How To Lay Out A Room For Laminate Flooring

They should acclimate for at least 48 hours.

How to lay out a room for laminate flooring.

Stack the opened planks of laminate in the room where they will be laid 48 hours prior to beginning the project. Lay a loose plank of your new flooring upside down against the door casing over a piece of the underlayment and saw off the bottom of the casing. You can lock the side joints together or simply butt the planks against one another. 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.

This is a list that shows you how many inches your laminate planks equal when they are put together. A laminate floor becomes a unifying influence in the overall decor if it runs in the same direction throughout the house. Test the flooring layout. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.

You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips. Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor. Arrange planks side by side across the room. The best direction generally depends primarily on the shape of the house.

Stack the unopened packages of flooring material in flat rows in the bathroom two days before installing it so it can adjust to the room temperature. For a small to medium size room it s easiest to use the flooring itself rather than measuring and calculating. Test fit some laminate planks to see how they will lay out in the room. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in.

The key to learning how to layout a laminate floor is making a cheat sheet. Use a handsaw to undercut door molding or casing.