How to get started with laminate flooring Tutorial by QuickStep

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Follow these steps for a smooth installation of your new laminate floor. Watch the tutorial and find out more at http://www.quick-step.co.uk/en-gb/fre.... • Installing laminate flooring doesn’t have to be a chore. The right preparation will get you a long way. Gather the following tools before you get started: a cutting knife, a bevel tool, a calculator, a tape measure, a jigsaw, and a pencil. Spacers, a hammer a tapping block and a crowbar will also come in handy. • First, you’ll have to measure the room. This will limit cutting waste, while also ensuring that you don’t end up with a board that’s two centimetres wide. It’s better not to use your walls as a guideline, since they’re not always completely straight. It’s also better not to place the first row of boards against the wall, but to start away from it. After about three rows you can start working towards the wall. • To know how many full boards the room will take, you’ll need to divide the room width by the board width. Take into account that it’s best to end with an equal width at both ends of the floor. Measure to where you will get with full boards. • Pro tip: Draw the reference points on the wall, so you can see them at all times during installation. • Now it’s time to open the boxes of your new laminate flooring boards. Cut the packaging open at the sides so you don’t risk cutting into a board. Browse through the manual, but give yourself some space. • Pro tip: A floor installation is often started from a corner or against the wall, but it’s easier and more efficient if you start away from the wall. This enables you to start with full-width boards as well. The line you drew on the wall indicates where you will get with the full boards. From there, start with a few full rows. Use the jigsaw to saw the correct length. • What to do if you end up at an off square wall? This is easily solved with the bevel tool. Measure the correct angle, draw it on a board and saw the board on that line. Place the spacers – those black blocks – against the wall to give the floor some leeway under the influence of fluctuating moisture levels. • Pro tip: Put the spacers where the boards click into each other to keep everything in place even better. • Placing laminate is easy. To click the boards together, just tilt your new board at a slight angle to the other board. Click them together with a toppling movement. Quick-Step laminate can be clicked in completely flat or horizontally as well. This is ideal for strange angles or the final board. After placing a few boards, you can start working while sitting on your new floor. This gives you more control. • Pro tip: Start your new row with the remainder of your previous row. In this way, your boards will be staggered a bit better instead of all lined up next to each other. Also, bear in mind that the space between the two joints of adjacent boards must be at least 30 centimetres wide. • After finishing three rows, it’s time to saw the board that will be placed against the wall to size. First, finish off the underlay and place a new board on the last full board of the floor. Use a piece of surplus to draw a sawing line on that board, so you don’t have to measure everything. Start in the corner and then slide down to find out how wide your board should be. Click the last row of boards in, close it tight with the crowbar, and put the spacers in between. • Pro tip: Are you having difficulty sawing the boards? Hold the sawing line as close as possible to the table – without sawing in the table of course. Make sure you control the loose part well. Start your saw before you touch the wood, and use a saw blade with a fine tooth. • Need more tips? Check the FAQs on the Quick-Step website.

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