Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Giving Your House The Best Flooring It Deserves

By Merle L. Smock


You have worked so hard on your home and so you deserve the best things in life. When it is a matter of choosing the flooring for your home, do not settle for anything less than hard wood flooring for this is where you are going to spend most of your leisure hours and hence you need the best available flooring. Hard wood flooring gives that natural look and makes your home stand out.

If you are planning to do up the flooring by yourself, then you have got to be a bit careful in doing the things right for it is not an easy job. You have got to do the registration on the flooring very carefully and this requires complete concentration on the job.

You might find it a relief to know that it is quiet easy to work with slimmer wood boards for you can cut them into the required shape quite easily. As in other cases if you have to cut a L Shape, you do not need to cut a U Shape, for these boards allow you to cut the board into perfect L Shape.

You will find it very easy to cut the board with a hand saw or a power saw blade. The first piece needs to be cut very carefully with the right dimensions and finish. The rest can be duplicated easily by keeping the first cut board over as a marker for the rest.

First make sure that you have a complete sketch prepared with the profile and dimensions finalized on the same. You will need to use carpenters tools and aids for doing this job. Your sketch should make provisions for the profile as it is. Whenever there is a vent, make sure you leave the area blank or open and accordingly design the cutting.

Keep a hand drill gun close by so that you can easily drill four holes in the four corners of the board and using a jigsaw you can create the vent opening on the board as required. If your dimensions and cutting are perfect then you will find the registers fitting perfectly when you install the floor registers in the hardwood flooring.

Before you move on to the next flooring you have got to check your job done and ensure that the registers are fitting perfectly and matching. Sometimes it can be that they do not fit because the opening that you have created is not big enough, in which case you will need to increase the diameter and ensure that the fitment happens properly.

Though we make it look very easy, without experience it is quite difficult to do this job for you might end up making a opening which is bigger than required and end up with problems. It is always better that the job be done by professionals who are experienced.




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