How To Lay Out A Room For Laminate Flooring

Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room.

How to lay out a room for laminate flooring.

Arrange planks side by side across the room. For a small to medium size room it s easiest to use the flooring itself rather than measuring and calculating. Use a handsaw to undercut door molding or casing. Test fit some laminate planks to see how they will lay out in the room.

The best direction generally depends primarily on the shape of the house. They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. 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. You can lock the side joints together or simply butt the planks against one another.

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. 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. 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.

Set the thermostat to the normal temperature for the room to allow the flooring. The key to learning how to layout a laminate floor is making a cheat sheet. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in.

Stack the opened planks of laminate in the room where they will be laid 48 hours prior to beginning the project. You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips.