You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips.
How to lay laminate wooden flooring.
Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor.
Consider laminate wood flooring instead.
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.
Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room.
The planks consist of medium density fiberboard mdf sandwiched between plastic laminate.
Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally.
They should acclimate for at least 48 hours.
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.
It can be installed over any other tightly bonded flooring making it ideal for retrofits.