flooring/maths question.

i'm not good at working out stuff like this, so before i gut the front room and fail, will this fit?
i have 9 boxes of flooring
1230x225x10mm
6 lengths per box
each box says M2 per box 1.66
this is a crude pic of my front room, will it fit and if so which direction is best to lay it?

and i can't get any more which is why i'm asking.
thanks in advance.

 

what do you want to know about the fireplace? how big it is?

 

I'd lay it parallel to the fireplace. The other direction will look odd.

 

the fireplace is 138cm wide by 65 cm deep

 

The convention for floorboards is that they are laid at right angles to the fireplace. In other words along the 442 dimension and not the 342 dimension as shown by the lines on your piece of paper. The boards are then simply cut to length where they butt up to the hearth.

 

yeah i just saw a video on you tube saying lay it that way, i'm just worried that i haven't got enough - which i doubt i have unless i'm very good at woodwork - which i ain't.........

 

As someone with 35 years of second fix carpentry behind them, my advice would be that the most important thing to remember is to double check everything measurement wise before committing to cutting the boards. Take your time, don't have any distractions going on around you whilst working and keep calm.

 

it's not that part i'm worried about dude, the 9 boxes only is it - this isn't stuff that can be bought in a shop and once the carpet is up and the room empty and i find i'm a foot short i'm in the doo doo

 

a floor function in maths maps a real number to the largest previous integer

 

Do you think taking quadratic reciprocity into account would help with Mr Roo's problem?

 

So..."nicked" is what you're saying here ?

 

no, from a site clearance at work, top end stuff used by a high end retailer but not the type of stuff you can buy.

 

ok thanks, i guess it depends on how the cuts go - oh what i'd give for another box, i suppose i'll just have to see how i go and hide the mistakes under the sofa then....ahahahahaha

 

i know, but it was 9 free boxes or nothing..... if i don't use it it's no biggie but it was free and my capret is old and i can't afford to renew so thisswas a good option - until i realised it's tighter than a gnats chuff.

 

i bet you plenty of people have done stuff like messed up and put the sofa on it....