How to Lay Laminate Flooring?
Here are some of the steps by which the customers can easily Lay Laminate Flooring:
Preparing the Floor
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Allow The Flooring To Acclimate: The Customers need to start by placing the closed carton of the laminated floorings in a room where they are getting to get installed. The customers must place the laminated flooring cartons in the room before the 48 hours of installation so that the laminate flooring will be adjusted to the humidity of the room.
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Clean The Floor: The customers then need to clean all the dust, grime and debris particles from the floor and then let the floor to dry completely.
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Place The Moisture Barrier: The customers then need to place the plastic lining to the floor where the laminated floorings are going to get installed. The customers need to affix the plastic lining by using the adhesive tape.
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Place The Padding: The customers need to cover the surface of the plastic lining with the plastic padding, this helps in keeping the floor flat.
Placing the Laminate Flooring Boards
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Lay The First Board: The customers need to place the first board of the laminate flooring to the topmost left edge of the wall.
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Place Spacers: The customers then need to place the spacers within the corners of the laminate board and the wall accordingly. The customers need to repeat the same procedure while placing the second board of the Laminate Flooring.
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Place The Board In The Second Row: The customers then have to trim the piece of the laminate flooring so that the joints of this row are staggered to the first row of the Laminate Flooring. The customers then need to repeat the same procedure while placing the laminate flooring boards in the other rows.
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Remove The Spacers: Once the customers place the Laminate Flooring Boards in all the rows then they need to detach the spacers carefully from all the corners of the wall.
How to Lay Laminate Flooring on Concrete?
Here are some of the steps by which the customers can easily Lay Laminate Flooring on the Concrete:
Prepare the Concrete Slab
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Remove The Baseboards: The customers need to start by removing all the baseboards from the concrete floor by using the hammer but without crumbling the baseboards. The customers also need to Use the grinder in order to crush all the high spots as well.
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Fill Up The Low Areas: The customers then have to block the low areas by applying the leveling compound with a towel over it. The customers then need to let the compound dry completely and then they need to crush the high spots over there.
Installing the Laminate Flooring Boards
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Place The First Board: The customers need to place the first board of the laminate flooring to one edge of the concrete floor where the tongue side is generally facing towards the wall. The customers also need to keep an expansion gap on all the edges and the sides of the four walls.
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Continue The Same Procedure: The customers need to place the first board of the laminate flooring to the left corner of the wall. Once the laminated boards are installed in the first row the customers then need to trim their end by using the round saw. The customers need to continue placing the laminate boards on the concrete floor until they reach the final row.
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Place The Boards In Final Row: Once the customers reach the final row of the floor they need to calculate the exact distance between the final row and the wall and then adjust the laminate floorboard to the floor as per the exact calculations.