strait or diagonal

[Yellowboat]

for hardwood floors, this is bamboo, in a very modern looking house.

Just finished the stairs where both the treads and the risers are bamboo.



The home owner is out of the country so they left it up to me...


I'm about ready to flip a coin.

 

[squirtnmyload]

diagonal :thumbsup

 

[RiverDave]

I'd probably go diagonal as well. (just judging from the pics)

RD

 

[McRib]

Older house straight newer house diag. Fits with the times IMO.

 

[snake321]

straight

go with the norm, what if they don't like the diagional?

 

[420HOA]

straight, the grain is so tight you will hate angled. Just finishing a custom with all Horizontal Bamboo cabinetry. I have always seen it vertical and I didnt like the concept at first but its kinda growing on me. Also we used plyboo for the treads/risers to get an open edge detail at the nosing.:thumbsup

 

[TBI]

diagonal :thumbsup

I'd probably go diagonal as well. (just judging from the pics)

RD

:thumbsup

 

[leavy tom]

diagonal , more work and material but looks better

 

[scottietwohoty]

How about making parquet's with the boards in the field running on a 45?

 

[RitcheyRch]

Diagonal

 

[Gelcoater]

:thumbsup

diagonal :thumbsup

 

[westair]

Straight

 

[Go-Fly]

Have to go diagonal if you don't mind the cost. Change direction if you go through a door way. Use a tie in plank across the doorway transition. Will need a shaper on site to cut the tongue and grooves. You'll love it. IMO

 

[lebel409]

////////////Diagonal///////////

 

[Yellowboat]

Have to go diagonal if you don't mind the cost. Change direction if you go through a door way. Use a tie in plank across the doorway transition. Will need a shaper on site to cut the tongue and grooves. You'll love it. IMO

actually that does not work, it just spliters, a table saw works much better. you can tell the middle layer was created( t and G) then the top layer was applied.

 

[whiteworks]

strait

 

[HolyMoly]

strait

If it's not straight...it's gay!

 

[mike37]

I'd probably go diagonal as well. (just judging from the pics)

RD

X2

 

[VoodooMedMan]

Straight is safe. Diagonal can work and be really nice but more than just those pictures have to be considered.

How is the furniture going to be arranged? Diagonal with the TV in a corner then diagonal can work. Put the furniture and everything straight and the floor diagonal and it's not going to look right.

 

[HavasuHank]

Straight is safe. Diagonal can work and be really nice but more than just those pictures have to be considered.

How is the furniture going to be arranged? Diagonal with the TV in a corner then diagonal can work. Put the furniture and everything straight and the floor diagonal and it's not going to look right.

yep ... i agree with this:thumbsup

 

[rmarion]

change it up..........

go diagonal........

maybe a design in the kitchen and or dining room table location.

 

[Sawtooth]

Straight boarder- 5-6 boards, and then do the center field in a hearingbone

 

[maxwedge]

If they didn't say otherwise, definitely go straight. With diagonal, you need to make a cut every time you hit a wall instead of simply butting one side or the other...so roughly twice as many cuts, so you also waste a lot of material on cutoffs...on a big floor it can easily be a few hundred extra bucks. Probably a third or more longer time wise too, and if they didn't specify, they are probably expecting straight. What if they hate it? Personally I think it does look nice, but not everybody agrees, so save yourself the headache, time, and expense and risk of possibly having to pull it back out.

...and I would also suggest using a table saw or even a router for making grooves if necessary, but usually it's easier to just rip off the tongue and/or put two grooved side pieces together with a spline ripped out of some scrap 2x whatever...and or simply face nail them and glue them down with construction adhesive.

 

[Racey]

Diagonal, and don't go 45, go shallow diagonal, like 20 degrees.

I don't really care for straight floors, especially since the walls in houses today are so F'n crooked, diagonal hides all of that :thumbsup.

I saw a place with shallow diagonal floors and thought it looked totally badass.

 

[thumbs]

If they didn't say otherwise, definitely go straight. With diagonal, you need to make a cut every time you hit a wall instead of simply butting one side or the other...so roughly twice as many cuts, so you also waste a lot of material on cutoffs...on a big floor it can easily be a few hundred extra bucks. Probably a third or more longer time wise too, and if they didn't specify, they are probably expecting straight. What if they hate it? Personally I think it does look nice, but not everybody agrees, so save yourself the headache, time, and expense and risk of possibly having to pull it back out.

...and I would also suggest using a table saw or even a router for making grooves if necessary, but usually it's easier to just rip off the tongue and/or put two grooved side pieces together with a spline ripped out of some scrap 2x whatever...and or simply face nail them and glue them down with construction adhesive.

X2 on everything he said.

I did mine straight.

 

[kahon]

Straight

 

[Yellowboat]

Diagonal, and don't go 45, go shallow diagonal, like 20 degrees.

I don't really care for straight floors, especially since the walls in houses today are so F'n crooked, diagonal hides all of that :thumbsup.

I saw a place with shallow diagonal floors and thought it looked totally badass.

I was thinking like 30 or 60 degrees.

 

[getreal]

Just did my house. I was told that the lines should be in the direction that you walk into the room, unless the room is (extremely) rectangle. They were right.

 

[McRib]

What was the final decision??

 

[linus3]

What was the final decision??

Tile......

 

[sirbob]

with out a doubt - straight ...

Modern house = straight

 

[maxwedge]

Just did my house. I was told that the lines should be in the direction that you walk into the room, unless the room is (extremely) rectangle. They were right.

Generally, they should go perpendicular or at least diagonal to the floor joists if you don't want and issues with open cracks, waves and squeaks later on. Besides, it makes for a much stronger floor. Probably not a major issue with a modern plywood or OSB subfloor, but you might as well build it stronger if you can IMO.

 

[Yellowboat]

Generally, they should go perpendicular or at least diagonal to the floor joists if you don't want and issues with open cracks, waves and squeaks later on. Besides, it makes for a much stronger floor. Probably not a major issue with a modern plywood or OSB subfloor, but you might as well build it stronger if you can IMO.

the floor is 1" T&G 8 ply on top of wood ibeams, I doubt you could build it stronger with out spending a bunch of money.