The laying of floors

You were pretending to be Australian?

 

I fitted a 19 x12 living room and 15x12 dining room full of the stuff
in 6 hours one night, the only trick is having a decent jigsaw to cut
the ends, and (in my case) leaving an extra bit on and using a set of
files to shape a few pieces to dip into doorframes with an inset
decorative edge.

Piece of piss to do, really it is.

 

It detailed where I am and asked whether that was a distance he would
travel. so yes.

 

We just had bamboo laid in the hall and dining room - the local guy
recommended by the supplier charged £15/m2.

Having seen how hard it was to get it all laid up properly and cut
around the dodgy angles etc [1], I was more than happy to pay that.

[1] He used some kind of ratchet strap arrangement to get all the boards
nice and tight.

 

I might be able to help

 

Thats quite possible if both rooms are square , if you start to allow
for bays and fire places then the fitting times rise

 

3 bays, 1 fireplace, some alcoves, a bit of 45 degree wall, and a
partitiony bit. 6 hours, and I might have stopped for a cuppa at some
point.

 

This i would like to see

 

The real trick I found to it is to lay each plank up to where it meets
interference from a wall or whatever, scribe it in situ using a
permanent CD pen or similar, then pop it out, and trim the bulk out
with a jigsaw, using a rough-ish file to take the last bits out and
drop it back in. Probably takes a few minutes a time using that
approach.

 

Me too.

This could be the thread of the year.

 

I prefer to use the laser and the bench saw , far quicker and less
brutal , i dont scribe around the architraves i trim them off ,
neater finish and covers any expansion . Door frames i use an edge
trim cover prefixed or trim the frame depending on wether its going
to be a continous run or stopped fixing .

Any scribing is done with a small router and guide pin bar , fast ,
clean edge and very accurate .

 

Even the floor of the year.

 

You need to get laid more.

 

Caused by numpties turning it up too soon.

 

Don't forget vets. Many vets are damn good at it.

 

DeWalt, and New Yankee Workshop?

 

Puts me in mind of the time Sarah called me a "classic passive-aggressive".

 

pish and tosh.

There's nothing "classic" about you.

 

Drop me a line to the unmunged email please?
Being something of an Aberdonian paying retail for anything is an issue

 

Quite. I've always considered myself somewhat nouvelle vague.