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Timeless Traditional (2 of 4): Flooring Tips From "Kitchen Renovations" episode DKTN-206

	In this week 's episode of Kitchen Renovations, host Paul Ryan starts a four-part project with homeowners Cathy and Dan Zielske to convert this stuck-in-the-'70s kitchen ...
	with serious design problems ...
	that the homeowners wanted to change.
	Even the adjoining family room suffered from the design flaws in the kitchen.
	But step-by-step the kitchen was renovated into this beautiful, ...
	timeless traditional kitchen and family room that will bring the home into the 21st Century.
	This stylish kitchen now matches the rest of the home!

In this segment host Paul Ryan talks with the flooring installer, who shares tips for making relief cuts so the boards will sit flush over the heating wires. Then he shares some more flooring tips.

Materials and Tools:

For Repairing and Installing Subfloor

Safety glasses
Gloves
Pry bar
5/8" plywood
Tape measure
4' x 8' sheets of plywood
Spade bit
Jigsaw
Table saw
Rapid-load screw gun
Galvanized nails
Impulse nailer

For Hardwood Floor Installation

Prefinished Hardwood
Safety glasses
Knee pads
Gloves
Rosin paper
Hammer Tacker
Chalkline
Tape measure
Pencil
Pneumatic nailer
Spline
2" staples
Air compressor
Mallet
Compound miter saw
Cork
Ban saw
Dado blade

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Note: During any floor installation some tricky situations could arise, and in the case of this particular project, the homeowners had a fireplace in the living room in which the hardwood floor had to be custom fit.

Tips for Tricky Floor Installation

• Right next to the fireplace there are some in-floor heating wires (figure A) that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with on this particular job.

  Solution: Mark the underside of the board where the wires hit and put tape on top of the board (figure B) to show where to make the cut. Using a dado blade on your table saw, cut some of the thickness away. The other trick is to make a number of shallow passes, so be sure to raise the blade about an 1/8" for each pass. Hold the square edge of the board against the guide and push with even pressure. If the cut is wider than the dado blade, make additional passes. Lay the dadoed strip of wood over the wires and connect. Be sure to avoid the wires when nailing the hardwood.

  Caution: Keep your hands away from the blade at all times!

  Figure A

  Figure B

  
  

  	Figure C
  	Figure D

• Another tricky situation arose due to the curved hearth of the fireplace.

  Solution: Lay a strip of cork around the perimeter of the brick base of the fireplace (figure C). This will fill space yet still allow the floor to expand and contract.

  To cut the boards to fit the arc of the brick, double the height of the cork and then lay in another board up to the cork. When you get the space fit in as close as possible, take a small scrap of flooring, hold it against the cork (figure D) and hold a marker on the inside edge. Slide the board around the arc and cork and you will have marked all the boards now to cut. (You're using the cork as a guide to scribe.

  Cut the boards using a ban saw because it's easier to cut curved cuts with this saw. When using a band saw, set the guide as close to the work as possible. This will prevent the blade from flexing and binding. Work slowly and maintain blade speed.

  Slide the boards back in place and they should fit the arc perfectly.

In the third episode of this project, Ryan and the homeowners install new semi-custom-made maple cabinets. Then they show how to create beautiful custom-made concrete countertops.

RESOURCES :

Skil
Robert Bosch Tool Corp.
Website: www.skiltools.com

Stanley Tools Information
Stanley Tools/Works
Website: www.stanleyworks.com

Fiskars (Bucket Boss Division)
Fiskars Bucket Boss Division
Website: www.bucketboss.com

3M Painter's Masking Tape and Sanding Pad
The 3M Company
Website: www.3m.com

Gil-Lift (Cabinet Lift)
Telpro Inc.
7251 South 42nd St.
Grand Forks, ND 58201
Toll-free: 800-441-0551
Website: www.telproinc.com

Prefinished Brazilian Cherry Flooring
Brand name: Bellawood
Model #: HUSBC2SV
Color: Cherry
Where available: Visit the Lumber Liquidators website, link below.
Lumber Liquidators
Website: www.lumberliquidators.com

Radiant Floor Heating System
Brand name: STEP Warmfloor
Electro Plastics, Inc.
Website: www.warmfloor.com

GUESTS :

Shane Kretsinger
Vice President, Operations
Autumn River
We apologize no contact information is available.

John Coffey
Regional Manager
Lumber Liquidators
12314 Woodbine Ave.
Redford, MI 48239
Phone: 313-532-1200

Greg Stephani
Installer
Schaefer Hardwood Floors
2246 148th Lane
Ham Lake, MN 55304
Phone: 763-413-1270