hardwood

Mrkyrain

Hi Ladies, I haven't been on in awhile but I've come back to the experts.  We have hardwood in our bedroom that was installed parallel to the door.  We are now planning to put hardwood in the adjoining hallway as well as the other two bedrooms.  My question is that in order to run the hardwood down the hallway, it would be going in the opposite direction as our already done bedroom.  Is that okay?  Also, what should I do when I get to the other two bedrooms.  Thanks for any help you can offer.

WalkersFurMama

We had this problem when we added hardwood to our living room and already had it in the adjoining kitchen/dining room. The guys who installed it ran a wide divider (I think it was a threshold piece?) and then ran the wood in the living room perpendicular to the wood in the kitchen/dining. When they were done it looked great. 

Mrkyrain

Thank you!  What do you think about when I go into the other bedrooms?  Should I go with the hallway or have all the bedrooms going perpendicular to the  hallway?

BunnyMendelbaum

I just sat up in bed and our bedrooms and hallways run opposite. Never noticed it before honestly. We have an old house with wide thresholds though.

The hardwoods should run perpendicular to the floor joists below so you don't get sagging. I guess this is less of an issue with engineered hardwoods. Generally, floors are frames with joists in the shortest span, so the hardwoods would run parallel to the longest span (direction) of the room.

Your hallway is most likely framed with joists in the short direction, so the hardwoods would run the long direction. This is also better aesthetically because running the long direction lengthens the space visually instead of seeing tons of parallel joint of the hardwood ahead as you are walking down the hallway.

Hope that makes sense.

Your installer should be able to guide you.

NassauBride

WalkersFurMama:

We had this problem when we added hardwood to our living room and already had it in the adjoining kitchen/dining room. The guys who installed it ran a wide divider (I think it was a threshold piece?) and then ran the wood in the living room perpendicular to the wood in the kitchen/dining. When they were done it looked great. 

I agree.

UngryIppo

Yes - a wide threshhold would work.  Personally if I were in that situation I'd love to do a stone or specialty floor as the transition - I'm thinking of the pennies on the floor that I saw on Pinterest.  I don't know what colors and textures work for your home, but you could perhaps think out of the box.

Mrkyrain

Thanks ladies.  The hardwood is already purchased and my husband is the installer so I appreciate your ideas.  I actually went to a cook out today and noticed that in their older home, hardwood was running in two directions hallway to room so I am feeling better about things.