How To Lay Laminate Flooring

Rows of underlay should be laid perpendicular to the laminate and butted together.

How to lay laminate flooring. Use the remainder of the laminate flooring planks you cut at the end of row one to start the next row as long as its longer than 1 foot. Always begin laying your laminate flooring from a corner with the tongue side of the first row facing the wall closest to it. If your area has good lighting install the flooring parallel to the light that will bring out the design of your laminate flooring.

Lay down the first row with the tongue side facing your starting wall. However if you are laying the laminate on top of existing floorboards youll need to lay the new flooring at a 90 angle to the existing boards for additional rigidity. Time to update your floor.

Learn how to install laminate flooring as Steve walks you through this DIY flooring installation projectDifficulty Level. In this video I am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. To ensure a mixture of shades and colors blend planks from various cartons.

This will be the template of the design you eventually want. Before beginning please note that you may need to trim your first row of boards to make sure your last row is upwards of 10cm wide.