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replicant_argent 08-06-2012 05:20 PM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1695021)
Use a scrap piece of flooring, or you can always buy one of those plastic blocks. That and a rubber mallet will help tighten all your gaps after you put each piece in.

You don't want to start banging on engineered "click" flooring.

replicant_argent 08-06-2012 05:21 PM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Oh and to answer the question in the title of the thread?


Once. But I got splinters something fierce.

jluck 08-06-2012 05:40 PM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by smitty81 (Post 1695177)
Like I just posted, he did tear it apart and fix it.

Anywho, you guys told me what I wanted to know.

Thanks.

Fixing the problem is one thing, Fixing what caused said problem is a whole different thing.:2

smitty81 08-06-2012 05:42 PM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jluck (Post 1695215)
Fixing the problem is one thing, Fixing what caused said problem is a whole different thing.:2

its 40 years old. Normal wear and tear.

Bigsam 08-07-2012 10:34 AM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
What you are doing is called A floating floor. Be sure to place a quality piece of styrofoam padding underneath do not go for the cheap stuff. You need to glue all the tongues and grooves together, and be sure to leave a 3/8 inch gap for expansion and then apply a shoe mold which will usualy come in the same as the flooring. Its easy and you should have no problems. Also break the joints 8 to 12 inches no less.

Digs 08-07-2012 10:37 AM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Quarter round will be your friend :r

pektel 08-07-2012 10:44 AM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigsam (Post 1695571)
What you are doing is called A floating floor. Be sure to place a quality piece of styrofoam padding underneath do not go for the cheap stuff. You need to glue all the tongues and grooves together, and be sure to leave a 3/8 inch gap for expansion and then apply a shoe mold which will usualy come in the same as the flooring. Its easy and you should have no problems. Also break the joints 8 to 12 inches no less.

The old floating floors were glue together. The current ones on the market are not. They have a locking system where the planks lock into each other at the joint. Do not try to glue a floor that's meant to be glueless.

Bigsam 08-08-2012 01:21 PM

Re: Anyone ever lay laminate flooring?
 
Yes you are right the current ones are not thought about it after I posted.


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