Install the floor in that room as usual.
How to install laminate flooring in odd shaped rooms.
Show you how to install laminate floor to float throughout the whole house with no room transitions or seams.
Installing laminate flooring in unsquare rooms is remarkably easy since most systems today are floating floors that don t require glue or nails.
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.
In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.
Measure the length of each wall in the room.
This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.
When installing wood flooring in a square room laying the first course along a wall ensures that the the flooring and the walls are parallel and.
Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor.
To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in.
But laying out the laminate floor layout pattern ahead of time can still be complicated especially in an older home with out of square walls.
If the room is square or rectangular you only need to measure 2 of the walls.
Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room.
Laying wood floors in an uneven shaped room.
Make sure that both you and your helper are holding the tape measure at the bottom of the wall so that you get a true measurement of the length at floor level.
They should acclimate for at least 48 hours.
2 when you reach the transition keep installing the flooring notching it around door jambs or cabinets as necessary with a jigsaw.