{"id":2042,"date":"2023-01-17T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:51:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T19:51:48","slug":"loft-flooring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/loft-flooring\/","title":{"rendered":"Loft flooring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple months ago I received the hardwood flooring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The delivery came on a rainy day, so I had to work fast getting the material inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I re-stacked the pallet of boxes inside the studio so it could acclimate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This 1\/2 in. thick and 5 in. wide engineered maple flooring has a 2mm wear layer and a “vintage natural” finish. I was limited to glueing down engineered hardwood due to most of the flooring going down over a concrete slab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The first row took a long time because I had to carefully cut the boards to fit around the curb, lay them out perfectly straight and secure them with some nails that will be covered by the baseboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Everything is aligned so the transition moulding sits flush with the face of the loft edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The following rows went much faster, as I could push against the nailed-and-glued first row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The matching 2 in. transition strip here is not glued down yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next day, after the first few rows were dry, I glued the transition moulding in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used a general construction adhesive for the transition strip, as I needed it to span larger gaps than flooring glue is designed for.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the next few days I made steady progress, working in four row sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scraps were tapped into joints on the last row to keep them aligned until I could come back and continue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once the first area was dry, I installed the floor outlet box that will be under the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m not totally sure what I’ll plug into this, but it may be a Roomba that docks under the couch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The rectanglular floor boxes for the desk were fairly simple to work around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One floor box has power outlets, while the other has audio and networking connections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However the round conduit flange was much trickier, as I had to cut one of the boards that wraps around the circular conduit in half and slide each side into place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I custom ordered a 1\/8 in. steel disc with an 8 in. OD and 4-3\/8 in. ID to cover the transition between the flooring and the hole in the conduit flange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Working under a low ceiling was a burden, but thankfully that was only a small amount of the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The floor feels noticeably stiffer now that the glue has dried.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then mounted the floor boxes in for power, audio and networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All of 16 of these XLR jacks will be connected to a patch-bay at the desk using a couple of audio snakes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The power one was pretty easy to wire up, but I expect it will be a real paint to wire up all the audio and networking jacks on the other one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m hoping the boxes can remain closed when all cables are hooked up, but I don’t know for sure yet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The floor boxes are nearly perfectly flush when closed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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