How to Install Laminate Floors in Your Home – Do It Yourself
Posted by mrizone in laminate flooring
6Dec
Lowe’s home improvement expert, Mike Kraft, demonstrates the installation of laminate wood flooring after proper subfloor preparation. To learn how to prepare your subfloor or to view more instructional views, visit www.Lowes.com
Video Rating: 4 / 5
is there anything you dont need to lay this floor?
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@MrXander76 You need to stagger the joints to distribute the load of someone walking on a joint. Also, it looks better. And no, you need to stagger the rows randomly throughout the job.
Why “exactly” does he staggered the 1st plank on row 2? and Is this the only one that is cut by 12 inches throughout the entire project?
Hi there. I live in an apartment. The landlord hired a flooring company to instal floors like the ones in this video. However, the contractor laid them directly over old broadloom carpet. As you can imagine, the wood slats have all slid apart, leaving holes of from 1/4 to 3/4 inches between most of the boards. I am looking for a cheap, respectable fix to fill the holes — as a tenant, not wanting to spend much. Any tips or another video will be appreciated.
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This is a great video but I found a couple of additional techniques helped. For spacer at the wall we found a 1/4 in plywood cut in 4″ x 24″ strips was more sturdy and helped keep the floor from moving. We had an uneven wall and using a lesser gap would have allowed shoe moulding I like better than 1/4 round. Also you need to snug up each piece as you go by tapping along the side and end to tighten them up and lock each piece together. The video shows them just snapping together – not…
I installed my entire flooring after watching this video, and I must say the job finished perfectly. Every house is different so there’ll always be small problems along the way…. but if you have the confidence to even start a job like this, then I’m sure you’ll overcome them with ease. This video certainly helps avoid any major difficulties.
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looks easy enough
great video!
very well detailed and it will be really easy for me to do it all by myself!!!
great video!!!
@mangorbe don’t take them out cut them with a handsaw…
@CrayCray4TheGirls take them out
notice he didnt show you how easy it is to put that last row in with two door frames in the way lol get a professional not an easy project for do it yourselfers
@CrayCray4TheGirls Common sense… Ever heard of it?
Wait a minute. He never mentioned the spacers at the end of the video… are you supposed to remove the spacers before nailing the baseboards in, or do you leave the spacers in??
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What type of pergo wood laminate do you think he’s using?
laminate flooring sucks! Using all the right tools still makes this job hard. Even using others to help, the pcs just kept coming apart as you install additional rows.
gave up on this crap.
Thank you, Lowes!
is there a way to work it out after i measure the room
how do i know how much floor for mi room?
@red666A this particular laminate flooring came with an underlayment, and according to the video, no vapor barrier was needed for that particular floor.
Dont you suppose to put a underlayment on the wood before laying down the laminate flooring?