How To Lay Laminate Wooden Flooring

They should acclimate for at least 48 hours.

How to lay laminate wooden flooring.

Prefinished plank flooring is easier to install than hardwood flooring and offers the same appearance. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in. Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally. You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips.

The planks consist of medium density fiberboard mdf sandwiched between plastic laminate. If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring. The top laminate looks like random grain wood but its plastic composition makes it scratch and stain. A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor.

Lowe s has many styles of laminate floors to fit any home including pergo timbercraft plus wetprotect which is waterproof and protects against spills and pet accidents it s nearly indistinguishable from real wood more durable and a fraction of the cost. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity. Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor.