laminate flooring!?

Question

Whats the best way of laying it and sound proofing it?
How do you deal with door ways ie im going to be laying it from a hall way into a living room.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Each manufacturer sells their own moisture barrier that goes down underneath the new laminate. As far as sound proofing goes, each product has its own rubberized backing that helps with the noise.
Also in the doorways I'm not sure what type of existing flooring you'll be transferring to, but you can buy wooden transition strip that should be positioned directly underneath the door when closed. They can be liquid nailed or nailed conventionally directly to your sub-floor and give a nice finished look.
Also, for about $90., you can by a decent undercut/door jam saw to trim all your door jams so the laminate flooring can slide underneath easily and give a professional look. You can by a less expensive manual saw to do the same thing, but a lot more elbow grease is involved with those.
Lastly make sure you leave 1/4" gap between the laminate flooring and your walls to allow for expansion as the floor warms up. This is hidden by baseboard and/or quarter round/shoe molding.

Answer 2

Consult your suppier for Soundproofing, each type has its own method- Chalk a line down the center of the Hallway- measure half the width if the Laminate, and Chalk a second line t that width, so your lam , centers the first line. lay you Laminate to the second line, this gives you an even border down the hall- at the doors, you will need a border stop, and you want it placed exactly under the door when its closed- so the lam is not visable when the door is closed- good luck-

Answer 3

Sound proofing can come at an expense, best to go with foam and foil backing.

Always lay it goin across the fireplace. As for the doors, cut out the bottom on door frames and place foor boards under it. looks really good rather than trying to cut board same shape as frame.

There is no need to cut bottom of door, as you will be romoving the saddle, so will have no problem fitting the boards under it.

Answer 4

get the green underlay the stuff thats about a cm thick. cut some of the door stop off to take it straight through into the living room, as for doors take them off and plain down the bottoms a bit at a time until they fit back on.
you will need a jigsaw.
good luck!!!

Answer 5

for sound deadening and insulation you are best to use fibreboard underlay.i would treat each room as seperate.You can get door bars that will suit whatever flooring you are using whether it is going up to laminate or carpet.

Answer 6

underseal with that bubble type foam