How To Lay Laminate Flooring In An L Shaped Hallway: Easy Process Of Laying Laminate Flooring In L Shaped Hallway


Easy Process Of Laying Laminate Flooring In An L Shaped Hallway

Laminate flooring is considered one of the best plastic or wood materials that are labeled or sealed with a pattern in order to make it look like wood or tile. This type of flooring is available in 3-foot interlocking sections that suddenly & completely break together to form a surface that drifts on the subfloor, which in turn, means that you don't need to nail or glue it down. If you are going to install laminate flooring but the surface where you are going to install it is having an irregularly shaped floor, then you need to plan the layout, due to the fact that you cannot trim the sections or it will not be possible to break them together. Planning to lay laminate flooring for an L-shaped hallway is not a difficult task, simply go through the below-mentioned simple steps carefully & achieve the desired result of your work:
  1. Floor-leveling Compound: First of all, layout the floor-leveling compound on the subfloor in order to seal cracks as well as seams, before sanding the floor even & smooth with the help of a belt sander. The sanding process will result in dust occurring on the floor, so you need to use a vacuum in order to get rid of the sanding dust.
  2. Foam Vapor Barrier: The next step is to lay out a foam vapor barrier on top of the subfloor. Pin or nail this barrier to wood and then glue or tape it to the concrete.
  3. The First Course Of Flooring: Now, put down the first course of flooring through the wall that shapes or outlines the inside of the "L". Go along with the wall, & make sure to maintain a gap of 1/4 inch betwixt the flooring and the wall in order to allow for enlargement & buildup of the flooring material and increase this course past the wall, completely to the opposite perpendicular wall. The locking pieces will be very helpful in keeping this course straight, however, after reaching the far wall, use a carpenter's square so that the flooring and the wall are perpendicular.
  4. Measure The Distance To The Wall: Work away from the wall through which you placed the first course and put down the half of the floor that lengthens to the wall that is parallel as well as opposite to this wall. After laying the second-last course, calculate & estimate the distance to the wall and trim the last course to fit, again allowing 1/4 inch for enlargement. Put, lay, or stand the cut sections into position before using a pry bar in order to snap them to the rest of the floor.
  5. Lay The Rest Of The Floor: Finally, work in the opposite direction from the part of the first course that expands & enlarges past the original wall, put down the rest of the floor. Secure & fix baseboards to the wall around the outermost parts or boundary of the floor in order to hold it down.
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