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Just finished a 900 sq ft herringbone install that went smoother than expected
Got a call for a rush job on a condo in the West End last Thursday. The client wanted a full glue-down herringbone pattern with prefinished oak. I was worried about the tight schedule, but my helper and I got the layout lines perfect on the first try. We finished the main floor in two days without a single board needing a recut. Has anyone else had a big pattern job just click into place like that?
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the_terry6mo ago
Honestly, that's the best feeling. We had a big chevron job last month where everything just lined up. The key for us was spending almost a full morning on the layout with two lasers. We snapped so many chalk lines the floor looked like a grid, but it meant every cut was just right from the start. It felt like we were just putting down puzzle pieces. Those days where nothing fights you are rare, but they make up for all the other ones.
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the_terry6mo ago
Ngl, those perfect layout days are pure gold. We did a big parquet border in a lobby last year and it was the same thing. Spent half a day with string lines and a story stick, but once we started sticking it down, every piece just dropped in. Makes you look like a genius for a week.
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ruby3106mo ago
Yeah, that prep work is everything. We had a herringbone floor where we dry-laid the whole first row and checked it with a laser every few feet before any glue went down. Took forever, but it meant every subsequent row just followed that perfect line. Those jobs where you measure twice and cut once the whole way through are the ones you remember.
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