Laminate flooring in garage

springdove

Hi all,  So I have a fair amount of left over laminate boards from when our living room flooring was re-laid.  We have a double-garage, but its floor is just concrete.  I am thinking of slowly converting one side of the garage into a bit more of a working space, do you think it's a good idea to use the laminate flooring to lay this on the garage floor?  Any pros/cons or advice?  Thank you so much!

rob7475

There's a chance it'll warp depending on the heat / humidity in your garage. If you use some underlay with an inbuilt damp proof membrane (something like quickstep basic plus), that will help stop moisture rising through the floor. If you've already got the flooring, I'd give it a go. The worst thing that can happen is you'll have to lift it in a year or two.

Ganga

Or slip on it when it gets wet or if you have wet shoes from walking in from outside when raining.

rob7475

Ganga said:

Or slip on it when it gets wet or if you have wet shoes from walking in from outside when raining.

a doormat at the entrance fixes that problem 

springdove

Yes, there's a fair amount of the left over laminate board, so I'm hoping I can just get one half of the garage done.  It's a double garage, so the other side I intend to leave as is, if ever I decide to park the car in.   The garage is a separate structure and so I won't have too much of the wet shoes issue, it'll be a quick 10 second dash from home into the garage, and yes can get that doormat!  
I'll look up the underlay suggestion, thank you very much!

springdove

Any idea how much this normally costs?  The local store quoted £25 per square metre, I think it's closer to £10 if I went directly to a fitter.    

Hasbeen

springdove said:

Any idea how much this normally costs?  The local store quoted £25 per square metre, I think it's closer to £10 if I went directly to a fitter.    

It will be closer to £0 if you do it yourself? Is it click together laminate?

rob7475

You talking about fitting or the underlay?
The underlay is about £3 per metre.
Fitting, presuming your garage floor is flat, have a go yourself. It's not hard and if you make a few mistakes, at least it's not in the house. You can fit with basic tools - something to cut it with (jigsaw with laminate blade preferably but you can use a handsaw too). 
There's plenty of helpful people on here who'll give you advice if you get stuck along the way 

ST1991

If you've already got the flooring, give it a go. I would just get some cheaper underlay that is damp proof if it's for the garage and has concrete floor, as long as the floor in there is fairly even?

Laminate is surprisingly easy to put down if your floor is flat, square, and you are good at jigsaw puzzles...

seatbeltnoob

it wont last, the grit in the garage will get on your shoes and when you walk on the laminate it will scuff it up.

getmore4less

Sounds like you bought too much if you have enough full lengths to do 1/2 a double garage
If no other use and no one wants to buy it for small room give it a go cheap underlay, cover as much as you can.