Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Railroad tracking???

Hi perry, thnks for answering post so quick but what did you mean by the term railroad tracking does this mean same direction in Hall is o.k. even if is runs to the short side instead of longways.

Thanks.
Jeff

i think the situation your talking about is like an L shaped room.... so...

if you run the wood one longways down the main part of the L, then yes, it is okay to keep running the wood the same direction. in my opinion it would look bad to put a molding here.

I think railroad tracking is when the hallway is SMALLER than the length of the planks, so you can actually just measure out 15 planks at 40 inches or however wide your hallway is and just install it. notice the "i think".
either way, i would still try to stairstep the planks to get the right look. and stairstepping means to use starters and ends, in my case 30cm 60cm 90cm full plank. so i would use two cut boards every row instead of one.


eitherway, with a laminate floor you can always run it one floor if you want to. unless the area is too big. for example, some laminates require a T molding if your doing a run over 30 feet, and other lamintes say you cant do more than 1500 sq feet as one.

Hi perry, thnks for answering post so quick but what did you mean by the term railroad tracking does this mean same direction in Hall is o.k. even if is runs to the short side instead of longways.

Thanks.
Jeff




Correct.

A transition molding there would look stuipid. Keep the flow!