So easy even you could put it in (Laminate Flooring)

Member Name: veerauk

Product:	Laminate Flooring
Date:	18/11/02 (4409 review reads)
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I?ve just been busy helping my husband to fit some laminated flooring in our bathroom. We decided on laminated flooring after seeing it in our friends house and it looked rather nice. You can buy laminated flooring from most DIY stores. We bought ours from our local B&Q store. It cost £26.00 per 1.9 metres and we bought four. Also we bought nine metres of beading to fit around it.

The flooring that we purchased didn?t require glue it was the one you have to bang together. For this it is extremely important that you purchase a tapping block, which you can buy from the store at a cost of £12. If it is your first time trying to put a flooring in then it will be worth purchasing the instruction video which costs £1 which makes life very easy.

Installing your floor??.
It seems very easy but in fact can be quite tricky. First of all make sure that your floor is level, so fix any loose or uneven floor boards you may have. Read the instructions on the pack before you get started. You will need some underlay, again you can buy it from the store. Ours cost £18 a pack. Lay the underlay around the room and then get started. The secret is we learned is to thing of the wood as building blocks, do not assemble the floor in straight lines. If you thing about constructing a brick wall, then that?s how you should construct your floor. You will need a saw, luckily we had a electric one which made life much easier.

You will need to use your tapping block, to tap the wood together. Some joints may need more tapping that others. Another thing to remember is that as you go along, is that the middle part of your flooring as no lines showing, otherwise your flooring won?t look nice. Also remember to leave about 10 ml from the edges for your beading.

You can glue your beading onto the scatting board to finish your floor of. You can also nail the beading. Be careful when gluing as it can be messy and can leave your flooring looking rather messy from
the sides. So take care.

It took us about four hours to put our flooring in which wasn?t bad considering the fact it was our first time. It looks very good and with some nice mats the floor has been transformed. The only thing is that I am constantly cleaning the floor, wiping away any water. Although, the floor is waterproof it isn?t water resistant so it?s important that no water spills on it. Which is quite hard considering the fact that it?s a bathroom. I have already spotted on bubble which may have appeared as a result of water spilling near the bath.

So although the flooring looks very good and is easy to assemble I am unsure as to whether it will last us a long while. I will let you know maybe anyone who has put the flooring in their bathroom could let me know by leaving a comment. Until then I shall continue to get my cloth and wipe away any spills. Saying that however, it is easy to clean, all you need is a brush to wipe any dirt away.

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