This is probably a stupid question, but here goes: I want to replace the carpet in our common areas with laminate. The current base moulding is not nearly thick enough enough to provide for the expansion gap, I would like to replace it rather than re-use it with one of those strips that are used to make up the difference. The question is: what do people generally do with the door moulding? I technically could mate the new base moulding with the existing door moulding, but I imagine that would look goofy. Do people generally use the same moulding for their doors, that they use for their base moulding?

I purchased 1764 square feet of solid bamboo flooring to install in my whole house. This is my first time doing nail down flooring-- I did floating in my previous home. Here are the issues I'm having/have had: - I purchased a new Bostitch 16 gauge nailer with 2" cleats. The tongues were splitting on EVERY. SINGLE. nail. Tried 1-1/2" cleats and 1-1/2" staples and they did the same thing. It was bad! - Returned that and ordered a Freeman 18 gauge nailer and have 1-1/2" (may be 1-1/4") cleats. They are doing better, but still splitting most of the time, but not as severely as with the 16 gauge. Current Issue: I've gotten about half way through the first room and now it's not going together without gaps, which are getting worse the more rows I lay. I've wasted so much time and money by ripping up numerous rows-- the planks are no longer usable after they've been torn up. I rented a flooring edger today hoping that leveling out some of the subfloor seams that weren't completely flat would help, but it's still doing the same thing. Any suggestions other than ripping out the whole thing? That's where I'm at right now anyhow, but if I do that, I'm going to return what I can and get solid oak, which is cheaper, skinnier, and I don't like as much. This is my primary residence, but I'm probably going to list the house in the spring.