I'm installing unfinished 3/4" by 3 1/4" red oak in a loft. I was thinking of starting and running parallel to the oak strip at the railling with no expansion gap. See the railing in the pictures below:
It is a 21 feet to the back wall that would have the 3/4" expansion gap. Is it okay to have no expansion gap at the railling and only have the gap at the far end wall?
When wood flooring expands due to humidity/moisture the flooring will experience some growth, That is why I will only install wood flooring in the heat/humidity of the summer. For applications where a spindle trim plate exists I leave a 1/8" gap.
I have installed all of the LVP flooring in my basement and was trying to start the stairs this weekend. My existing stairs have a tread width of 10in from tip to nosing to the riser. This doesn't seem to meet the code per the drawing I have attached (if it is correct). The problem is that the stair nosing that matches the flooring needs to be installed on squared off stairs with no nosing. ON my first attempt I just added plywood to the riser so that it came out to the edge of the nosing. That seemed to work but the tread width is only 9im (maybe 9 1/4in).
Is this a problem? if so, how can get finish the stairs? Appreciate any comments.
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Hello, thanks in advance for the help. Looking to install 10mm thick flooring in a hallway, but not sure how to handle the height difference against the stairs. The wood is 3/4 inch. Someone recommended that I add 1/4 inch plywood down, but concerned how that would impact the transitions to my other rooms. Any suggestions would be great!