How To Install Tile Pattern Laminate Flooring

Laying a laminate floor in a regular pattern decreases its ability to contract and expand as a whole unit and instead does so as single laminate boards often causing gaps or even lifting like a hinge.

How to install tile pattern laminate flooring.

Homeowners dallas and marsha graham installed tile pattern laminate throughout the first floor including this bedroom. How to install vinyl plank flooring as a beginner. A laminate flooring stagger pattern is ideally random with spacing between end joints between 6 and 10 inches depending on the plank width. A random pattern can be hard to achieve when all the planks are the same length but you can do it using offcuts from previous rows to start new rows.

Notice how every second row of boards are uniform or regularly placed. In this video i will share how to install the first few rows of laminate and vinyl plank. Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue. You will see the easiest way that this can be done hands down.

At the core is the thickest layer which is a high density fiberboard. In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. See my flooring install playlist.