Finally got that herringbone pattern to line up after two days of fighting it

Had a client in a new build who wanted a herringbone wood floor in their entryway. The pattern kept drifting off by a quarter inch every few rows, no matter how careful I was with my chalk lines. Spent the first day pulling up boards and rechecking my starting point. On the second morning, I realized the wall I was using as my reference wasn't perfectly straight. I had to snap a new center line from the opposite wall and start over. Anyone else get burned by a wall that looked true but wasn't?

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3 Comments

beth27619d ago

Yeah, that "looks straight" wall is a total trap. It'll mess up your whole layout before you even know it. Always find your own true line.

nancyg1419d ago

Ugh, that's the worst. I always snap a center line from the longest wall now, even if another one looks straight. It saves so much headache later on.

diana_kim6619d ago

That's the pro move right there (learned it the hard way, of course). Trusting a wall that just "looks" straight is how you end up with a whole room of regret. Your method is basically a cheat code for sanity.