How To Lay Wood Laminate Flooring

Save the trimmed sections because you can use these pieces to start other rows.

How to lay wood laminate flooring.

Step 1 let the boards acclimate. This will minimize shrinkage or expansion when they react to room temperature and humidity step 2 check for moisture levels. Fix concrete subfloors with a patching compound and for wood subfloors remove protruding nails and replace any damaged boards. Place unopened packages of laminate flooring in the room or rooms in which they are to be installed.

Next rotate down until the joints lock image 1. To decide which direction to lay the laminate wood floor planks consider which wall is the longest and straightest. Avoid a narrow strip against the focal point wall. To cut the flooring lay the board on its face bottom up and cut with a saw equipped with a fine tooth blade for flooring.

Moisture can often destroy a perfect laminate floor installation so before you begin it is very. Planks in the last row should be at least 2 inches wide. For the next plank join the short end of the plank first image 2. Laminate flooring is ready to install as long as the base floor is clean and smooth.

After removing the existing flooring baseboards and quarter moulding check that the subfloor is solid flat and clean. You will see a gap on the long side joints when the plank is rotated down.