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Use Scrap Pieces for Small Spaces and Complex Cuts

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What happens here

When working in confined areas or around door frames where a full plank won't fit or requires complex cuts, utilize scrap pieces of flooring. Instead of cutting a new plank, use a saved cut-off piece that fits the space. For an exact fit around door jambs or other irregular shapes, trace the outline onto a scrap piece of flooring and then use a jigsaw or oscillating tool to cut it. For areas where a full plank doesn't perfectly align, liquid nails can be used to glue smaller pieces down to the subfloor, ensuring they remain secure and flush, with brad nails providing additional reinforcement. Blue painter's tape can be used to hold pieces in place while the adhesive dries.

Goal: Efficiently fill small or irregular spaces using scrap planks and adhesive.

Tools and materials

  • Blue Painter's Tape
  • Brad Nailer
  • Caulk Gun
  • Jigsaw
  • Oscillating Tool
  • Liquid Nails Adhesive Loctite

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really like this product here's the annoying parts and the Annoying Parts always come about is whenever a piece has to go overlap into the other section we try to do a little U around it and it just doesn't work especially on a section like this that we e both so what we kind of came up with is if we pop it in and then take the piece that we already stencl out before cutting it getting it here well that's a little too far but you get the idea once we get it in there we can glue it down and Brad nail it down to the subfloor that way it looks like a continuous piece and this is a nice crisp line because we cut it with the template and then we can continue without any transitions going into the laundry room the furnace room the closet and the mudro up this is where using your scrap pieces that you cut off as your starters save them cuz when it comes to small spaces like this they're a great filler without having to get a hole in new Plank and waste material all right solid day two flooring we got the entire living room dining room kitchen all done up we're in the hallways we're doing the closets uh we are almost ready to get in the other rooms and also you're like hey who's the other guy on camera well this is Ben say hi to Ben hi so Ben has been working with me off the channel on so many projects over the course of like a couple of years now and we just got a perfect opportunity for him to come on board and be part of the Mr builda channel here and it's awesome because he knows what he's doing and it's going to help me bust out these projects a whole lot quicker that means more videos so make sure you give Ben some love in the comments be nice to him and uh in the meantime we are going to come back tomorrow and start wrapping ourselves

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