Skip to main content
Stesso

Install Flooring & Cut Around Obstacles

4:24
20:02
29K views

At 4:24 in

How NOT to install Hardwood Floors- Before during & After including all our screw ups

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

Begin laying the engineered vinyl plank flooring. Start along a straight wall, placing the first plank with the tongue facing the wall, allowing for an expansion gap. Use a tapping block and rubber mallet to gently tap the planks into place, ensuring a tight fit between the tongue and groove. For irregular shapes like rounded log pillars, create a template from cardboard to trace the precise curve onto the plank. Use a jigsaw to carefully cut along the traced line. Ensure to cut from the bottom side of the plank when using a jigsaw to prevent chipping or damage to the finished surface.

Goal: Lay the main flooring planks and cut around irregular features.

Tools and materials

  • Cardboard — Creating templates for irregular cuts
  • Engineered Vinyl Plank Flooring COREtec — The primary material being installed
  • Jigsaw Black & Decker — Making curved or intricate cuts on planks
  • Miter Saw DeWalt — Making straight cross-cuts on planks
  • Pencil — Marking cut lines on planks and templates
  • Rubber Mallet — Gently tapping planks together
  • Table Saw — Making long rip-cuts on planks
  • Tape Measure — Measuring planks for cuts
  • Tapping Block — Protecting plank edges while tapping them into place

What they say

Hide

would smelling the floor not me one of the problems we have is tons of little cuts Frankie what's your solution to that I mean templates okay so we made a template because this is a floating hardwood floor yeah and that's how we use it we're learning tools that to use so you've been you use this one what was the problem with that one Frankie so you're actually using the Black and Decker jigsaw yeah this is the one Frankie's using right here I've been using the table saw and know Microsoft okay hook them to the tools I guess is all I may be able to use do you transfer your mark onto the wood we wiped it off a little bit but look at jigsaw blade just wrecked the finish on the top of that wood first thing we learned is mark mark the bottom side well I should have anyways well yeah but that's alright not everybody knows that Frankie I mean right you said that on a lot of projects always cut from the bottom side that piece of wood won't go to waste you'll cut it you'll see if it

Auto-generated from the video audio.