Hardwood direction can come down to personal choice.
Direction of engineered flooring in a long narrow hallway upstairs.
Uneven walls another important thing to take into account when laying hardwood floors is the possibility that your walls aren t straight.
We have mostly slab foundations in this area and with engineered floors you have more flexibility.
In some situations the planks are run in the direction of sunlight often the same direction as length of home.
This is an option for single rooms or where only a few rooms are receiving the flooring.
Running the planks the length of the entire home is one option and very common.
Hallway plank direction as a rule laminate flooring looks best when it runs in the same direction as the long walls in a hallway.
While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines.
The sight lines of the floor and walls match making the hallway.
Whenever you are placing wood flooring in a hallway or any long and narrow area it should run in the direction away from the doorway.
Flooring in long narrow rooms or hallways should be laid outward from the doorway so it doesn t create a choppy appearance and it s also much easier for installation.