Several years ago, we were thinking we need to change our flooring in our house. We had already talked about different types of floors,so we narrow it down to putting laminate flooring. We decided on this, because we were doing our whole house, not just a room or two.
Our next step, was to go to several different home improvement stores, and check out the different types of flooring that each store had to offer, we picked out what we like and brought the floorings along with the other materials that we would need to put down our laminate flooring. The materials will be tapping block, laminate flooring, hammer, jamb saw, installation kit, clamps, sawhorses,[one pair], circular saw or handsaw, utility knife, underlayment [one roll covers approximately 100 square feet.
Before we started putting down our flooring, we done a few things first, so this help us to be able to install our flooring easier. We let the flooring sit in a room in our house for at least 48 hours. We do this to allow the flooring to expand or contact to the temperature and humility so the flooring will not buckling later. Before we started putting the flooring down, we have to remove existing trim which would use a pry bar. to remove all the baseboard, getting them out of the way. The next step is to plan the layout carefully. Always determine which way the planks are going to laid. Start with the longest and straightest wall and then run all the planks parallel to it.
Laminate planks needs to be installed over a hard , smooth, surface., which can be a plywood subfloor. I will need to take my utility knife and cut the pieces to fit, without having overlapping strips. My next step, is I will need to cut the first row of planks lenghtwise I will cut with my handsaw and I will finished side up I will put clamps on to steady the planks.
The next step, I will used the spacer chips between the wall and the planks to leave about 1/4 inch to leave room for the plank pieces to expand and contract.
The next step, is to install the first roll. I do this by putting the tongue edge facing the wall. When I get to a door jam casing, I will need to cut the casing, I will need to cut the casing 1/6 inch from the top of the subfloor by using a jamb saw, so that my laminate plank will slide under it.
The next step, is where I will be connecting the planks together by snapping one piece to another by connecting the tonges and grooves. I fit each plank by hand.
After this row, it is time to start another row of planks. I will stagger the seams at least 12 inches from rows already putting down. When I get the last angle< I will use a pry bar to gently place it. I also left a 1/4 inch expansion gap between the last row of planks and the wall. Since we have put all of our flooring down throught out the house, it was done by my family and I, We love the flooring and they are easy to keep clean.
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