Changing Direction Of Hardwood Floor For Hallway
While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines.
Changing direction of hardwood floor for hallway. The traditional way to run a hardwood floor whether you are working with a nailed down or floating format is to have the planks running. Hardwood is used for the remaining areas. When laying laminate flooring board direction is more of an aesthetic issue and less a structural one as it can be when laying a hardwood. In open plan homes the entryway may not have any logical starting and stopping point for a flooring change.
This also is an economical solution as your bedrooms may require a change of direction. We have mostly slab foundations in this area and with engineered floors you have more flexibility. The tiles form a path leading to the hallway. The direction you choose needs to transition when laying hardwood flooring throughout your home you need to take special care in choosing the direction that the wood will be placed.
In this home a tile rectangle large enough for a handful of people to stand on defines the entry area. For the bedrooms you can either continue following the same direction of wood in the hallways or use one beam as a visual threshold in the doorway to enable a change of direction in the bedrooms. Choosing which hardwood floor direction is more a matter of personal taste and the layout of your space. At avalon flooring we want to make sure you re happy from your first step in our showroom to your first step on your new flooring and as your partner in home design we ll be there every step along the way.
The correct direction for laying hardwood floors. Laying down laminate for hallway to bedroom transition.