How To Install Laminate Flooring With Baseboards

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How to install laminate flooring with baseboards.

How to lay laminate flooring with baseboard heaters. It is easier to install baseboards after flooring. 5 finish the first course of laminate by custom fitting the last piece. Remove the spacers around the border and install baseboards and quarter round molding covering the plastic moisture barrier on the wall and the gap between the wall and the flooring.

In a new construction are baseboards installed in before or after the floor is laid. After removing the existing flooring baseboards and quarter moulding check that the subfloor is solid flat and clean. Place 1 4 inch spacers at each end of the first course to ensure a 1 4 inch gap between the baseboard and the laminate flooring. This includes installing and painting baseboard too if you install the baseboard with a gap to accommodate the height of the planned flooring.

This way the floor will be under the baseboards. Eliminate drop cloths errant paint drips on the new flooring and other consequences. Baseboard heaters can present a problem during a laminate flooring installation if they occur along the wall running next to the last course. Laminate flooring is ready to install as long as the base floor is clean and smooth.

Install baseboards and molding.