Across the joists and not parallel
Q: We are currently having Bamboo floors installed in our house by a contractor. The contractor is saying that our subfloor is uneven because of settling. He wants to run the floors in our family room perpendicular to the way he laid them in the living room and dining room? Shouldn’t the floors be laid in the same direction throughout the entire house? Is there a way to fix the uneveness of the subfloor?
A: As a general rule of thumb, most floors (planks) should be installed across the joists and not parallel to them. Anything can be fixed and whatever is causing unevenness in the sub floor would need to be ascertained first.
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