This thin dense foam layer helps to absorb sound provides a thermal barrier makes it easier to walk on the laminate and helps the flooring bridge minor gaps and bumps in the underlying floor.
How to install laminate flooring under half a threshold.
In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.
Flooring manufacturers always recommend putting down underlayment before laying the laminate.
In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar.
If your laminate floor terminates against a threshold against the ends of a piece you can use the chop saw to cut the pieces off but if your threshold is on the long wall along the length of a.
Typically a piece of shoe moulding is used to cover a small gap against a threshold.
Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue.
Install the underlayment or vapor barrier.
Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day.