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Im installing wood floor, or more exactly bamboo flooring. Basically the same thing, different type of substance. but my question is that I want to make the wood planks for my front door to go vertical and i want them to offset as well. Im not sure if that the term but what i mean is i want them laid like bricks where one plank is in the middle of the gap of the neighboring plank. But i only want ti to go vertical for a 7×10 rectangle in front of the door. After that I want the rest of the floor every where else in the living room and hall etc… to go horizontal. The problem is that when I cut the planks to offset them, I wont have a grove to connect it to another piece. So how can i fix this problem?

As long as the joist are going the proper way in the bulk of the layout , you can do this. Not recommended because that will mean the other section will be going w/ the joints.. This I m assuming is a nail down installation.. If you have an engineered wood and are gluing it or nailing it, this is your starting point, leaving the groove side out in the 7×10 area. then you “tie” in the joining with either adding a spline(s) so that the other part of the floor will tie in to it and be secure.
You can t do this if you have a floating floor system, you have to use a “T” mold to break it up so you can turn it..
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