Well Dave asked how the job turned out, so here are some pics. They are kind of dark, I'll have to get some new ones. The grout lines on the tile look large, but the tiles had a rolled edge that was lighter than the face of the tile, so the pics make it look large.

The client came home tonight and was very happy the way things turned out, and how I got the job done with all the problems with the flooring. It has been over 2 weeks and no one has returned my calls about the flooring problems.

I still have to go back and install the shoe molding. They are going to pre-paint it. I will fill all the nailholes at this time in the last couple rows.

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Looks nice - so how did you deal with the flooring before install? I forget what you ended up doing...

Wow look great Scott. Nice work.

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dnorthup wrote:Looks nice - so how did you deal with the flooring before install? I forget what you ended up doing...

The company never called back, so we sorted into a few groups and installed it. We missed a few, but the client had no problem with it. We found out part way through that some boards tapered by over .040", thus the few we missed, and the lighting was horrible at night in the house.

Here us a pic from left to right .040-.060" , .020-.040" and 0-.020" (difference from the largest board we found of approx 3.268")

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Its not like you would see it after its installed. Still a big PITA to have to sort it out.

Most of the people i know would have just installed it (only taking out the absolute worst). Nice job Scott.

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The pain of all the piles...... I bet you are glad you did it however.

Looks like you rack your floors? I only do it when I glue - not sure why; but I never do it unless I glue. I prefer a runner cutting for me, I love having a helper when installing floors. Other wise on nail downs I will run 5 or 6 rows at a time and cut all the starter and end boards at the same time...

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I rack them, with a starter to cut for each row. I find it is faster working by myself. I am the racker, layer and cutter! Wait, that didn't come out right! I had my dad there for a few days measuring and prepping floors (screwing and sanding seams).

Edit: VERY glad I did it. The littlest gap drives me nuts... I am a woodworker at heart!

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Scott,

Looks great .

Matt

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Just curious, when you guys butt the boards into a stair nose, or threshold do you router a groove like this to accept the toungue, or do you just butt it up?

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Scott_W wrote:Just curious, when you guys butt the boards into a stair nose, or threshold do you router a groove like this to accept the toungue, or do you just butt it up?

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I like to router it, but sometimes I butt it and glue with PL400. never had a problem doing it either way.

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i thought you were a aluminum trim man at heart very nice workmanship there Scotty...very proud of you

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