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I was putting down underlayment wrong for a solid year
I was on a job in Scottsdale last month, installing some engineered hardwood in a big master suite. The homeowner, a retired engineer, watched me for a while and then asked, 'Why are you rolling the underlayment out perpendicular to the flooring direction?' I'd been doing it parallel for every single job, thinking it helped with seams. He pulled out the manufacturer's spec sheet, and it clearly said to run it perpendicular for better stability. I felt like a total idiot. That one question cost me about 2 hours to redo it, but saved a potential callback. Has anyone else had a simple spec detail completely change their method?
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the_drew5d ago
Man that's wild lol. I've seen guys run it parallel for years thinking it locks the seams better. The amount of times I've probably done the same thing without a homeowner catching it is scary. Makes you wonder what other little details we've all been getting wrong forever.
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