How to Install Laminate Flooring for beginners 

I have my own house for three years now. I've bought many tools,8 boxes of laminate have asked for help over and over. I finally just went on you tube watched videos and taught myself how to use my power tools,paints sprayer etc. This weekend l will be attempting to lay my flooring....wish this 67 yr old lady good luck.!

My wife watched this and floored the WHOLE house! Well done, sir. 👏 👏 👏

Seems simple enough, can’t wait till I mess it up and have to call someone

This helped me immensely. I’m a 23 year old girl with her first house and I want to try and redo it to the best of my ability and you are helping so much. Thank you❤️

I just spent 14minutes watching a video about laminated flooring and I dont even know why. This guys videos are strangely educational and relaxing.

As a retired Industrial Education teacher I am impressed with your videos and the amount of explanation you give with them. Many of the youth of today are not exposed to any of the trades much any more because schools have closed their programs or never had them to begin with. Keep up the great work.

I’m 14 year old girl and this helped me sooo much! I floored my whole room perfectly.

I just turned 7 years old and purchased my first house as a butterfly breeder, Installed 2599sqft in 3 hours. Thank you so much

Bro, I dig your style!! I'm a licensed tile setter in California. I really love your attention to detail. Any home owner that hires you is money well spent. You do good work!!

My husband and I are doing this to our house tomorrow. Pray our marriage survives 😊

I cant begin to thank you, me and my mom are doing the floor in the living room by ourselves and have watched tons of videos in our language (norwegian) and we just couldn't get it right, and we had given up until i saw this this video and it worked like a dream and we did 40 m^2 in under 2 hours!!!! thank you!!

Been doing hardwood floors for 34years but I love laying laminate floors more than anything ❤

I don’t know why im watching this i don’t even own a house

I've been watching videos on installing laminate flooring for a week now, and after watching this one I believe I can successfully install it on my own. I plan on repairing my grandma's bedroom. It has moldy 50 year old carpeting that is really aggravating her allergies. There aren't any men around the family that are really capable or interested in doing the job for her. So I'm gonna put on my Bob The Builder hat and do it my damn self. Thank you for making this process seem doable for me.

Hello DIY Creators, my next door, he is in his mid 20's, and I installed laminated flooring in the living room and the dinette of my place. Neither my friend nor I had any prior experience, we watched your program and followed the full, half, and one quarter sequence you explained in this program. We are very happy with the results...thank you very much and Blessings

My Dad Owned his flooring company .. if he was still around and could see this Video I promise you would be running the company... Demonstration well done...

I just want to give you a MASSIVE Thanks sir! My daughter wanted this exact flooring done and I said yes but never led on that I've literally never done anything like this So I found this video that was very well presented and gave me the confidence to try it We ripped out her old carpet and followed your instructions and completed the project with ease You're awesome sir

do you realize in 4 months you have 2 million 200 views? you have given one of the best how to videos on this subject i have ever watched. great job! excellent presentation

Good job on the video! I like how you pointed out the problems you had and didn't just skip over them, because we always run into problems when doing a job and its nice to see how someone else handles them.

Ive just bought my first house with my wife and honestly have no idea about diy, but lots of things id like to do. Your videos are the most clear, concise and easy to follow for a noob like me. Actually gives me confidence in tackling projects myself now. Im from the uk so i have to translate some of the terms, but honestly, its worth it. Easy subscribe mate, thankyou!

Great video! We are remodeling a rental for quarantine and my 15 year old daughter watched the video and installed the flooring with the some help from her 14 year-old cousin. The girls did a great job. My husband was there to help with some of the more difficult cuts. The house is about 750 square feet. All that's left to do is the transition pieces. Thanks for the video!

I missed my calling. I love building projects, painting and tiling. Im a lifetime student of RU-vid University. Everything I have tackled I have learned here. Thank you for this video, I really appreciate the break down.

Big shout out to CAULK!!!! Always there to cover up my imperfections 💥💥💥 my girl is like wow it's perfect😁

I’m a 45yr old man and after watching this, I’m gonna let the contractors do the floors. 😂

I made some mistakes with my cuts installing my daughters bedroom floor many years ago. I learned from my mistakes with a price tag. Installing laminate floors became very simple now with practice. The wood Grain looks better faceing towards the long side of the room. Great Job! Looks good.

Thank you for using quarter-round that matches the baseboards and not the flooring! I don't know who ever thought that matching the flooring is good look.

Me watching him using tools i never heard of while I only have a hammer,a kitchen knife, and screwdriver 👁👄👁

Very professional video. Your camera person is to be commended. Like how you clearly explain how and why you are doing everything. Reading other comments you clearly helped them do their own laminate floors, gave them the confidence they need. Well done!!!!

My brain: That's easy, no big deal. My hands: You come down and do it!

I’m so glad this was in my recommended! My mom and I are trying to decide how to redo our gross 80s stick on vinyl to something else and this seems very doable

Excellent video! I have been in construction 30+ years, you demonstrated and explained everything very well! A personal tip; when I installed my quarter round, use a thin piece of cardboard or similar spacer to allow the floor to expand/contract without touching the quarter round or toe board. It also allows the use of tape, or wide putty knife, under the quarter round if you need to paint it without touching the flooring.

This was my 1 st time watching at vinyl plank flooring video. I'm a woman on my 3rd home. I've always hired someone to do everything in my home until I started watching RU-vid. Now I think I know how to do everything LOL.., WELL it's working. I'm saving allot on money. However, I'm wanting remove cream carpet and put hardwood flooring throughout my 1 st level. By watching your video i understood your process and will start my project in November. keep up the good work and Thank you for you sharing.

I didn't have time to watch the whole install, just wanted to say I'm glad you had the initial message about getting into a trade. People working minimum wage should really consider learning a skill, even people in their 30's or older.

wow... I rehab apartment rentals and put this laminate floor EVERYWHERE. I sent this to all of my guys to show them the proper way to get a great finish product. Awesome work.

This is by far the most helpful video I’ve seen about installation. Thanks so freaking much for your breakdowns and clear explanations ❤️

Excellent presentation. As a person who has installed previously and has practiced finish trim work for over 40 years (or so), your presentation was JUST the right amount of instruction and demonstration. Thank you very much.

Hey man I’m a floorlayer and I like watching these videos just to learn a new thing everyday I just wanted to let you know aswell that you could use a spray adhesive for the underlay on the ends and through the middle it’s sticks perfect and it provides and extra layer underneath!

A couple of points that I found helpful when I installed laminate flooring for the first time. I removed all of the baseboards and I numbered them on the back, I then made a sketch of the room and I wrote the number of the baseboard on the sketch in the position I removed it. This made it easier to reinstall the baseboards. My baseboards were stained and varnished oak and after 20 years they got scuffed up so I used this opportunity to refinish them. All I did was clean and lightly sand them and then I used a combination stain and varnish. When I used a jigsaw I purchased reverse cut blades. (blades that cut on the downstroke instead of the upstroke, this way the cut did not mar the finished side. I also purchase flooring that had the foam pad attached, less work not having to lay down a pad. On very long runs I used about 3 inches of duct tape to hold the boards together so they did not snap apart. Any area that the boards might come into contact with water (around the kitchen sink, under the dishwasher, bathroom, near exterior doors, etc.) I used waterproof glue so if they got wet they would not warp. They now have vinyl boards so I don't think the water damage is an issue if you use them.

I've done a few floors myself. Your video is simple,easy to understand and will be a great help to lots of first timers. Great work!🎉

This video is an excellent guide for beginners looking to install laminate flooring! The clear, step-by-step instructions make the process easy to understand, even for those with no prior experience. I appreciate how you covered everything from the initial preparation and necessary tools to the actual installation and finishing touches. Thanks for creating such a comprehensive and user-friendly tutorial!

I’ve watched a lot of videos on RU-vid. And I really find it hard to watch some videos based on the verbal description I am receiving in the video editing that was presented. I can say hands-down without a doubt I love every video you’ve ever done your descriptions are on point in your video editing is fantastic it’s simple and it’s concise and directly to the point. If there was a nomination for RU-vid videos. I would do my utmost to help you become number one. I love all of your videos keep going man

Where's the part on dealing with screwing it up and having my wife yell that I should have just paid someone to do it

Fantastic job man! As an artist, I would say (in general, and second to laying it on the longest direction), is laying the boards in the direction of the main window, so that the daylight captures the perspective lines of the flooring (as you've done here).

Dude....dude!!! Video came up in my search...All I can say is God Bless you! You're a wonderful teacher...clear instructions without unnecessary banter....straight to the point.... excellent craftsmanship

Thank you so much. My dad was a construction worker and showed me how to do a lot of stuff but since I have moved to Belgium I dont have easy access to dad cause of time zone difference and work hours. I appreciate the video and clear instruction

Good demonstration on the installation. I am a floor installer myself detail was very important and you nailed it.Not many floor mechanics show or other professions show that 🙋🏼

I'm 4 years old boy and I floored me whole house! Thanks you!

I'm updating a room in my mom's home, now that's she passed. It was so over due &she hated that room. I'm making it my office. And I wanted a light colored floor because this room has great lighting. Watching this tutorial took all my worries away. Floor going down right now. Thank you, I'm hooked!! New subscriber to your Chanel. Again thank you!

When I splice a piece of shoe in to make it longer I use a 22.5 miter cut, it's even less noticeable than a 45, and also on inside corners I run one piece of shoe flush with no miter cut all the way to the wall, and cut the other piece with a 45 and use a coping saw to notch out along that line where the bare wood and paint meet, makes for a better look, and makes cauking go alot faster.

Watching this just reinforced the idea that I need to hire a pro. I couldn't possibly do this and have it look this good.

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve watched many over the past 6 months while I my supplies sat in my garage. Your video gave the the confidence to try. I just finished my first bedroom closet. Now onto the rest of the house!

I would seal that slab crack with self leveling concrete patch just because it's quick and easy. There's a tube of it that goes in a caulking gun. Great video. After hearing the comment about the 13 and 14 year olds doing it I'm pretty much shamed into trying.

I have to say that this is the first diy video on flooring that the guy actually knew what he was talking about.I have been doing all types of flooring for forty years and I'm impressed.100% my friend.Keep up the good work.I also like your woodworking vids.

Wow, this was really informative, now hubby and I just need to pray to get a house so that we can do this to

I really enjoy watching your videos. Just wanted you to know, (if you were unaware) that laminate floors do not fluctuate like other flooring. On a scale of 1-10 on fluctuation it's a 0.01. The laminate has come so far now days and this is a common mistake. Just wanted you to know what I just found out. Not meaning to be a got ya moment. Just wanted to share what I just learned the other day. Please know I have the most respect for you and what you do. Your amazing.

Impressive video! I'm confident now I won't let my husband down. We're building a storage/shed/tiny house for a client & he put me in charge of the flooring. Laminate flooring is a little "over the top'" for storage , I know, but then again, so is insulating the attic! Lol ..like I said it's more like a tiny house 🏠 thanks again

I learned to peel forward with a pry bar. When you pull it, it tends to rip out chunks of the bare concrete floor.

I’ve watched maybe 15 videos and you made it the absolute simplest for me. All the others get way too technical for such a simple DIY home improvement project. Thank you!

Nicely done. Great tips too. I love to see the finishing touches to make it right.

I'm a 7 year old girl thank you so much this helped me floor my moms driveway.

This is the best video I have ever seen to lay flooring for a beginner. Thank you so much. Very well done!

He did an awesome job and explained everything perfectly..

Choosing the direction of the boards should also take into account where the light source of the room is. Boards should be placed along the light, since placing them perpendicular to the light will bring out any streaks left behind by mopping.

Hey thanks for the video! I've done construction all my life but I've never installed laminate flooring. But, just like you, I'm going to install a laminate floor for a friend of mine. Your presentation was clear and easy to follow. What I liked most was your calm, can-do attitude. I'm sure I'll be hearing your voice as I do this job! Thanks!

The best teaching video out there. Thank you for keeping it simple & easy to understand..

It's not complicated but requires whole lotta patience that frats like me do not have any more. good job TU

Glad this was the first video in my search on how to do this. I have a lower level that needs the nasty ol' indoor/outdoor carpet removed and laminate is what I want to re-floor it with. Thank you for making a straight forward and easy video. You make it look easy anyhow.

I love this. I've watched several videos and I've noticed all the others had so many gadgets that I'm sure we're not cheap, spacers and other tools. This video showed how I can cut my own spacers instead of buying fancy expensive ones as well as not needing other fancy tools. I'm on a tight budget and I appreciate this.

Thank you! You are well informed and easy to understand. My father is a carpenter but never has the patience to teach me :). After getting an estimate for over 5.6K to re-floor my upstairs, I decided to take it in my own handy hands!! This video is a $$$ saver.

Nice to see some laminate! I sell floors for a living, and to many people are hung up on LVP because it is waterproof. It doesn't matter how waterproof your floor is, if you have the flood that you are worried about, you are going to be replacing the flooring anyway... best to target your rooms with the flooring that serves it the best. If you want durability, and scratch resistance and don't want to rock tile, you will not do better than a good laminate, and some of the good quality product through companies like Shaw and Mohawk ( a personal favorite of mine) can be wet and steam mopped. LVPs are still a better choice for bathrooms, but laminates are awesome for heavy traffic areas if you have large pets or particularly aggressive kids! No matter how thick your wear layer is on a vinyl, it just means there is more plastic to scratch before it gets to the laser scanned picture. A laminate's wear layer is far more resistant to that sort of damage.

Hopefully this will help me with my floors. Paying someone is way too expensive and I want all the carpet out of my house. I’m willing to do the work since you make it seem achievable. I hope my floors turn out this beautiful 😊

Building my own tiny home. Don't have any experience. This was a well thought out and well put together video. Thank you. I'm doing this all the next three days.

IDK WHY SOME PEOPLE DISLIKE THIS, THIS GUY IS A WOOD GENIUS

when you pick a pattern make sure you have something with a lot of variety. I got flooring at a discount and discovered it had only 7 unique board patterns and 5 of them had unique marks on them like large knots or obvious swirl pattern. So my time was doubled making sure I didn't have tow of the same pattern next to each other. Get a design with a lot of variety. Lighter wood patterns show this a lot more than dark ones. Also for gaps that are obvious you can use colored tile grout that matches close to the color. This can be useful in corners.

We followed this video and it really helped us. I really appreciated that you got to the point and showed alternate tools you could use. We sucked it up and got a basic 10" sliding miter saw for about $250 and I wouldn't want to use anything else. Having never done it before and bumbling a bit it took us about 5 hours to do two rooms. As some other commenters have said, you can avoid using quarter-round by pulling the trim before installing and it looks cleaner. For us it wasn't worth the damage to the wall and trim. The quarter-round gave us a nice margin for error. The laminate install kit wasn't necessary compared to just using the techniques from the video for us.

Great video 😊 But along with all the other videos on RU-vid... Nobody says anything about which direction is easier for installation.... After watching your video I changed to working right to left , it made the installation process so much easier..... Thanks 😊

I’m a teenager doing laminate flooring for my neighbor so I need this as a refresher lol

He starts by sweeping. Me: I got this! He proceeds. Me: Awwww what?

Man this was in my language..."Laminate flooring for dummies". Thank you very much.

Never done a floor install before, but after watching this through I fell A LOT more confident in doing it now. Great video! Thanks!

We are all watching this i hopes that the guy will hold some planks up and throw them on the floor and say something like, "don't prep anything, just place sticky tape on the floor and throw the planks on it and your done! Congratulations"

I watched the whole video. Seen several, this was good. I'm going in.

This really helped me out! Your voice is so soft too, helped keep my head level with an overwhelming project! Thanks a bunch. My office is going to look awesome thanks to the help of this video!

Looks great I'm a contractor for years.. I've done several of these floors for customers thanks to videos like this .

You did a wonderful job there! I'm going to laminate a room in my house soon, and watching your video gave me some great tips! Thanks! and best regards from England!

This is a very professional, efficient and careful explanation for the installation of laminated flooring. I have been designing in a flooring factory for more than 10 years, and I know the process very well.

Nice work. Love that you are a conscientious worker and took the time to ensure you checked and prepared the area well and that when done you cleaned up and left perfect, not dirty and messy. On the transition, I recently had to do a transition into concrete and, I can tell you from experience, that can be zero fun and time consuming. You can not always install the metal track and get matching t-molding. I recently had to custom make the transition, stain to match, use concrete anchors and screws through the face covered with face-grain plugs and touched up two hide and blend in. What made this particularly time consuming is that it was not a 3' doorway but 24 linear feet transitioning from a dinning room to a hallway / walkway. Oh, and I do prefer to take the cut-off from each row to start the next row, it keeps the seams inconsistent and makes it look more random, like a hardwood floor. But, your strategy is also a fine one and gives a great look. Finally, one question, did you create another space on the opposite wall or with laminate do you think the one 3/16, or whatever the width of the laminate is as a space, is sufficient?

Jeff from Home Renovision has saved me on so many projects but this is by far the best video I’ve ever seen for installing LVP. Sooo informative. I appreciate it my guy!

Nice work! Good to see someone who’s a perfectionist rather than slapping things together

I thought it wasn't obvious from the video but you need to put spacers on all sides... If some plaster has been laid (huge humidity changes), don't place the skirting yet, wait 2-3 weeks and see how it settles, you might need to cut again. And this one is also from my neighbour, don't glue them on the ground !! He bought some laminate floor with a hardwood top, he asked the seller if it was alright to glue them because he was resurfacing a tile floor... The seller said YES. Always check with the manufacturer if you're not 100% sure, the seller might never have worked with that exact product. What happens is that when the floor expands, weaker point will lift but the stronger areas will prevent the floor from expanding which will result in lifting. Most laminate floor have a print on the top which is covered by a thin layer to protect it; it's not wood, you can't sand it to restore it. If you want it too last, prevent scratches from chairs and furnitures by adding pads and if a blunt object falls and damages the surface, if you want to repair it put floor fill that is colour matched.

I can’t wait to buy my own home and work on some projects like this to save me some money thanks

Just bought a renovation project,need to do the floors…never done it before, thank God for RU-vid

I love they way you explain the process. I want make sure when I hire someone they do the job Right! 👍🏾

All of the dads are coming here for the quarantine

Love watching a professional that is passionate about his work. Amazing craftsmanship!

Yeah . . .. great job made to look easy. I have 390 sq ft I'm needing to cover and this has empowered me.

oh thank you for explaining the wall gap and why. perfect, I am just missing the underlayment and I think I have all the rest. This doesn't look to complicated. Can't wait 😁

I learnt a lot in this video! Never would I have thought I’d be interested in this but here I am!

Good job! I am very impressed with your attention to detail and the finished product.

Thanks man! I have 120 boxes of laminate and have been hesitant to get started on my own. This is the best video I've found on installation and has given me the confidence to get started. Thanks a million! However, guess I need to buy a miter saw.