How To Put In Your Own Laminate Flooring

If you dont have spacers some cut-offs from your laminate floor will work.

How to put in your own laminate flooring. If you want a natural solution try making your own laminate polish. Next fill in any holes or cracks depressions in subfloor and level any peaks with floor leveling compound. Place a small piece of a board on top of a piece of underlying next to the door jams and make the cut at the desired height.

Cut the door jambs off as well architraves so our flooring slips nicely underneath For this you can do the same as we did with the door. Sweep away and clean any debris from the subfloor. Start by laying a piece of the rubber underlayment in front of the casing then set a piece of plastic-laminate flooring on top.

Rugs or carpets can be placed in areas with heavy foot traffic to avoid this problem. Mix the water vinegar and oil in a squirt bottle and give it a. Laminate flooring installation requires a clean and dry subfloor surface that is up to code.

Start at a straight wall and lay your first row joining all the edge boards. Install flooring parallel to the longest wall or focal point in the room. When installing the next plank in the row lift the plank at an angle to allow it to setlock in place and tap the plank against the previous plank in the row with a mallet.

Measure the width of the room from the longest wall and divide the distance by the width of the planks. The first board should be a 12 board then continue along the row. This will tell you what the width of the final row of planks should be.

To apply the polish clean the floor squeeze the polish onto the floor then wipe it away with a damp polishing cloth. You can place rugs under furniture to prevent scratches and scrapes from marring the laminate flooring too. This will serve as a guide making it easy to trim away the exact.