I am installing laminate flooring in an area that has two bedrooms and a living area. The bedrooms are about 150 sq ft each and the living space is around 250 sq ft.
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| Bd #2 | Bath | Utility Room |
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I know about the standard spacing that must be left between the flooring and the walls. I also understand I should run flooring parallel with the longest wall. I would like to know if I should just run the entire flooring from room to room, or if I should separate it based on the rooms and have T moulding to transition from the bedrooms to the living space. I think this would help with the expansion of the flooring and be less likely to have bowing. I think it would look better to have no spacing at all, so maybe I'm being paranoid about the spacing/bowing. Is there a standard for this type of transition? I think once you reach a certain square footage you need to insert a gap, but I'm not sure what that is. Any advice is appreciated.