It worked out well enough for us that it was only two pieces in question, in a small cut up area ... so the extra expense was minimal. I won the argument because of that, but if it'd had been along a longer side of the house, we'd probably still be arguing over it right now. :laughing:
One thing we've done in the past is put in those little tongue strips used for hardwood flooring where two runs of flooring meet together on their groove sides. They fit really well, and they seemed to work out pretty nicely for T&G subfloor. We just didn't have them available to use this past time ... so we bared the expense of two more sheets of subflooring.
Stop working with family - problem solved.
CC, tell me about it! :laughing: I would if they weren't the only sober and drug free help out there. It is fun working with them, but kind of reminds me of Orange County Choppers sometimes ... we have a lot of arguments, but that's our style of getting things resolved when problems arise.
@ Tim ... Because it's so wet right now, we're using AdvanTech ... and it goes together so much nicer than ply. We'll be installing hardwood on top of it. Your reasoning makes sense ... the hardwood is going to stiffen up the floor system quite a bit itself. I guess if it were carpet or tile, then it'd make a difference.
@ Birch ... really good idea, thanks. We'll try that the next time we're in this same situation.
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[email protected] ... I have felt the same about it. T&G is supposed to eliminate squeaking between subfloor panels when a person walks over the seam, and it makes a stronger/stiffer floor. When the tongue is absent on a piece that wide, I also feel something is needed there at the seam. We've put in blocking down longer walls where we didn't want to spend out the extra $$$ for more sheets of T&G.