Just counted my offcuts from one job and hit 47 linear feet wasted

I was cleaning up after a 1,200 square foot glue-down LVP install in a ranch house with four bedrooms and realized I tossed nearly 47 feet of usable scrap because I was cutting from the middle of the roll instead of the ends, so has anyone else switched to a cut-sheet method to keep waste under 10 percent?

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taylor_young1mo ago

Man I feel this pain. I was doing a 900 square foot LVP job in a split level last year and ended up with almost 40 feet of waste because I kept grabbing a fresh piece from the middle instead of working from the ends of the roll. What fixed it for me was marking the roll ends with a bright sharpie so I couldn't miss them and making myself cut all the full planks from one side first. That one change dropped my waste from about 15 percent down to 8 percent on that job. Plus it made my back cuts way more predictable since I wasn't fighting leftover curl from the middle of the roll.

finleyw991mo ago

Those sharpie marks saved my sanity on a rental flip last month. I did 1200 feet in a ranch and trimming from one end cut my waste from 12% to around 6%. The curl off the middle was always throwing off my measurements too. Good tip @taylor_young, especially for anyone fighting with those cheap rolls from the big box stores.

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barbaraw4722d ago

That sharpie trick really does help... I learned that one the hard way too after a similar waste pile.