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Do It Yourself: Installing Glued Laminate Flooring

New laminate floors means that you will have a new feel in your home of warmth and color. You can change your interior design when you replace your flooring. The following article on installing glued laminate flooring is just what you are looking for, and remember we know our floors.

Although glued laminate flooring is a little more difficult to install, you can do it yourself if you have moderate level of installation skill. Always read the specific directions provided with your particular brand of laminate flooring so that you will not invalidate the warranty. Here are a few basic guidelines to consider when installing glued laminate flooring.

Prepare

1. First, measure the floor you intend to cover, allowing an extra 10% for mistakes.

2. Second, remove any doors in the room and all the quarter round molding along the baseboards.

3. Adjust the doorframes for the extra space that will be required by the laminate planks by putting a piece of underlayment and a plank up to the doorframe and cutting away any that would be in the way.

4. Put spacers around the wall and lay the underlayment with pieces butting up to each other. You will want to tape the pieces together so they don't move as you work. If this is being installed over a concrete slab or a plywood subfloor that is near the ground, you will need to put a moisture barrier underneath the underlayment.

Laying the planks

1. Leave the flooring in the room, unpacked, for the prescribed time the manufacturer suggests to allow the laminate planks to acclimate to the temperature and humidity. Now, would be the time to check each piece for any damage. Also decide at this point which wall you want to start on. You should choose the wall that will be most visible once all the furniture is in place, since any mistakes will show up more on the ending wall that could be covered with the furniture. Also make sure that the planks on the ending wall will be at least 2 inches wide.

2. Lay the first three rows without any glue. If the wall has corners, trace a pattern so that you can cut the planks accordingly.

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