How To Install Self Locking Laminate Flooring

Next remove the base moldings and undercut doorways to the thickness of the flooring.

How to install self locking laminate flooring. After cleaning the floor roll out the underlay where youre going to laying your first laminate. Steps 1 Clean the floor. Then rotate down to lock.

Snap your string chalk line to mark your centre line on the floor. Start in one corner of the room and lay a board down on the ground. Hammer a nail at each end of this line and then tie a string chalk line between them.

3 Run a string line. Measure the width of your. Do not store the flooring on concrete while acclimating.

During installation place a full carton of planks or something equally heavy across the end of the row being installed to keep the planks. Choose which direction youll lay your vinyl planks. To close the gap on the long side lift the outside edge of the plank about an inch and push in firmly until the edges meet.

You need to leave an expansion gap so that the flooring can have room to expand and contract. Once your direction is sorted out measure the floor to work out where the middle of your middle row will sit. Acclimate the vinyl by just opening the boxes not removing the planks and allowing them to sit in a constant temperature between 65 and 85F for 48 hours or more before during and after installation.

Butt the sheets together and seal the seams with the tape recommended by the manufacturer. Connect another board to the narrow joint and start to create a vertical row on the floor. Then start the installation by locking the ends of the first row of flooring together.