This tutorial explains how to lay laminate wood flooring , a home improvement project you can get done in just one weekend. Your laminate wood flooring should sit in the room for at least 48 hours prior to installation, giving it time to expand or contract in relation to the room's temperature and humidity. This prevents buckling and other problems after installation. Remove existing baseboard molding. Use the pry bar to remove baseboard from the wall; set the pieces aside for reinstallation.
Floating laminate planks the kind used in this project should be installed over a hard, smooth surface, such as vinyl. If existing flooring is damaged, remove it to reveal the subfloor. Install the underlayment to your floating laminate floor. Clear the floor of staples, nails, and other debris. Roll out the underlayment. Do not overlap adjoining strips.
Use the utility knife to cut pieces as needed. The foam underlayment deadens sound and helps the floor feel more resilient and durable. Editor's Tip: Some flooring planks come with underlayment padding already installed. If you have this type of flooring, you do not need to install the traditional underlayment. To decide which direction to lay the laminate wood floor planks, consider which wall is the longest and straightest. When you reach the end of a row, cut the plank to fit using a circular saw or table saw.
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Over , customers and 40, product reviews. Over Million Sqft of Flooring Covered. Free Samples Samples. Call Us A laminate floor is a DIY friendly project. One of the keys to a successful laminate flooring installation is ensuring you have the right tools and supplies to properly install your flooring. Gathering all of your tools from the beginning will help you have a smooth installation from start to finish. View this list of tools and supplies needed for an installation.
Gather these laminate flooring tools before you get started,and organize your space. All laminate flooring cutting with a saw should be done in another room to avoid dust and debris in your installation space. Start by rolling out the first strip and cut it to fit the space with a utility knife.
I like to use masking tape to hold it to the floor so it doesn't slide around while laying the flooring. When trimming the door jamb I find it easy to lay a piece of the flooring down as a guide so you get the correct height of the cut. The flooring should slide easily under the casing once you have made these crucial cuts. I use a carpenters saw when doing this or I've found that an oscillating saw works great as well. See pictures for details. The next step is installing the flooring. I like to start from an outside wall, these are generally the straightest wall in a home.
I start by using the spacers that come with the install kit so I leave a gap around the room for expansion and contraction. Matching the tongue to the groove, tap the pieces together with the supplied tapping block so as to not damage the pieces. Make sure to stagger the rows as you install the floor, generally 6 to 8 inches is fine.
This way the joints at the ends of the boards don't line up. When finishing the room, the last board will have to be trimmed to fit.
To accomplish this, mark the board at the correct width, place another board directly over the next to last board and place another on top of that and slide the uppermost board until it sits evenly against the spacers against the wall. Draw a line along the board just below the top board along the edge of the top board. This will mark the width of the gap between the next to the last board and the wall.
With a table saw or jug saw, rip cut the plank along this line and install just as you have done with the other boards. You've come this far and installed the floor!
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