laying laminate flooring

McKneff

Ive just had a new kitchen fitted by a joiner and he has also laid the laminate on the floor, he has no time to do the sitting room floor
which is run through straight from the dinette through a door. My OH is going to lay this floor but he is worried about cutting it (shaping it for the door hole and joining up with a brass strip. Is there an easy way to tackle this.

keystone

Use a template for the curvy bits and a jigsaw with a down cutting blade.

Cheers

ormus

remove the skirting boards and replace with new afterwards. makes a far better job.
also trim off the door architraves at the bottom. use a scrap piece of laminate and use the saw flat on it.
then the laminate wil fit underneath.

tony6403

ormus wrote: »

remove the skirting boards and replace with new afterwards. makes a far better job.
also trim off the door architraves at the bottom. use a scrap piece of laminate and use the saw flat on it.
then the laminate wil fit underneath.

If the OH is not confident to cut laminate then how's he going to mitre/scribe and attach the new skirting?
Replacement skirting seldom looks right and then there's the cost , mess and painting.
As already said use a cardboard template or buy a cheap profile guage for the tricky parts.
I find using white pvc quadrant gives a good finish for the expansion gaps ( no need to paint if you have white skirting ).

taffy1969

If your husband is not confident fitting laminate then I would seriously think about getting someone else in to do if for you. What sort of laminate is it? If it is Pergo then I would def get the proffessionals in , due to the cost of pergo. Could the joiner do the job in 2 or 3 weeks? And could you wait that long? Properly fitted laminate has a much longer life span than not quite fitted properly. Not saying your oh cannot fit as i don't know him! HTH I don't fit laminate but do work for a flooring retailer so know a little!