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If only you'd made this a few months ago, before I started fitting my engineered wooden floor! Despite watching so many videos about this task, not one of them got into the nitty gritty of checking the room squareness properly before starting. You've devoted so much time to it (the right amount of time!), and it's a crucial consideration - particularly here in the UK where squareness can sometimes be nothing but a dream. I've fitted my floor to the point where I realised that the whole thing is out of true because the wall I started on isn't parallel to the others. So that's where it's stopped - with a lounge floor that's in but skew, and unfinished. I'm building up the will to go back and sort it out as best I can, and it was genuinely hard for me to click the play button on this video as I knew you'd do it properly, and I'd have to eat some crow. Thanks for putting out the best video I've seen on this topic - I'm sure it'll help others avoid this painful lesson! PS: another issue I found after the fact is the subfloor not being flat. It has dips and bows all over the place which are not obvious with carpet and underlay on top, but very obvious when walking on the floorboards spanning over these dips. Maybe this'll help someone that's read this far down in the comments. Needless to say the floor is going to have to be lifted so that I can shim these areas and correct the squareness...

You've come through for me again! Tax returns, to drainage and now flooring, you're voice is that of reassurance!

Hi. Have just layed about 23m2 in a house very similar to yours. I posted some time ago to say how helpful your vid was and I can now say absolutely that it was. The importance of getting the line bang on that long run cannot be overstated and continually checking for adjustment if needed. My flooring was mixed in the sense that some of the grooves were rough. I developed a habit of clearing each groove with a screwdriver blade before gluing and it significantly reduced the need for excessive hammering. Thanks again. Jim

Great job! Loving the videos of the whole project and wishing you all, the very best with it.

I love that you have a metric/metric tape measure. I was so happy when I got mine!

That was great ! Very "real world". I think for the risk involved for an amateur ( in my case ) installation vs 2 1/2 grand labour spend, I'd certainly give it a go. If I ended up scrapping a couple of packs, I'd still be able to convert a lot of that saving in labour into tools that could then be used in other jobs. It's laying a floor after all. Not sending a rocket to the moon. Measure twice, cut once, and have it all planned as you showed us at the beginning of the video is really great advice !

Andy, the floor looks amazing. Great choice of wood. And you gave some smashing tips for laying this down.

Awesome job. Really enjoyed the tips and tricks to do it right.

Looks fantastic! New flooring makes such a massive visual difference. You must be well chuffed. Great video, as always!

Great video, I’m soon to take on a Bungalow with similar engineered wood. I’m just a diy-er but after your excellent guide, I feel I can take it on. Thank you.

I cannot believe how far the renovation has come. I remember when I first saw it, I couldn't believe that one man and his wife would be able to fix it up in a reasonable amount of time. Incredibly impressive.

You make it look so easy. I've got a similar job to do. Great advice, thanks.

Very nice job Andy 👍. I’ve become a fan of Quickstep Livyn Vinyl plank flooring over recent years in our home, easy to lay as it’s flexible for the more difficult areas, can be scored with a knife so no power tools needed.

Just ordered a tape measure - Wore mine out recently on a landscaping/porcelain patio project! Love the content mate, been a fan for a while. You have a habit of uploading a video not long after I've done a similar project and showing me how much better I could have done it 😂

Top work as usual Andy. Bottom of stairs looks brilliant👍🏻😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Absolutely amazing job Andy......I've done a similar job to this and it's an absolute killer on the knees and the back.....Well done !!

Phew, good for you on being way more philosophical about that hearth install than I'd have been! I'd have been raging.

AWESOME! I watched another video and then came across yours and it was much more informative. I love the idea of using glue vs nailing.

Great job Andy, don’t you just love how multitools make this sort of job easier.

You did a wonderful job, it looks fab!

Looks fantastic!

I took half my workshop, including a DeWalt flip saw, to France in 2017 to lay my son’s laminate floor and left a box with my drill and screw driver behind. I now have two of each! As always, Andy, great video and thank you for sharing 🌞

That was deeply satisfying to watch

You and Mrs Mac are both doing a marvelous job all round the house. 👍👍

We are just completing a large barn conversion. Had many, many trades and suppliers in during that time and they fall very distinctly into 2 groups - ones who had little knowledge, lots of BS and just wanted full pay for a lousy job; then there were those worth their weight in gold because they cared. Sometimes they were cheaper; sometimes more expensive but within a day I learnt to tell which camp the tradesman came from. I don’t know much about building, plumbing, electrics - really just as much as most people who have done a lot of DIY; I’m therefore susceptible to hearing what turns out to be crap. Right from the steel frame manufacturer at the beginning to some plumbers doing 2nd fix at the end, we have had people in who I’d like to throttle. A little surprising to me, everyone whose name I got from Checkatrade, as opposed to recommendation from another tradesman, has tuned out to be very good. We had about 90square metres of herringbone click system engineered oak. Don’t. It took twice to fit as long as glued herringbone; no benefit in the click system and the professional layers seem to hate it. Shop around; we bought our oak from one firm who thought we were silly enough to think we would add on the gold underlay as an afterthought. Just a little shopping around and we saved hundreds. I could wrote a book on renewable energy suppliers. That sector seems to be attracting all the cowboys; all the chances; all the con men around. Our first supplier went bust (seems a regular occurrence on this sector); finding a reputable one is a real headache. There are those who demand high deposits - but beware; giving a company a deposit is lending them money; would you lend money without checking somebody out? I’m lucky in that I can read company accounts but heaven help those who can’t.

Thanks so much for uploading this and going into so much detail. Loved to see the Reign in Blood vinyl 🤘🏻

Nice job and Mrs Mac looking as lovely as ever.

Excellent advice and finish oak flooring. We'll done.

Hi Andy, you did a great job mate, and Mrs Mac wiping off the glue must have Been a big help, I did vertually the same job for one of my daughters a few years ago, large through lounge and hallway, same type of flooring, it took 3 days, at the end of each day we put flooring ratchet straps across the unfinished floor to keep it all tight, worked a treat. Same method of fitting as you did, fully floating, and it's never moved, phew!,lol. My daughter selected all the boards from the packs to achieve a nice spread of tones, that speeded the job up no end. Thanks for another interesting video mate, best wishe's to you and your's, Stuart UK.

Good job Andy .

Amazing to watch but reminds my how hard it was on the joints when I last done this. Looks amazing Andy, well done to you both. I think I uses this or similar for my double conservatory when I get around to changing the flooring. Stay safe buddy.

Good video with nice bit of advice… I’ll be laying my floor next week and I’m sure I’ll use some of your tips and tricks… Nice floor by the way

Looking forward to the skirting board fitting; I have done a similar installation on a floating floor across 3 bedrooms and a hallway with no thresholds; my engineered wood floor is a click type, but I've glued the joints with PVA to minimise creaks; it was all sound and solid until I fitted the skirting boards, then it started to be sensitive to temperature changes, i.e. when you step close to the skirting board, it creaks as if you're breaking the friction in between the floor and the skirting

Just laid same flooring in my conservatory, last March. Never having done it before, i watched loads of youtube videos on laying this stuff and not one of them mentioned using glue on the tongues, wish they had. I live near Folkestone in Kent, but when i was a kid i used to play in that stream at the bottom of your garden, when i wasn`t nicking golf balls from the golf course. Ian

How fabulous is that 👍

I did our lounge and bedroom in 2 days so I don’t feel bad about that now 😊 looks great 👍

I love the colour of the flooring. It looks great :-)

Nice job, looks great.

Well Andy, I was absolutely floored to see you doing this but was not board at all.😉 You did a cracking job as usual, you are right, it is murder on the knees and the back and as you get older once you get down on the floor you sort of think is there anything else I need to do down here before I get up. I read some of the comments with respect to floating floors and the weight of the fitted kitchen likely causing problems. I agree with you the way you have done it - there should not be a problem. The only risk is water leaks and you could take a sort of preventative measure using a water leak device - Honeywell do them and Sure Stop do one that will also shut off the water supply. 😀👍

The floors look really professional Andy.👍👍

Lovely job, looks really nice!

looks fantastic xx

Absolutely beautiful 😍

We’ve got the same engineered flooring in our living room and it’s great stuff. Had it fitted by a professional (friend of a friend) though

Superb job and beautiful music.

Looks great - nice job. 👏👏👏👏

Looks so good.

Floor looks really good.

Nice job, well done

Bellísimo trabajo felicidades 💯👏👊👌🏻💪

That looks great Andy👏👏👍🥳

Great Job as usual. With the engineered oak instructions I fitted it said run a line of glue along the top edge of the groove. I stood each length on the floor on the tongue and with groove up over ran the glue along the top edge. When fitting It seemed to have less squeeze out. Any awkward areas of the room I would lightly sand the groove and the tongue to remove any woodchips so they would go together easier to save any hassle. The ends of the wood seemed to be the worst. When using the utility bar to lever the wood together near the wall I had a old bit of aluminium plate to put against the wall to protect the plasterboard.

Yay new video. I’ve been watching some of the old ones waiting for new content to arrive 😂

Very nice!

Lovely job , nicely done 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Looks great. I did one of these and bought a couple of ratchet clamps, which helped though I stopped to let the glue go off after 3 or 4 rows. Looks like I need not have by this!

Nice one Andy. Some useful tips there👍👍

It looks amazing!

A number of years ago, I laid a clip together engineered wood floor, same sort of area as yourself, two or three connected rooms. It's been fine. Only problem, the old coal fired boiler leaked, and has been replaced, but the rusty water stained the boards and warped and separated the edges of the veneers. I have enough planks left over if I'm careful, to replace the damaged parts, but a rug has covered it for the past five years or so... In your case, I'd definitely do the utility room, and anywhere else.

Looking nice Andy. Couldn't help but notice the Aviano 8 speakers and the Slayer LP. Good lad!

Lovely job

Lovely job. Having had a mains water pipe pinhole leak under the kitchen floor, I shudder at the thought of that happening with these glued-up floors.

lovely job my good man

Cracking job 👍

Great video !!!!! thanks

Superb job 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

That’s a top job and I look forward to the end result. Regarding cost of fitting. I was thinking the same. £2,500 plus Easily. 👍🏾

Good job

Slayer!!!!! Yes mate! Great video also.

Andy, your timing is perfect! This was uploaded on the morning the other half wanted to go and buy an engineered wooden herringbone floor for our lounge. As usual, after watching one of your videos, I exclaimed in the shop "I'm not paying that for fitting! I reckon I can do that, Andy's video made it look pretty straightforward." Wish me luck... As a relative novice, it was eye opening to see what you need to take into consideration when choosing and preparing the floor. As an old Edwardian house we can't get the original skirtings off, but the multitool trick will be invaluable around all the decorative door frames and mouldings. I'm debating whether it's worth using the multi-tool to cut the bottom of the skirtings off to slide the floor underneath, instead of a quadrant trim painted to match the skirting. Is that asking for trouble? You've also sold me on T&G as especially with herringbone, it's going to be much easier to tap into place around all those awkward corners. Cheers Andy, great video as always!

The floor looks great, but of course everything you’ve done looks great. I like your view of the backyard, or garden as you lad’s call it. Very serene and peaceful. I saw your wife helping you with the floor for a bit, but I’m sure things would have been easier if you had a second person cleaning up the glue and doing all the cuts. Appears to be a slow tedious job laying floors. I’ve always wanted to buy distressed homes, fix them up and resale, or rent them. Unfortunately, when I could do it, I was broke, and now that I can afford it, I’m too close to retirement to risk any money. Look forward to seeing the before and after video when everything’s completed!

Lovely job that as always. We have similar but the boss wanted herringbone pattern! That took some working out. Was easy in the end but my god had me worried. 😂

Good choice on music!

Looks good

Nice shot of Reign in blood there. I do love that album.

Beautiful Andy, thanks for sharing, I normally can’t walk properly for a few days after doing a floor. 😄🔨📐👍

7 minutes in and I can't stop thinking about that fireplace being on the wonk - I'm fuming for you :D

Yeah good job Andy lad....i laid some 9 inch oak floorboards about 10 years ago in a 19th century house..a lot of head scratching but looks the business..unfinished boards with Rustins dark oak dye 👍🏻

Sometimes watching your videos I wish you was in the site management trade, would love someone as skilled and professional as yourself to oversee the renovations needed on my house.

I’m not an expert at all but my harth was on the wonk. My house is well over 100 years old. When I did mine I installed the second to last row and scribed the harth with an off cut onto it. I then cut that piece out and replaced it with a new one. Looks mint and no scotia/ covering required. Been installed 2 years with no problems

Like your stair carpet

Looks fantastic! Well done!

I wished you lived near me. I'm looking for a carpenter to fit internal french doors and new frame, and no one is interested! The last carpenter made a real mess of it 😔 The floor looks beautiful. You are so talented 😍

In the end, the flooring looks really good. I've found, when there's a row floating in the middle of the room, I'll screw down a backer board so I can tap the other boards in place without removing the reference row. It's more important with cleats/staples, though. Edit: And I see you did something similar with the wood block at one end.

nice job might do the same instead of tiling less mess :)

Yes tough on the knees, my job has me kneeling most of the day anyway but I did a penny floor a few years ago and it was tough even on me.

Looks great, Andy. Are you going to build a little bench seat (instead of a box) in that alcove to hide the telcomm bits? It could have a flip top lid. Just a thought. Cheers.

I had a similar problem with my hearth. I built a picture frame around it which allowed me to align it to the walls and flooring whilst hiding the crime of the hearth.

Tip on the waste arising (which is basically Paper, Card and Plastic Wrap. Most co-ops now have a blue bin to put plastic bread wrap, bags and similar in , so wrap that up as you go along and take there when you go out shopping. Dependent on your local authority recycling split if you can find just a wheelie bin out in the garden to take the cardboard as you go, stack it in/ fold down as you go, keeps everything nice and tidy and separated out

Looks fantastic Andy. Well done. I'm sure once fully finished it will look just perfect. You really are very talented. Is that a Slayer record in the rack there? 🤘🤘

Brilliant work, feels like the light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. What's next? Kitchen installation? Still can't believe how wonky that hearth has been cut. Hope all is well, take care

Really helpful video. Thank you. I'm about to embark on the same in a similar layout. Can I ask a few questions please? 1. What thickness was your oak boards? 2. How did you get confident that the levels in different areas weren't so different as to pose a problem as you worked through? 3. I've got wooden suspended floor changing to concrete floor in both the rooms I'm proposing to floor. Looks like you had something similar but in your extension you seemed to have some sheet material down. Was this to level up please? Great vid. Thanks Jim

Looks beautiful! Are you going to keep the door going from the foyer into the living room? Or make it a casement opening? If you keep the door, would you consider changing the swing so that it doesn't open into the room, it opens against the wall?

Hi Andy, great video as I'm just about to start laying the same type of flooring this week. Can I ask what type/name of underlay you used? Cheers Gary

Lovely old job

I did flooring a number of years back and recently I discovered there was some damage to a number of boards due to an office chair with incorrect wheels. This was not noticed as there was a mat under the chair. The company that made the floor is still in business but they do not make the same "model" (colour / grain pattern) also their new floors are a few millimetres thicker. The damage was in the middle of the floor and the whole apartment used the same flooring.. I wish I had a number of boxed left over when I did the floor (I planned well and only had one extra board :-( ) You should take two or three boxes and save then somewhere safe in case of future damage. --- I ended up staining the damaged boards with a similar colour and then varnishing them.. you can see the boards are different when standing above them but from else where in the room it is luckily fairly invisible.

Knee pads in your pants ! Playing cricket or laying flooring ? Whatever love your vids . Inspired me to start my own handyman biz 6 months ago best decision I ever made ..... thank you

Great video Im just about to do my 33 sqmetr floor on top of concrete slab. I like how you went floating and used the underlay then lay boards straight on top of underlay and didn't do glue down , I guess because you glue the joints with PVA wood glue this makes it act as one giant piece of wood and the weight holds it down and stops and spongy feeling when walking on it , so it feels like its solid glued anyway without the hassle of using drums of flooring glue . Can you advise please on your results and how the floor feels to walk on now ? thank you .

Looks great. Planning to do my hall with engineered oak soon so this is a useful guide, many thanks. Would you consider click lock rather than glued T&G? I've used click bamboo in a spare room but it's starting to squeak/shift at the doorway which makes me worry about a high traffic hallway.