Where should I start my flooring?
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10-15-16, 07:52 PM
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Where should I start my flooring?
I am installing vinyl plank flooring (coretec plus). Should I start in the middle of the room or a against a wall? If I install in the middle of the room there is less chance of wandering away from square, however, can vinyl plank be installed in both directions? 
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10-16-16, 05:16 AM
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I would go with what you have in your sketch. That hallway area might be a problem, but if has a door then a threshold will cover any inconsistencies. Your biggest problem will be at the wall edges. Molding will cover any gaps. You should leave about a 1/4 gap at each wall edge.
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10-16-16, 05:43 AM
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What type of vinyl plank? Is it a click lock or glue down? Which direction do the floor joists go? If you have the exact name of the plank that would be helpful as well.
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10-16-16, 06:01 AM
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It is called Coretec Plus. It is a floating floor. The joists run perpendicular to the arrow in the drawing.
How about the room on the right side of the drawing? Can I work backwards into that room if I start on the proposed starting wall?
How about the room on the right side of the drawing? Can I work backwards into that room if I start on the proposed starting wall?
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10-16-16, 03:38 PM
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This goes in exactly like any click lock laminate/engineered/bamboo. Go perpendicular to the floor joists. Pay attention if there are maximum lengths before needing expansion joints You would start Both rooms independently and bring them to the same area around the closet and door threshold and marry them together. Sometimes these floors are challenging to install in the opposite direction of the instructions. Mind your measurements and calculations and you should be fine.
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10-16-16, 08:12 PM
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Is it pretty normal to start in separate rooms and try to make them meet up? I'm not quite following on how this would be done.
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10-17-16, 05:37 AM
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Lay the floor starting in the room on the right hand side of your drawing with the planks going east/west oriented. Continue until you reach that door threshold and then begin carrying the flooring into the main room and across the front of the closet. Measure how many rows to get to the back of the closet. Remove the few boards that you laid across the threshold and to the front of the closet. Now lay the closet boards until you come to the same point as the first room. Now connect those two sections and re-lay the boards that go across the threshold/in front of closet - you new have one floor. Finish the final boards in the first room. Now all boards are in front of you. Laminate/clicklock flooring, as I said, is a challenge to lay backwards.
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10-17-16, 05:56 AM
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I see what you are saying. The room you are calling the "closet" is actually about 6 x 15 feet and has a wide pass through going into it with no threshold.
