When installing a floating engineered hardwood floor it can be tricky to snug up the tongue and groove joints.
How to install floating engineered wood flooring.
The planks glue together to create a floor that floats moves freely as a unit.
Or as laminate flooring which has a hard plastic surface that has been convincingly printed to look like natural wood.
Be careful not to spill any of the water as you don t want to add any moisture to the flooring.
Engineered flooring goes down over a thin foam sheet which provides cushioning and sound dampening.
It is ideal for installations where adhesives won t work on the existing floor.
On the other hand installing floating engineered hardwood flooring is faster to install and cheaper.
Floating engineered hardwood flooring before installing a floating engineered hardwood floor follow the same preparation steps mentioned above including underlayment and laying out spacers to maintain the expansion gap specified by the manufacturer.
You need to leave a 5 16 inch gap between the flooring and the baseboard or wall around the perimeter of the room to allow the floor enough space to expand.