everything you listed i wanted to say first

@@toxicated3622 Same!

Actually use soft rubber hammer and I fixed flooring after people who don't use hammer the seams not locked all the way

And he could have used headless nails instead of screwing the planks down

I use self leveler takes longer but is easier

That's the only correct way to do it. I have seen many floors that didn't adhere to the staggered joint line conventions too, bugs me the core.

We just did the exact same thing, we went slightly one step further and labelled each patterned plank with a letter on a small circular sticker. That way when needing the next plank I could see which letters are surrounding the area for the plank (a, b, j, h in the vicinity for example) so I know what options I have for the next lettered plank. Saved us time trying to identify the pattern for each plank!

I have been accused of being a perfectionist after opening and stacking according to the names I gave each pattern. The "bat", "booty" and "right knot" are few of the names used. 😂

How do you like the high traffic areas moving all around and the big gaps

you a fresheee

They will always have a side hustle if they do not go into the floor business.

I agree, It's good to see your father in the real world. Not just as Dad. Plus they do just about everything. Stopping and figuring out how to do things in a logical, thoughtful way let's you anticipate difficulties. take your time, do it right. You'll probably have to come back for minor details and omissions, but that is the way things go. Plus these are skills that never go away. Business and people are always looking for adaptable skilled workman. There are Jobs all year long when the kids go to college, Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, Spring Break, Summer break, plus you don't have to take the first permanent job that comes along. Resilience

Excellent comment

Yes. I notice that, also. They love buying toys. Granted, they love buying tools, too. But my nephews have wasted a lot of money on toys over the years.

@@georgehogle6154 Industrial society made "work" something bad Dad had to do every day, because he'd come home grumpy and tired. We lost something of father-to-son lessons when we industrialized. Sons should see their fathers at work. It's the natural way. But we didn't build the factories that way. Made it a sin to have kids on the company grounds.

Do you know if he put a 1/4 inch gap on each side of the hallway? It looks like a tight placement Do you put 1/4 inch gap from the wall in the hallways or only in big rooms like living room and bedroom?

Gap doesn’t matter because of the gap under the base. Base is probably at least 1/2 inch they put the base shoe on afterwards. Personally I don’t like the added base shoe but it was already set up that way.

Concrete slabs are an excellent candidate for in-floor heating. To grind the surf with the concrete surface and just have a exposed aggregate look like at home Depot or any commercial store these days it has ground concrete with sealer on it

That's a great story.

Poor Steve…🤓

Good story! Now a days it probably wouldn't be a good idea to jump in a pickup like that to start working.

"jumpin' in a vehicle" and out... - that reminds me of a true story - FNK Back in '77 I was doing my first job. A little back story.. I was lucky I had this job. It was representin' back in the day. The who's who got the nice jobs, learning how do to do stuff. I got this job cuz I needed it. I needed some new threads for junior high, and the dances required some disco threads, you dig? anyways, I was with a crew of summer help that I knew from little league baseball, and junior high sports, these were all my rivals. My mother was executive secretary for school super intendent, so that helped me get on this summer crew when it organized. We painted all the school classrooms, and laid many football fields and parks with grass sod. I got paid peanuts for this hard work but it was good money. I wanted the job to stay outa trouble... and a pair of super fly bell-bottoms The "jump in".... We were all at the School District's Bus Barn. This was where all the school buses were at. We cleaned them all. I drooled at the only two diesel buses which were for the varsity high school traveling teams. Man we just took one to our baseball state championship season. I was in one to Little League championship games in San Bernadino , from along ways away let's say. At lunch the boss, who was a pitching coach also, and all the bus barn workers went to lunch. Us kids had brown bags. There were two awesome brand new Driver's Ed cars in the barn. I was dared, then double dared I could not drive. I said I probably could. I jumped in this car, and another kid jumped in. welp. he was dumber than me.. for jumpin in thinking I could drive around the barn. safely. I made it thru the barn making both bays and gassed it alittle to show off. I made the left turn and all the way around the building. as dared. The problem was stopping. I panicked when I saw the nice diesel bus. In front of me. So I gassed it as the car was against the bus. I was in a panic and burned lots of rubber pushing on the bus. When I "came to" back to reality... there was lots of smoke... The looks on everyone's faces........... Mom was going to KILL me... the "jump out" Well, now we are headed back to where we all meet in the mornings. Which was at the Super Intendent's office. I was dead, my mom was at work.. We are driving down the highway, all the crew are sitting in the back of a pickup truck, like everyone did... I knew when we had to turn left, the only and last place they would slow down. Halfway thru that turn sucka... I am gone. Diving to home base. blind dive to pavement. I even outran the pickup before it could even think of turning around. I made it home, in shock, banged and bruised but alive.... I haven't jumped in or out of anything too awful much since that Summer of '77....

@@diywtlc2249 Great story! Oh, the days when we could get away with shit. LOL

Thanks for that last tip. I’ve put down tons of flooring in all the houses I’ve owned and remodeled. It never occurred to me to simply rip a strip off to beat on. Nice!

@@derekw40 that's what I use on all my floors (since they all have their own proprietary edge) and then I have a hdp block to tap on them but they work great and even without a tap block you can use any hammer and be fine

What william said!

You can also cut a small scrap piece, then rip it in half and just in case you need a tapping piece for when installing the opposite side you'll be covered.

I do agree with the majority of what you stated, except for the base shoe. And I only say that because I kind of think of the next person that's going to want to change the floor out. It's going to be exponentially easier just to pop the shoe off, and take the floor up. But, I do do it both ways, depending on the setup.

99% of homeowners aren't going to want to pay for that. And if you do sub work through home depot or somewhere similar, those customers definitely won't pay for it. Good luck though 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@damienirvin777 I’m just taking a shot in the dark but they probably aren’t doing work for customers looking for a cheap alternative.

@@JohnParker-jm5tt Well that flooring looks cheap.. so.

@@damienirvin777 cheap LVT, or LVT in general is a Toxic flooring, just a Profit for the Plastic industry that does nothing but Pollute the oceans and planet. HEMP can be used in place of plastics. And it is used. Remember them "Plastic makes it possible commercials"?? now we have miles of plastics in the ocean and the beaches, lakes, rivers, roads. It is way worse in India the 3rd world countries. 90% Plus of plastics are NEVER RECYCLED for anything. HEMP IS THE ONLY SAFE Alternative. LETS Get Involved and push for it. Locally, State, Federally.

Nothing like adding a couple grand to a cheap flooring job to pull, reinstall, repair, caulk and paint baseboards.

I agree.

absolutely. A bang up job !!

I Know, needs to be on TV with his own show!

Nice tip 👍 Thank you 😊

I got a 12mm

6 mil just is not enough ---- unless you're flipping the house , but I"d even feel guilty then ... Ha

Other than 20 mil wear layer, what other specs I need to pay attention? I’m looking at homedepot and all they put is anti scratch, water proof, and easy installation but the prices ranges from $2.5 - $3.6 and I’m like well what’s the difference then am I just paying for the brand name and color? Lol

@@MythicRealTrap Check out Cali Bamboo’s line of LVP; 20mil and 1/2” plank thickness.

I first must say I appreciate the Dad in this ensemble. He is so relaxed, conversational, and educates Jordan in all of their construction endeavors. As a fellow tradesman, I have experienced firsthand how the "Veterans" of the trade treat their apprentices/helpers. I have to applaud him, he doesn't belittle Jordan for his errors, and he makes the mistakes about them both as a unit, instead of putting down his son. What a great father and role model Jordan has. Now, I'm no expert flooring installer, but I saw the error by the chimney as well. Is there a method Saul to cover that error as the angles are not symmetrical, or is it best to simply redo the cuts? Our home has a similar layout to this home, that's why I'm inquiring, thanks.

When you lay your vinyl plank do you always put moisture barrier?

30+ yrs brother!

Our pleasure 🍻

Same from italy

As a Boilermaker, what local are you out of?

Thx Karl. Yeah seems like every brand is different 😡

YES! I only use mating cut-offs for tapping blocks. Never hit the edge directly. Damaged edges can be costly in material but even more so in time. Although I have never tried the soapy water trick. I will definitely give that one a try next time I'm in that situation. Thanks guys. Subscribed. Great show!

This is true with almost any tongue and groove product ! With solid oak flooring a long shoulder plane is a good thing to have around too !

When you install floors in the kitchen, do you cut around the kick plate of the base cupboards and install quarter round or do you remove the the kitchen base cupboards.

I always use mating pieces The long edge on the floor piece goes unscathed . Just make sure the tapper is square with the floor piece . An angular tap is going to bugger up the floor piece's long seam edge. Use the same pieces and they slip right back off after the love taps .

Yeah, they usually walk in when you're just slapping down straight whole planks in the middle of the floor after hours of prep and are like "wow, you should be done in no time"...

very cool

Yes we do this too , but for click together floors you should start your rows off the fireplace otherwise itll be a bitch to get under and click in

Yes very good tip on an undercut saw. But you better have a shopvac hooked up to that saw or you will be sorry 😢. You will be hiring a cleanup crew to come clean all the dust out of the house ask me how I know lol

@@nathanielpulling understood. using motorized tools does create alot of dust

@@raymondmaglaris4149 thats why you shave the lock and then glue and tape the plank

As you said, who does under the dishwasher. Only you, GOLDEN. And yes, it is a bitch to get the dishwasher out later without chipping the edge of the flooring.

@@robertball3578 Usually, you do that if the dishwasher is out and everything is getting redone. But usually customers almost never want it under the existing dishwasher.

"Rotate 180 and put it down". I thought it was "put it in"? It's what my wife always says.

@@diGritz1 If she has you rotating 180 first, that's probably your husband

Wouldn’t that only befor same end pieces (stacked) vs offset?

@@Jopacob No.

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@@weswarren5987 if there’s work there’s a way, I’m an installer too. I wouldn’t mind going to Alaska

G.D. furniture..don't u just luv moving other people's shit back and forth to do the job..luv it..🤙🤙

You got it Thomas 👊

Followed by New Yankee Workshop... those were the days 😀

That's how I grew up too...

@@StudPack Was Norm the craftsman or what.

I agree. I learned quite a bit from This Old House but I learn more watching Stud Pack. Such a different format and the video’s are much more frequent with more information shared! Thank you Stud Pack! Ron

Then use the cut off piece to start your next run (if long enough).

That's how I've always done it.

We did that a few times. I got tired of spinning 5 foot pieces pretty quickly 😬

Much faster than measuring and more accurate. With Vinyl you can even hold the position with your finger before moving a few feet to a hard board on the ground to score and break with a knife. Plus you don't have to get up and down.

Everyone is an expert. 🙄. Would love to see y’all videos?!?

So that’s why I have to park in the snow…

Why did you have some carpet showing in the hall coming from the bedrooms? Should the door thresh not be directly under the door?

"Garage full of crap".................. Until you need it, then it's, "Oh thank God I saved this."

@@Nutsarooba You are correct, read William Wrights threads above. It explains all about the threshold.

“Garage full of crap” is what I call my stay at home son.

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You can always just run a bolt and nut through your filters and chuck it in your power drill, then spin it super fast. It'll clean out the filters pretty well :) It's definitely best to do it in a box or trashcan though or else it will make a mess lol.

@@Zalagar619 great idea! But then the bolt and but stays on forever? Or else I’ll have a hole in my filter.

@@xcx4x most filters I've seen have a hole through the middle to secure it, so it would just go through it to hold it while cleaning, then you take it off and reinstall it like normal. There should be some videos of people on here cleaning their filters with this method on KZfaq :)

👀 it’s learning… LOL thanks for being so early James, you legend! 🥰

Cool thx Leroy 👍👊

I just did this in my vanities to have a place to store a scale. very slick. My worry in kitchen for cooking stuff is dirt. But still cool ideas; we are thinking out of the box.

I’m a hack doing most of my own work. I learned that trick years ago from my Dad.

@@timsjourney same bro

Guillotine cutter is a game changer. Really speeds up the cutting.

Oh yeaaahhh !! Not sure why I never thought of that. Thank you so much for that. Need to find a guilotine cutter.... I am in Japan so ...

Adam Turnbull I got mine from Amazon

I just pulled an all-nighter doing a small hallway with 4 doors on it, and while I like your tip (and it would have saved me a HUGE amount of time), the LVP product I have doesn't allow me to do the soap/water trick. I also had a slight pad on the LVP, and carpet on the various rooms around the hallway. But I also a very thin pad on the floor which would have been torn up. I use it for thermal, water and sound insulation. The product I'm using also seems to be "installable" one direction, and it has caused me some grief where I wanted to install it "backwards". During a brief period when my back made it hard for me to get up and down, I hired on a guy who did floors, and after 2 hours of banging around, I went out to check his progress and he hadn't gotten very far (was trying to install it backwards), and I showed him how I did it. He still kept trying to do it his way. And he too didn't use the plastic shims. But he nailed wooden blocks in to the base area around the perimeter. That was painful to remove! The bottom line... check out how it installs... some products are too clever for their own good. It's good, but a pain to install at times. Love the laser trick, and nailing pieces down in the middle of the room! ! And TOTALLY agree with someone before saying to check those darn joints! Using a table saw leaves you with tons of static-cling dust and chips, and they fall into those joints SOOO easily, and ruin things fast. Great video!

Nice thx Robert 👍

I did that without spraying anything, my wife is chemical sensitive.

Hot glue won't work on backed vinyl. The backing will separate or slide out of place