How To Lay A Floating Engineered Wood Floor

Cut down casings when your flooring doesn t fit underneath it.

How to lay a floating engineered wood floor.

Here s how to install click lock engineered hardwood flooring. Install underlayment on clean level subfloor. Depending upon your selections the total cost for hardwood floor installation including labor and materials can average up to 4 to 6 per square foot. This was our first time installing hardwood floors and i.

Installation prices vary depending on the type of wood you choose. Trim these door casings with a flush cut dovetail saw if the flooring doesn t fit underneath the casings. Hardwood flooring can also be repaired and refinished unlike other flooring types. Use a flush cut dovetail saw to trim the bottom of the casing at all doorways so that the flooring will slide underneath.

Trim the door casings photo by kolin smith. Blind nail wood flooring. Gauge the height of the cut by laying down a piece of foam underlayment and a piece of flooring upside down so the saw won t scratch the finish. Engineered wood flooring installation labor basic basic labor to install engineered wood floor with favorable site conditions.

If you re trying to install flooring around doors for example you might find that the floating floor doesn t quite fit beneath the casing. Before installing a floating engineered hardwood floor follow the same preparation steps mentioned above including underlayment and laying out spacers to maintain the expansion gap specified by the manufacturer. Use 1 2 inch spacers to assist in maintaining the 1 2 inch expansion gap between the first row of flooring planks and the wall. Put the first board up against the mason s line with the groove side facing away from the walls.

How to install floating floor 1.