How To Lay Joints In A House Before Flooring

Cleaning up the grout.

How to lay joints in a house before flooring.

Offset the end joints in adjacent courses at least 12 inches and the joints of every third course at least an inch. Work from the edges of the room toward the center. Scoop a trowelful of grout onto the floor and spread it with a rubber float held at a 45 degree angle to the floor. Add about 10 to that number to account for any possible mistakes and warped boards.

While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines. X research source tape the plastic together with a moisture resistant adhesive tape. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. Lay plastic lining on the floor of the room that will be covered with the laminate flooring.

Push grout into the joints by first moving the float in line with the joints then diagonal to them. Make sure to avoid overlapping as you do this because it may cause the floor to rise. If you have a vinyl floor you may be able to install your flooring directly on top of it. Step 9 final fitting photo by kindra clineff.

Allow the grout to set up for 20 or 30 minutes. Lay out the next five courses on the floor and fit the ends together. Multiply length times width of the room. Remove any carpet or other flooring.

Determine how much flooring and materials will be needed. The goal of this process called racking is to stagger the end joints randomly across the floor s field.