What plank orientation?

[YorkieSelfBuild]

Hi, I'm trying to decide on the orientation of plank flooring.

 

I think I'd prefer to avoid transition strips so the landing dictates it goes left to right. The right hand side bedrooms are complicated as they have double aspect windows so sunlight will come from top and right, and the 1st floor room's longest wall is vertical while the 2nd floor room's is horizontal. Currently I have the planks follow the longest wall.

 

What do people think? Any suggestions to improve it?

 

Cheers

[Crofter]

It's really just a question of aesthetics, but I don't like the idea of using different plank directions on the same floor of the house.

[Conor]

Keep them all the same way, left to right.

[nod]

Ideally planks should run along the length of the room Even if it means them changing direction from room to room 

[nod]

Just now, nod said:

Ideally planks should run along the length of the room Even if it means them changing direction from room to room 

 

[JohnMo]

Just choose a direction and sticks with it. Left to right for all rooms and halls or up down for all. I prefer them running from windows instead of across the main windows, so my case all would run left to right.

[nod]

1 hour ago, JohnMo said:

Just choose a direction and sticks with it. Left to right for all rooms and halls or up down for all. I prefer them running from windows instead of across the main windows, so my case all would run left to right.

It’s more to do with keeping looking realistic The joists would normally span the shortest part of the room Hence the boards running length ways

[ProDave]

39 minutes ago, nod said:

It’s more to do with keeping looking realistic The joists would normally span the shortest part of the room Hence the boards running length ways

Mine all span the longest part of the room.

 

But mine are structural so span across the joists, which of course all span the shortest part of the room.

[nod]

25 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Mine all span the longest part of the room.

 

But mine are structural so span across the joists, which of course all span the shortest part of the room.

Normally😂😂

[YorkieSelfBuild]

I'm leaning towards all left to right now, which was my original idea. It's LVT so I'll loose lay to see if vertical works for that 1st floor bedroom.

 

Thanks for all the replies!

[BotusBuild]

Herringbone 😁

 

[YorkieSelfBuild]

1 hour ago, BotusBuild said:

Herringbone 😁

 

Ha ha, no single plank direction, true, but still got the "arrows"

[BotusBuild]

True

[BotusBuild]

On our ground floor we have done as in Nod's picture above.

The herringbone in my picture meets LVT tiles in the kitchen area, which orient across the arrows (L to R).  There will be a brushed bronze 38mm "rail" where they meet