How do you fix the edging on a non stick, non nail laminate floor? (A floating floor) Do you fix it over the cork expansion strips and what do you use to hold it in place?
2006-10-21 00:57:04 · 13 answers · asked by msbean 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I am not sure I understand, what is wrong with the floor? We put down our own floating floor, you have to leave a gap at the edging to allow it to expand. If you have a peice that has a bad spot, dont use it, if you have already laid the floor and now have a bad spot and you can not get it out to replace it try a thin adhesive that does not take off the finish.
2006-10-21 01:01:17 · answer #1 · answered by stephaniencurtis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laminate flooring comes in 2 types. Click together, or glue.
It is better not to have the skirting fitted, but you can deal with that at the end, if you dont wish to remove it.
Find the straghtest wall in the room, most older houses may have bowed walls.
The individual boards are tounge and grooved. lay your first run,starting with the tounge showing on the first board on both sides. laying end to end. Click system the new board is placed at approx. 30% tightly butted up, and then pushed flat and it pulls itself into place. Glue type put a small bead of wood glue into the groove, and tap into place, using a fixing kit bought from your local diy superstore. clean the excess glue away immediatly.
do this till you have your first run in place, without cutting. Place your spacers from your fixing kit along the edge, leaving a space along the wall of approx. 5 mm, and also at the end you started.
Measure the length required to finish this run, allowing for the 5mm gap at the end. Use the of cut, to start the next run, using the same fitting as before. remember to plce the spacers at eaeh point required on the wall.Once your floor is laid. remove all spacers, replace your skirting, or placing a beading around the room, fitted to the wall or skirting respectivly.
DO NOT
NAIL THE FLOOR DOWN
USE GRIPFILL
NAIL BEADING TO THE FLOOR
FIT TIGHT TO THE WALL
As some people would lead you to believe.
It is called a floating floor as it will expand and contract.
not allowing it to do such the boards WILL start to bow or seperate at the joints.
2006-10-24 10:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
laminate "floating" floors are not attached to the floor at all. you should install cove molding and/or 1/4 round at the base of the walls all the way around the room. this will not only keep the floor in place, but will also hide the gap that allows for expansion and contraction of the flooring from changing weather conditions as well as any "not-so-perfect" end cuts.
2006-10-21 01:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by zed 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well when I laid my hall laminate I've used beading, as it's called which is kinda like long strips of wood or plastic that sticks to the skirting board but pressed down on the laminate flooring, but not too much so that it can move how it needs to underneath! I hope this helps! xx
2006-10-21 01:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by Emma 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hardwood is often maximum suitable to laminate in case you are able to arise with the money for it. Scratches could be extremely sanded out and/or restained. which will no longer be able to be accomplished with laminate. i'm a stickler for the real stuff, so in case you are able to arise with the money for to have it laid and then stained, as detrimental to the pre-finished variety, it will final a life-time AND withstand you pooch. no longer in simple terms that, it provides on your fairness. i'm an indoors clothier and characteristic worked with many properties outfitted interior the '20s and beforehand. In rather much each and every case, the hardwood flooring are unique and frequently in simple terms require minimum restore.
2016-12-16 11:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GO TO YOUR LOCAL B&Q AND ASK FOR LAMINATE FLOOR TRIM ADHESIVE IN A CARTRIDGE, THIS IS APPLIED TO THE EDGE TIRM AND PUSHED AND HELD AGAINST YOUR SKIRTING / WALL AROUND THE FLOOR, THE TRIM SHOULD COVER THE CORK GAP OR AIR GAP THAT HAS BEEN LEFT,
DO NOT GLUE TO THE FLOOR !!
2006-10-24 03:39:36 · answer #6 · answered by Matt B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glue it to the skirting board. You must not fix it to the floor. The system im meant to be able to expand and needs to be free to move under the edge trims.
2006-10-21 20:58:43 · answer #7 · answered by Snowlizard 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I understand your question, you want to know how to fix the quadrant (bead) around the perimeter??? Just nail it to the skirting board at 45 degrees. thin but long 32mm pins should do, I used a nail gun.
2006-10-21 01:07:29 · answer #8 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used no nails adhesive and glued it to the skirting board,it's been there for a few years now and never come away
2006-10-21 03:51:22 · answer #9 · answered by ste 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nail it to the skirting. the best way though is to remove the skirting, run the laminate under and refit/replace the skirting
2006-10-21 01:10:17 · answer #10 · answered by OhSimonsBinDrinkin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋