How To Lay A Free Floating Wood Floor

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How to lay a free floating wood floor. How to install click lock engineered hardwood flooring easy home renovation project for beginners. This was our first time installing hardwood floors and i. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. Then place a 5 16 inch spacer against the wall that s furthest from the door to give the wood floor enough room to expand without cracking.

A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor. Lay out a box of hardwood boards ahead of the installation to visualize lengths wood grain and colors of the boards. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.

Durable and available in engineered and solid options hardwood flooring is available in a variety of colors and install methods. It can be installed over any other tightly bonded flooring making it ideal for retrofits. When laying out the boards keep in mind to never have the ends of boards in adjacent rows line up with each other. Keep the lengths random and at least 6 in length.

One of the most popular choices in homes hardwood flooring can add warmth value and style to any room in your home. See my flooring install playlist. Afterwards lay down your flooring and cut the last piece in the row to make it fit minus 5 16 of an inch to account for the spacer.