# Hardwood and laminate

> Installing and refinishing wood and laminate floors. Ask with your Sheet attached: homeowners who’ve done it and verified pros answer, and anyone can read it.

## Before you ask

Solid, engineered or laminate, the room size, the subfloor, and nail, glue or float.

- **Attach your Sheet** so people see your sizes and the math.
- **Your town is enough.** Never your address; check photos for house numbers and plates.
- **Is it safe?** A safety question here goes to pros verified in flooring, unless you pick another trade. Only they can call it safe or unsafe.

## Hardwood and laminate floors

14′ × 12′ floor: 168 sq ft is 10 boxes (20 sq ft each), with a ¾″ gap at the walls and the underlayment and fasteners counted.

What people get wrong:

- **Skipping the moisture check.** Boards laid wetter or drier than the subfloor cup, gap or buckle within a season.
- **No expansion gap.** Wood moves with the seasons.
- **Boards from one box at a time.** Color and length bunch up in patches.

[The worked example, every line's math and the code notes](https://studsheet.com/sheets/woodfloor) · [Your own sizes in the app](https://app.studsheet.com/p/woodfloor)

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- [Every group](https://studsheet.com/forum#every-group)

## How the community works

- **Open to read** from anywhere, no account needed.
- **Sign in with your email** to ask, answer and vote. No password.
- **The best answers rise:** votes, “worked for me” and a solved mark. Verified pros carry a badge.

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