Maybe you should consider gluing and nailing a good plywood underlayment before you install the hardwood.
----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: BlindHandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 9:27 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Which way to lay? OK, I know that all guidelines for laying wood floors say to run the boards perpendicular to the joists. That makes some sense sure. Having said that, I am laying this floor over an existing plank floor. The planks obviously run perpendicular to the joists. If I run my new floor perpendicular to the joists, IE parallel to the existing planks, it seems like there might be trouble in paradise. These planks aren't in the best condition and some are cupped a bit. I can imagine I would get a wavy effect if I run my boards parallel to the planks. Would running my boards perpendicular to the planks, IE parallel to the joists just be a horror of horrors with handyman demons cursing me and taking my hammer and saws away from me? -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.17/661 - Release Date: 1/30/2007 11:30 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
