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Laminate flooring - no expansion gap, do I need to have it re-layed?
Lisa_KH
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The previous owner of my flat clearly used a cowboy to lay the laminate flooring - it's hideously peaked in the middle of the room(s)where they didn't allow an expansion strip.
I have concrete floors and the boards layed on top are glued together, rather than lock and close. Can the beading be lifted and a strip sawn off in situ, or will I have to have it all ripped up and completely new flooring layed?
Before you ask, I went down the route of trying to track down the offending builder, until I found out he'd gone back to his home country of Libya!!
Any advice greatfully received!
Lisa
I have concrete floors and the boards layed on top are glued together, rather than lock and close. Can the beading be lifted and a strip sawn off in situ, or will I have to have it all ripped up and completely new flooring layed?
Before you ask, I went down the route of trying to track down the offending builder, until I found out he'd gone back to his home country of Libya!!
Any advice greatfully received!
Lisa
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Can the beading be lifted and a strip sawn off in situ, or will I have to have it all ripped up and completely new flooring layed?
You can do this with the right tool. I have a Fein Mulitmaster which would do this easily.
You would need a guide to cut against ( a length of wood whatever width you wanted to remove) and just butt it up against the wall or skirting.
Obviously making sure the resulting gap is still of a size that will cover with more beading.Herman - MP for all!
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the bosch pmf 180 multimaster is half the price of the fein tool.Get some gorm.0
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After you have trimmed it all round the edges throw a party and invite all your heaviest friends round for a hoedown floordown . The Bosch Multimaster is a tool well worth having anyway for all the clever things it can do !You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe (Henry IV part 2)0
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Thanks everyone, I'm relieved to hear it can be fixed without resorting to laying brand new flooring 0
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