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.

Laminate flooring is ready to install as long as the base floor is clean and smooth. Insert the tongue of the second row plank into the groove of the first row plank at a slight angle until the laminate edges meet. This should be done at least 48 hours before the laminate boards are placed so they have time to adjust to the temperature and humidity. You will see a gap on the long side joints when the plank is rotated down.

Next rotate down until the joints lock image 1. This will minimize shrinkage or expansion when they react to room temperature and humidity step 2 check for moisture levels. Moisture can often destroy a perfect laminate floor installation so before you begin it is very. After removing the existing flooring baseboards and quarter moulding check that the subfloor is solid flat and clean.

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. To decide which direction to lay the laminate wood floor planks consider which wall is the longest and straightest. Fix concrete subfloors with a patching compound and for wood subfloors remove protruding nails and replace any damaged boards. Figure on a 1 4 inch gap at each wall.

For the next plank join the short end of the plank first image 2. Planks in the last row should be at least 2 inches wide.