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Peter Gozintite said:
Morning. Going to pick up 1500 sqft of wood flooring for my house. I hate doing flooring
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OK......too vague. What ya putting in and what's the method/application? (edit....sorry, missed wood when I read it. Still tho, nail down, on concrete sub floor, etc?)

I actually enjoy doing flooring.....except carpet.....fuck laying carpet.
 
MarineUKFan said:
OK......too vague. What ya putting in and what's the method/application? (edit....sorry, missed wood when I read it. Still tho, nail down, on concrete sub floor, etc?)

I actually enjoy doing flooring.....except carpet.....fuck laying carpet.
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Knee pads with casters are a must for that. Again, I work like I play baseball ... if it's between knee and chest level I might take a swing at it.
 
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Got the stairs done a couple weeks ago, and made the large baseboards to match the stringers. Installed the landing flooring this afternoon, and got the base in, with the solid wood edge, that matches the solid treads I put in. The tile matches a feature wall in the adjacent game room.
 
Peter Gozintite said:
Entire second floor, bamboo, dark and distressed, floating floor, on the highest dollar backing available.
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Stairs look nice, bro. I would also be totally down with the pacing plan you are on. One room at a time (at my body's age....which is probably at least a bit older than my actual age) sounds like the perfect plan.

How is bamboo to work with....as far as cutting it? Never have worked with that material.
 
MarineUKFan said:
Stairs look nice, bro. I would also be totally down with the pacing plan you are on. One room at a time (at my body's age....which is probably at least a bit older than my actual age) sounds like the perfect plan.

How is bamboo to work with....as far as cutting it? Never have worked with that material.
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This is the waterproof bamboo laminate I installed. It’s tougher than a woodpeckers lips. It cuts well with my sliding compound miter saw, but goes through blades like a drunken sailer goes through his paycheck. Just don’t try to cut it too fast and you’ll be fine.
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RTR...USN (ret) said:
This is the waterproof bamboo laminate I installed. It’s tougher than a woodpeckers lips. It cuts well with my sliding compound miter saw, but goes through blades like a drunken sailer goes through his paycheck. Just don’t try to cut it too fast and you’ll be fine.
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Looks really nice (as does the fire place).

My thought was that it might splinter as hard as it is. I'm guessing that's what you're talking about when you say don't go too fast......
 
MarineUKFan said:
Looks really nice (as does the fire place).

My thought was that it might splinter as hard as it is. I'm guessing that's what you're talking about when you say don't go too fast......
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Thank You! And yes, that’s what I was talking about. Let the blade get to full speed, and cut it slow. They also make a cutter for laminate, but I’ve never used it.
This is one model:
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