How To Lay Out A Laminate Floor

Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor.

How to lay out a laminate floor.

For a small to medium size room it s easiest to use the flooring itself rather than measuring and calculating. The key to learning how to layout a laminate floor is making a cheat sheet. They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. It snaps together by lining up at an angle and then flattening out the row being installed.

Before choosing one brand over another find out whether it is recommended for use in a bathroom and whether there are any special considerations. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. A laminate floor can be installed over almost any subfloor.

You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in. It s durable and resists stains and surface moisture so it s a good choice for a bathroom. For example you will be able to look at this sheet and see how many inches it is when 10 planks are put together or 15 planks or 20 planks and so on.

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. Arrange planks side by side across the room. Test fit some laminate planks to see how they will lay out in the room. You can lock the side joints together or simply butt the planks against one another.

Test the flooring layout. This is a list that shows you how many inches your laminate planks equal when they are put together.