Tools & Techniques for Laminate Installation
Laminate Flooring in Manufactured Homes
Making the job easier
Places that sell wood laminate will have instructions for calculating how many boxes you will need and lots of other helpful information. Specific installation instructions will vary between manufacturer so follow the specific directions on the laminate you bought.
The instructions will include a list of tools, but unless you have done this before there are some additional things to consider.
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If you are older and/or fatter, like me, crawling around on hands and knees is not fun. The installer doing the work at this house had an inexpensive and elegant solution for this. For those of you who don’t know automobile terminology, this is called a creeper and … MORE>>> |
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A professional looking job requires that the ends of the laminate pieces be butted tightly up against each other. However, that can be hard to do where the ends are against the wall. This is called a pull bar and has a wide lip that drops over the end … MORE>>> |
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The laminate strips need to be hammered together to ensure a very tight fit, but care must be taken not to damage the edge. For about $5 or less you can buy a tapping block that is designed to spread the force of the hammer over a wide area of … MORE>>> |
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The quality of your floor is highly dependent on clean, square cuts on the laminate strips. If you look closely at the picture at the top of the page you can see how exact the fit is between then ends of the laminate strips. To do that consistently you … MORE>>> |