How to cut laminate flooring to fit an uneven rock wall

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  • @matthewanders4635
    @matthewanders4635 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You Sir are a thinker/fixer. Which is exactly the way I was trained.
    Figure out obstacle, ask for help (inner help)...wait for it....BAMMMM!!! solution has come. Knowledge is still King.
    I see some of the negative remarks on here. Never mind that. This is how inventions are created.
    "There is a solution for everything".
    Author: THE UNIVERSE

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matthew Anders Thanks bud..... you get it. Not everyone has a fancy tool.....

    • @jerichojoe307
      @jerichojoe307 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tacocaza you don't need a fancy tool. All you need is a cut off from one of your previous planks. It's called a cheater. Personally having come across this kind of issue myself I can attest to the fact that it actually doesn't really matter in which direction you lay the floor. Either side of the flooring can be scribed and ripped. The only correlation that direction has to which way you lay your floor as for aesthetic purposes cuz you usually want it running parallel to the length of the house or parallel to the largest amount of natural light sources in the home for aesthetic reasons. I think you just wanted to get rid of your Builder and this was an out.

  • @gurmeetsandhu7340
    @gurmeetsandhu7340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A rare tutorial with simple yet ingenious solution. Excellent piece of work.

  • @breakecho5609
    @breakecho5609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've very nearly literally started beating my head against my fireplace in frustration trying to figure this out. This has saved my sanity. Thanks and cheers to you!

  • @realdogful
    @realdogful ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sir, this is brilliant!! Than you so much for sharing!

  • @goldengoat1737
    @goldengoat1737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you! The dot technique is something I’ve never seen before pure genius! I’m actually having to scribe to something similar... so thank you so much it will save me so much time!

  • @ericwest1197
    @ericwest1197 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That is impressive. The straight rod is just a killer idea. Jig saw is a handy tool to have. I would have gnawed on it till it fit tite. Or cut a groove in the stone with an angile grinder and made a mess. If it got started there. It would of made the whole project easyer.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eric West - I almost did the angle grinder but would have dusted the place out spent more money on blades.....

  • @thetransformer6780
    @thetransformer6780 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you know the exact spot to put the dots, because you can move the marker on the rod closer or farther, do you start on the right or left with the width measurement and then see where the marker and rod meet that first point, then keep the marker in that position on the rod the whole way down the board?

  • @AdventureIndiana
    @AdventureIndiana ปีที่แล้ว

    I too will face this same challenge when redoing floor in our family room. My thought was to run floor perpendicular to fireplace so the I would only be trying to fit an end again later the rock rather than a long run.

  • @juanavalos247
    @juanavalos247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What kind of sealant would you recommend to fill that gap?

  • @williammusa9605
    @williammusa9605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So silly question
    How did you measure first to see you had the right distance to scribe from the wall. I see you had your metal rod, is that the width of a laminate board? If you were using that on another price you would lay that price over top the last complete plank to scribe on?

  • @DoverDanny
    @DoverDanny ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this intelligent tip. It’s definitely solving my issue 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @booradley98
    @booradley98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice work! One question, do you have too worry about expansion with this technique? Or maintain 1/4 inch gap.

    • @jerichojoe307
      @jerichojoe307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Depends on the type of floor you're installing because of expansion and contraction. Laminate yes you need a gap, vinyl yes you need a gap, Stone polymer composite also known as SPC. Is very stable and has next to no expansion or contraction so not much if any Gap is needed. But even with SPC I still leave at least 1/8 of an inch on cross-cuts. Oh that's right you weren't asking me you're asking the guy that scribed his boards backwards and now won't lock into the rest of his floor.🤣

    • @CLove511
      @CLove511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you think this is a dunk, I doubt you know more about flooring than this guy (and it wasn't even his error). It's fixable in about 30 seconds, mate.

  • @DiannaAtherton
    @DiannaAtherton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Question: so is your rod the same length as a floor board?

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It doesn’t have to be. Just not wider than. Have a gear day! 😊

    • @CLove511
      @CLove511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Could you explain this further? My understanding of cheater boards is that they work because they're the exact width of the plank...
      If I use 7" boards, and there's an average 3" space for the last row, and my rod/scribe is 6" long, that last row should be 1" too wide, no? (3" for the gap, plus 3" into the cut board leaves 4 inches of width, 1" wider than the gap, or the difference between the board width and rod length)
      I've drawn this out and tested it, and must be missing something, because it seems like it really does matter.

  • @smokeeater8387
    @smokeeater8387 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well played brother I wouldn’t have thought of that tactic. I think I would have to use a small square to run along the edge of the flooring and hold the rod on the side to keep a good ninety or I would most likely be off a little., or a lot. Our basement flooded this summer and insurance only covered half of what the repairs would cost and no contents. I’m still working on this damn thing but believe me I’m no carpenter nor the most handy. But can’t afford to have it done professionally, I won’t even tell you how many cuts I’ve screwed up. Finally getting close to finished but then I have the bathroom and laundry room to do. And deer season around the corner so may be finished with all early next year👍🇺🇸

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smoke eater - Thanks Smoke...I think you should take off and focus on deer hunting lol....Juvenile is this weekend and its raining but ill be in the blind with the boys in the morning anyway. Hope you are well good luck with the basement repairs!

    • @smokeeater8387
      @smokeeater8387 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ParkerBoyFilms Good luck this weekend brother. Let me know it goes👍🇺🇸🦌

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      My youngest killed his first buck this afternoon. Ill post when i get it ready

  • @ByronReyesFCBarca
    @ByronReyesFCBarca 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Exactly what I was looking for but how to you hold that last row in place? Use some finish nails?

    • @alhakisan
      @alhakisan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Byron Reyes: Dude, it still has it's tongue that'll snap into the previous board's groove so it'll secure itself as you would any last row of plank flooring. On a regular wall, you'll probably use shoe molding to cover the edge, but on this natural stone, he said he was going to use maybe silicone or some kind of beading, works for me!

    • @ByronReyesFCBarca
      @ByronReyesFCBarca 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alhakisan Yeah I know it has a groove, thats not an issue. I was referring to the side where the wall is not straight. I agree with you that shoe molding on a straight wall will cover and hold that end. But I am thinking that besides silcone, I would put some finish nails at the very end to secure it!

  • @jimmy_dirtbike
    @jimmy_dirtbike ปีที่แล้ว

    Whats the best way to seal this? I have grayish white morter on a white stone fireplace that I need to seal. My flooring guy wont finish the job so I guess I have to... He said something about 'sand sealing' or something like that? There is about a quarter inch gap between the flooring and the stone.. Please advise.

  • @joegomez8050
    @joegomez8050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What the 1/4 in space for expansion and contraction. I need to do the same thing but sure about leaving out the space

  • @shaunsmith9526
    @shaunsmith9526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I will be doing this soon! Thank you!

  • @Baelzar
    @Baelzar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When undercutting brick fireplace or steps, how do you then install the LVP underneath if it requires you to angle the boards to lock them together? We've got brick EVERYWHERE in this room - curved fireplace, two long stairs with a corner....there's so many videos on how to undercut, but not much on installing the LVP correctly. Any help would be appreciated.

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Baelzar man that’s a tough one....I would start at the rock and head toward a flat wall. Easier said than done in your case it looks like. Is cutting your last piece as close as you can and installing a baseboard to cover the gap an option??

    • @ejg34
      @ejg34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cut off the tongue locking mechanism and glue your plank with a vinyl glue or just use gorilla glue or use the kool glide seam iron

    • @almagson
      @almagson ปีที่แล้ว

      If it's a click floor cut the buldge on the click part and use gorilla glue doing one at a time.should just fall into place.make sure it fits properly before you glue.

  • @juan2049
    @juan2049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The last few seconds 😂🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

  • @carinlynchin
    @carinlynchin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much!!!

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      carinlynchin your very welcome!

  • @jonvon2044
    @jonvon2044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Get out the jam saw get a nice back pack vacuum and cut the stone level with the floor then again at the height of the plank, 5 in 1 to get out the pieces and boom it will look perfect when starting off the fireplace.

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jon Von Thanks!

  • @tacocaza
    @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    BTW..... I fired my builder.

  • @njmike9784
    @njmike9784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's slick!!

  • @pirate1958
    @pirate1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wish the guys that laid my flooring knew this tip. Mine looks like a 4 year old did it!!!

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      pirate1958 good help Is hard to find lol

  • @yojishinkawa378
    @yojishinkawa378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you very much. Great idea.

  • @getpwnd89
    @getpwnd89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Idk maybe it's me but I'm soooo confused on the width. How far out does that pen/rod need to be from the fireplace to have the last full uncut board to fit into the cut board?

    • @CLove511
      @CLove511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly the width of one board, plus your expansion gap (or just under, depending on your market size). So for 7" plank, the rod should be 7 1/4" or whatever your gap size is.

  • @mrrodneyalong
    @mrrodneyalong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1. I would charge my "builder" for having to do this. 2. If you find yourself doing this often then buy a scroll saw and it will be easier on you and more precise as you can see the blade all the time as you follow the line.

  • @Russell-JocelynDaniels
    @Russell-JocelynDaniels ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @carinlynchin
    @carinlynchin 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did you flip it around tho?

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      These are like tongue and grove. The other guy started on the wrong end of the room and i had to flip around and start at the rock. The last piece could not be snapped in against the projecting rocks. Hope that makes since...

    • @corysturgis6660
      @corysturgis6660 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm trying to fix a floor right now and dealing with something similar si I can install the baseboard. Great video . Thank you

  • @basura4173
    @basura4173 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone have any suggestions as to what to do if you fucked it up already and installed the floor and now there's a weird ass gap around the bricks??😅 any type of baseboard I can use for it????

  • @martywright7836
    @martywright7836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope you charged the professional for finishing his job.

  • @jerichojoe307
    @jerichojoe307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've used this technique before but the idea that you reversed the board's doesn't make any sense to me. These floors are interlocking so if you reverse them the Locking tab is facing the wrong direction. Thereby the next plank will not lock into it. The only time I've ever flipped a board was for a Crosscut measurement cuz it's a lot faster than measuring. But what you just did you could have done with the board's facing the correct way and had all of it interlocking with the final piece locking in and being able to just lay right into the stone. And I did notice at the end of the video you did not show the floor finished. You just show the piece you cut matching up well. But the floor is not locked to the rest of the floor that was already installed . I just don't get why you flipped it. I understand you wanted your Builder to go One Direction rather than the other. But it really doesn't matter because either end of the board can be scribed and ripped🤷‍♂️ never done it that way maybe there's some method to the madness and if so please explain so that somebody doesn't waste money on flooring doing the final planks backwards like this because it doesn't make any sense to me and I've installed quite a few floors. I just came to this video because I like looking at other people's techniques in order to improve upon my own. Here's another tip. Just take a cut off from one of your floor pieces. And cut off the rear tab now you have a Precision spacer to make your scribe's with on that final piece of flooring. You just line up your final row flush with the previous row and use that cheater block against the stone. Or use the rod but cut it to the width of your plank minus the tab. The distance out will be precise since the block is the same width as your finshed plank, it will Mark out exactly what needs to be cut off. It's called a cheater block try it sometime.

    • @aztek54208
      @aztek54208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It seems to me that you have the method down as u stated above. Only a cheater block wouldn't work in this situation as well as the rod to get the most precise cuts into the crevices. (As long as it's the same width of the board alone) I do believe that after this video he turned everything around and redid it off camera. If not then he had to have ripped off the tabs and glued them to the floor and at the seems. And also, since he said the rod wasn't the same size as the width of the board, he either pried the whole floor over to tighten it up, or he again, ripped another thin row of flooring and glued it in to fill the gap. That's what would've had to have been done if he proceeded with the steps in the video. Unless of course I am missing something like a lot of other commenters.

  • @kevinjackson8422
    @kevinjackson8422 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Greetings, great video! Question: how did you get that last row back in place? The contoured pieces create quite a tight fit. Thanks in advance.

    • @CLove511
      @CLove511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The builder did it backward. This guy told the builder to start here for that exact reason, and I'm guessing the builder was either intimidated by the rocks or forgot, or maybe just did the age-old "start with the hallway" approach.
      You just use a block plane to trim off the locking edge of the tongue on that final row and run glue instead. Without that locking profile, the board will slide right into place, and you're basically make the last 2 rows one row with a bond stronger than locking.
      The channel "So that's how you do that!" has a great tutorial on it because it happens in multiple situations that you unfortunately can't prevent.

    • @DoverDanny
      @DoverDanny ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would’ve started at the rock end and finish smooth at the other side of the wall. Great tutorial and tip for the ones that ar not professionals👍🏻

  • @frd3fadi
    @frd3fadi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is vinyl click not laminate. Great job . Thanks for sharing

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same thing but different lol

  • @ralphferguson1
    @ralphferguson1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No wrong!! Rent a floor saw so you can undercut it and you’ll never see any seem at all.

  • @detroitisback8021
    @detroitisback8021 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pair of dividers would work best also. Long as the dividers have a ink pin and not a scratch pin. Really I guess it wouldn't matter. Cutting it off either way

  • @rickhuff3885
    @rickhuff3885 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Use a drawing compass for scribing and copying

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rick Huff good idea thanks bud

  • @seanbrennan3824
    @seanbrennan3824 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jamb saw or grinder. Professional way of doing it

  • @tuledude89
    @tuledude89 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Smarter NOT harder...

    • @tacocaza
      @tacocaza  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      tuledude89 - thats what I’m screaming. There was no way to come from across the room as you have to fold the last piece down to snap it in and the rocks sticking out wound let you do that. I was so frustrated i just did it myself. Thanks for watching bud. Hope you have been well.