Tricks I have learned from working with professional flooring installers for marking and cutting laminate flooring. Instagram: / kylemerl Twitter: / crokadilekyle
I am always attracted to the dark flooring. I ended up putting dark bamboo all through my last house and ugh. It shows every speck of dust all over the floor! I don't like blond flooring at all, but now I go with a light to mid shade floor. That floor looks so beautiful, but I wouldn't want to clean it again.
You really have to remove the base boards and then install them over the flooring. It will look a lot better and won't suffer from expansion/contraction issues
I installed shoe molding to cover the gap between the laminate flooring and the baseboard. I'm not a fan of 1/4 round, but I actually like the look of using shoe molding
I agree. Where I live, we have extremes in humidity levels and would need to take off the baseboards and leave at least a 10 mm gap between the flooring and the wall to allow for expansion and contraction. Done the way shown here, the flooring would definitely buckle when our humidity soars.
Everyone talking about the baseboards the reality is a a contractor its not up to you its up to the client. I've had many clients refuse to pay for the labor and material required for removal and replacing of baseboards and would rather just go with the option of 1/4 round or shoe as its less expensive.
You don't need a table saw. Relatively straight cuts arent to difficult with a circular saw. You can also use a straight edge as a guide for the saw if you need to. You can even use a hand saw if you're more comfortable with that.
it was extremely humid when i was installing the floor. I was also using shoe molding, which is only 1/2" instead of the normal 3/4" that quarter round is. So if anything, I was worried about the floor shrinking when the humidity went down.
@@mindfuleffort2486 Holding up good as far as I know, I have since moved from that house. They are not Pergo (the brand) but they are laminate flooring. They were actually one of the cheaper ones from home depot that you can find at the end of the aisle. Pergo is more expensive but are also more scratch resistant.
i just set it based on the thickness of my material. When I made the cuts it did cut into the work bench top a bit. I did that on purpose to help make a cleaner cut.
Dont need to remove baseboards when using shoe moulding. IMO this method is faster than using a tape. Plus pros know how to get things done in more than one way.
Lol this guys does everything backwards, your supposed to take off the baseboards first before installing your laminate, that way your baseboards can sit on top of your floor, you could have probably fit full boards right there if it wasn't for that baseboard, could have saved you the time of going to cut those last boards
Dude this is crap! You must remove the trim and keep a 8-15mm distance from the walls, than its easy ant perfectly matching and than you put back the trim
Yea there is a bit of a gap, just doesnt show up on camera that well. It was also really humid at the time and I was more worried about contraction than expansion. I used shoe molding to cover the gap
@@KyleMerl Are you familiar with the AquaGuard Performance brand they said no acclimation required for their laminate floor so not sure if that's common or okay
@@TheCupfulBoy nah I haven't heard of that before. Generally you want to let laminate acclimate to its environment for a few days. I think thatd be a good idea to do even if the product claims you don't need to
@@KyleMerl can I stack them few boxes above to acclimate or only two box? AquaGuard Performance advertised that no need to acclimate and waterproof..not really sure which way should I go for. Since I have furniture in two of my living rooms. Not sure if I should accimilate after removing carpet and let them sit on subfloor to accimilate or not
