treat the kitchen as separate area what we always recommend, so place a divider in the door-opening there anyway.)

Option 1: diagonal?
Option 2: divider parallel to frontdoor, so you can switch direction there and run the wood in both long narrow areas lengthways.

 

[toptec]

Thanks for that. I was trying to avoid any joins as they are very elderly. But if that is what it needs I will do it.

 

[WoodYouLike]

Because you will have the same floor level at both sides of the divider there will only be a very gently 'step' - if you can call it a step at all - of 2 -3 mm due to the divider.