As with all flooring products, precise measurement by the installer is required to properly layout the floor and determine the focal point of the room in which the wood floor will be installed. Probably the best rule of thumb for determining the focal point is to ask yourself the following: When I walked into the room, what do I see first? And after the floor is installed, where must it look its best and how should the rows of strip and/or plank flooring be laid to look their straightest?
It is highly unlikely that any room will be perfectly square. In fact, it is highly probable that the installation will require “rips” of hardwood flooring strips along the installation’s ending wall line.