Finally had a chance to upload the pics of the recently installed floors and I promised David AKA Crockett that I will post pics of the bamboo floors installed in the living room. The floors were great and very to install not a single board was warped. These floors were installed using Bostitch MIIIFS floor stapler and it came with multiple plates and one of them is perfect for installing these bamboo floors. All that is left is the quarter round and the transition pieces. Click here to view the pics.
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Chris
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Nice looking flooring, Chris. Can it be installed as a floating floor over concrete?Don, aka Pappy,
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Thanks, Don!
I looked at the manual and looked at the list of acceptable subfloors and it does say that these floors can be installed over concrete floors via Floating system or direct glue.
www.bamboofloorings.com is the site that is listed in the manual and it looks like Wellmade Floor Coverings International, Inc. is the manufacturer.Chris
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Looks real nice Chris. Question, and I think I can tell from the pictures but, are theseone plank wide. For example, the older style laminate flooring would be one piece but give the impression that it was three "planks" wide. My brother has it and is no longer thrilled with it since all "three" end at the same cut line. Costco sells this style under the Harmonics name. You know what I'm trying to say? Yours appear to be one wide strip at about five inches in width? Right? Close? way off?
Regardless, I'd take them over carpet any day.
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Nice!!! Can we see pics of the the floor stapler too?
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What type of underlayment did you use? did you use a vapor barrior?-PaulComment
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Greg, one 5" wide strip
P8ntblr, here's a pic where the floor stapler and vapor barrier were captured.
Last edited by SHADOWFOX; 01-31-2007, 09:45 PM.Chris
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Great looking floor, Chris. You did a super nice job.
Joe
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Chris,
That is some beautiful work. If I can ever get these friggin counters done that will be my next project. My wife is looking at the pictures and now wants me to run up to Costco to get the flooring this weekend.... Since you are stapling then you are installing over ply subfloor. If so, why the vapor barrier? I'd planned to just use roofing felt on my floor. I can't see moisture being a problem for me as I have a full basement.David
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Thank you, David!
The installation of the vapor barrier was base on a how to book that I read and as a guy that don't know any better and new at this sort of thing I did it by the book The subfloor is made out of OSB and I think it is 3/4" or 5/8" thick material. If I only knew the vapor barrier sheet was not really needed I would have done without it. It's a good thing it did not cost that much and I only used about a roll and a half.
Chris
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Looks good Chris.
I did our dining room with similar stuff (lumber liquidators, Morning Star brand) recently. Ours is the Carbonized Verticle, whereas your's looks to be the horizontal. I loved the fact that all the planks are standard length. I could go down and cut a dozen boards at a time without any hassle later.
Ours has a 30 year finish and it's actually holding up better than the gunstock oak we did earlier. Now the wife wants to replace the oak with Bamboo.Mike
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Gotcha. Been there a few times myself. I was just wondering what I'd missed. I've already read through the install instructions and couldn't figure out why I needed a vapor barrier over wood.
David
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I think it was a good idea installing the vapor barrier regardless if was absolutely necessary. The stuff is pretty cheap ($20 for a 12x12 last time I saw) and only takes 30 minz or so to install. If you ever plan to sell your home and you didn't use a vapor you'd be kicking yourself if you have rip out the floor for not using it. All in all good job and great looking floor.Thank you, David!
The installation of the vapor barrier was base on a how to book that I read and as a guy that don't know any better and new at this sort of thing I did it by the book The subfloor is made out of OSB and I think it is 3/4" or 5/8" thick material. If I only knew the vapor barrier sheet was not really needed I would have done without it. It's a good thing it did not cost that much and I only used about a roll and a half.-PaulComment
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Well... that depends on the situation. I don't know what is under Chris's subfloor. In my case my kitchen is over a finished basement. So if I have enough moisture that I need a vapor barrier under my kitchen flooring then I have much bigger problems than a vapor barrier.
David
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