Installing Hardwood Over Hardwood?

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02-18-2009, 08:28 AM	#21
jamestrd View Profile jamestrd Pro Send Message Follow Blogs (0) Threads (498) Photos (0) Reviews (0) Projects (0) Toolbox (0) View All Activity Pro Trade: wood flooring Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 498	Re: Installing Hardwood Over Hardwood? Footlong, I sensed that

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02-18-2009, 07:16 PM

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Re: Installing Hardwood Over Hardwood?

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Originally Posted by jamestrd

Why do you have to lay the new wood a different direction from the old?...

my guess is this is a trick question..

answer is to offset wood grains to eliminate the bottom floor from opening the top floor from expansion..

on a 45 or perpendicular is guideline

Exactly!! You will get major movement in that floor.

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