How to install laminate flooring armstrong

The subfloor must be flat, clean and dry. Test concrete subfloors for excessive moisture by taping a sheet of plastic to the floor and waiting 24 hours. If you discover a damp floor after lifting the plastic, the concrete draws too much moisture for laminates. Other preparations include baseboard removal and trimming doorjambs. Use a piece of laminate as a gauge to mark and cut doorjambs and casings so the new floor will fit properly. Laminate flooring must be installed over sheets over thin foam underlayment.

The foam acts as a cushion for the floor, helps prevent noises -- should the laminate floor rub against the subfloor -- and acts as a vapor barrier.

Butt the edges of underlayment rather than overlapping them. Tape the seams with duct tape or a similar type of tape. Experiment with the layout of your new floor. This looks fabulous! I love your style!! Every time I read a post I want to redo my whole house to your cottage style! Skip to content 68 shares. Previous Previous. Next Continue. Similar Posts. Pingback: Dr. Patel Dentis. Love how this turned out! Such a great look for your sun room!

I looks fabulous and I love the color for the sunroom. So pretty. Thanks Marty, I just love all of the Armstrong flooring choices — they are so beautiful! Looks fabulous!! Great job! Home Contact Me Expand child menu Expand. House Tour Expand child menu Expand. Toggle Menu Close. Read less. What is Resilient Laminate Flooring made of? Pickup Locations. Chat Now. Send us a message. Pricing subject to change without notice. This also helped me to keep the first row of planks straight.

There are little grooves around the planks. This helps to fold and lock the floor into place. Work left to right making sure that the first row will have the grooves visible at the bottom and right side of each plank. Then, just lift the edge close to you up and slide the plank over the groove.

There will be times that you need to tap the boards into place better. We found that a soft scrap piece of wood worked great! You just want to be careful not to break-off any of the grooves when you are tapping with the hammer so make sure you have a block in between the hammer and the laminate plank.

Also, notice that our joints are staggered. This helps make the flooring look more natural and makes it stronger. Once you are done, you can close up your gap between floorings with a t-mold. We just used liquid nails to secure ours into place. We did have a few weird cuts to make around our stair well. To do this, we measured around the post, marked the measurements on the plank, and used a jigsaw to cut. Because this was a new construction, we were able to anticipate the flooring and installed our baseboards high enough up so the laminate and underlayment could slide underneath.

We did have to use a jamb saw to cut the door jambs out.