I have what i believe is a fairly complicated floor layout and I need some help with the direction to lay my new laminate I just bought. I uploaded a floor layout to my profile images along with a description of each one including door and window layouts. Not shown in these pictures is another room (mentioned in the hall layout description) which will also receive the new flooring. This room is approx 12'/12' with a sliding door to the left of entering the room (perpendicular to the other 2 sliding doors) and double windows on the other 2 outside walls.
To briefly describe the other areas.
Entering the front door, there is a small entry room with a bathroom door to the left(bathroom not getting laminate) a doorway to the above described room, a hallway the length of which is opposite the main door. and adjacent to that hall is stairs going up. along the left side of the hallway (top side of the hall in the picture) is an open kitchen area (also not getting laminate, currently tiled). the end of the hall opens to a dining room area. this is a roughly square area with a sliding door to the right. at the opposite end the dining room narrows to accommodate a closet on one side and continues/reopens into the living room. there is a fireplace with tile in front of it placed at an angle(shown in pic) and a 2nd sliding door on the right (same wall as the dining room) the far wall has a bay window with an electric baseboard unit under it.
It is my intention to place laminate on this entire area (excluding the tile in front of the fire place, the kitchen area, and the bathroom). Currently this area is carpeted. The stairs are also carpeted but will eventually be either wood or laminate as well. Incase it matters the floor joists run perpendicular to the walls with the sliding doors in the living room/dining room.
I am using pergo Presto boards (no glue floating). thanks for any assistance you guys can provide and if any more info is needed please ask.
To briefly describe the other areas.
Entering the front door, there is a small entry room with a bathroom door to the left(bathroom not getting laminate) a doorway to the above described room, a hallway the length of which is opposite the main door. and adjacent to that hall is stairs going up. along the left side of the hallway (top side of the hall in the picture) is an open kitchen area (also not getting laminate, currently tiled). the end of the hall opens to a dining room area. this is a roughly square area with a sliding door to the right. at the opposite end the dining room narrows to accommodate a closet on one side and continues/reopens into the living room. there is a fireplace with tile in front of it placed at an angle(shown in pic) and a 2nd sliding door on the right (same wall as the dining room) the far wall has a bay window with an electric baseboard unit under it.
It is my intention to place laminate on this entire area (excluding the tile in front of the fire place, the kitchen area, and the bathroom). Currently this area is carpeted. The stairs are also carpeted but will eventually be either wood or laminate as well. Incase it matters the floor joists run perpendicular to the walls with the sliding doors in the living room/dining room.
I am using pergo Presto boards (no glue floating). thanks for any assistance you guys can provide and if any more info is needed please ask.
