We are installing Laminate flooring in our house and the room we are starting in is not square. We are also installing it in a continuous fashion, so there won't be a threshold between rooms. If we follow the far wall where we are starting, the other side will be angled. Worse yet, the hallway that joins the rooms will also be very off.
2007-08-09 12:31:41 · 5 answers · asked by devee77 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
You can start by laying out several boards and get a feel and look see. You can trim the start or the last row of boards. or part of both the 1 st and last row. You can put a line down the center of the room and lay a line of board to the wall so you know how to trim. No room is ever square you just need to work around it. Also you MUST put "T" moldings in door ways and some times in the start of a hall. If you do not use "T" moldings as needed the job will fail. Laminates that are prevented from floating and expanding will tear its self apart
2007-08-09 12:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by rlbendele1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the doorway is square to one of the walls, start there. When it gets to the angled walls, make your cuts at the required length and angle. You can then hide the roughness of the cuts with baseboard. This also gives you a smooth edge for continuing the laminate (the same or another pattern) in the next room or hallway.
If the doorway is at an angle to the adjacent walls, you're going to have to make some pretty clean cuts to get the pieces flush with the laminate in the hallway. Put a piece of masking tape or painter's tape on the surface of the laminate tile before marking your cut. This will hold the laminate surface together better during the cut to prevent chipping of the edge.
If this seems too difficult, consider getting a T transition in the doorway between the laminate areas. This forms a bit of a bump between the flooring areas. But, it makes a good transition, especially if you have to change the angle from one area to another.
If you use the transition, make sure to position it under the door when it's closed.
2007-08-09 20:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
find the center of the room, mark that line , find the center accrossed then mark that line, run a pattern down the center of the longest line first working out both ways, if that doesnt look right in your mind , start by running a line off the hall and work with that ,
2007-08-09 22:16:28 · answer #3 · answered by voniron 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All I know about this kind of flooring is you start in the middle of room and work out to edges. Good luck.
2007-08-09 20:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by sassymom224 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Start on the wall where the main doorway is and use that as your straight line.
2007-08-10 02:04:04 · answer #5 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋