[cchesson]

I'll be kicking off a 1,200 SF COREtec installation next week, and I'm struggling on where to start... The installation guidelines say to start from an outside wall (since it should be straightest) and work in, but I'm concerned about that approach for two reasons:

1) the outer footprint of the house is pretty choppy, so my first run would only be about 10 feet long using that method
2) my longest and most visible run by far is in the dead center of the house running nearly end-to-end (kitchen-->dining room-->living room)

Since it sounds like you can easily "back-lay" COREtec, I'm tempted to start along this long run and work outward in both directions. However, not all of this "long run" is against a wall, so I'd need to devise a way of securing some of the planks that are out in space/not by a wall.

Any feedback on this approach? Good idea/bad idea/tips?

(Also, feel free to point me to another thread if you know of a good one... I saw a few that were similar, but none that really hit my question head-on.)

Thanks!!

-Chris

 

[Nealtw]

I would start with a line down the center of the house then you can measure to starting places at the front or back of the house and check for crocked walls, If you find that that would leave you with little slivers at the end you may want to move the center line over half a board or any part of a board that gives you bigger than slivers in most of the house.

 

[Nealtw]

 

[cchesson]

Many thanks! I'd seen a couple of this guy's videos and they seemed to make good sense, so I'm glad to hear the extra endorsement for his layout planning. I just really want that long, visible center run to be straight, and my inner engineer (overthinking as usual) was screaming "tolerance stackup!!" when thinking about trying to make that happen 30 board-widths in when connecting various areas of the house without transitions to that centerline. I take it these planks are pretty dimensionally consistent when laying in?