Time To Install Laminate Flooring

Days 11 to 15.

Time to install laminate flooring.

Laying the flooring you can lay the flooring in a 10 by 20 foot bedroom or living room in two or three hours but you should add an hour or two to fit it around cabinets or other obstacles in a. Laminate flooring is ready to install as long as the base floor is clean and smooth. Some installers don t make an extra trip to the home to remove the old flooring ahead of installation day. After removing the existing flooring baseboards and quarter moulding check that the subfloor is solid flat and clean.

Add up to a day for repairs like filling and sanding damage or replacing small sections in a subfloor. Sometimes it becomes clear once the old flooring is gone that the subfloor must be repaired or replaced. The installation is fairly straightforward and shouldn t take more than an afternoon for the average size bedroom. When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples.

Fix concrete subfloors with a patching compound and for wood subfloors remove protruding nails and replace any damaged boards. A larger living room can take two days. As noted above this can be a mistake. Place the underlayment sound and vapor barrier matting down on a thoroughly clean floor.