any joiners need advice

[gordy230]

hi i have laid laminate floor down all was good until a few days later it went bumpy like wee hills if i stand on them i can even them out i lifted it up and laid it again and its happened again its like i can start at one end of room and work up the room flattening it out hard to describe thanks

[maca]

have you left a 10mil recess all round the edges of the floor ?

[gordy230]

have you left a 10mil recess all round the edges of the floor ?

no its some of it is neat against skirts but ive got laminate on other parts of house that are tight and are ok

[maca]

your suppose to leave a gap its actually a floating floor at the end of the day. if its too tight the floor will sort of have a
concertina affect try and leave a gap all round m8..

[gmb45]

no its some of it is neat against skirts but ive got laminate on other parts of house that are tight and are ok

you have GOT TO have about 10mm all way round to allow the boards to expand, or you will get what you have got, and your also supposed to leave the boards in the room for 48 hours before you lay them to climatise. the warmer the room the more they will expand.

[Thor2]

have you left a 10mil recess all round the edges of the floor ?

Agreed,plus 48 hrs to climatise.

[thered]

all above advice is correct laminate need to be able to move

sounds like you have butted it too tightly my personal preference when doing it is to put it under the skirting im not a fan of the scotcia

[gmb45]

all above advice is correct laminate need to be able to move

sounds like you have butted it too tightly my personal preference when doing it is to put it under the skirting im not a fan of the scotcia

yeh red im just bout to do my front room,but just decorated so dont want to rip skirting off, quadrant looks ok tho.

[maca]

yeh red im just bout to do my front room,but just decorated so dont want to rip skirting off, quadrant looks ok tho.

nah get the proper beading gmb m8 looks 10 times better..

[gmb45]

nah get the proper beading gmb m8 looks 10 times better..

yeh it does, but have u seen the price of it ~~~~ that between 5-10? a length

[Evastar]

or if you knew you were going to be doing this you could have screwed the skirting board on instead of nailing or glueing it

[gmb45]

or if you knew you were going to be doing this you could have screwed the skirting board on instead of nailing or glueing it

skirting already on so dont know if its screwed or nailed or glued, taking it of might cause a lot more work, ripped wall paper, plaster coming off, ~~~~ that will get some quadrant and paint it white like the skirting, did that in my last place it looked sound.

[maca]

yeh it does, but have u seen the price of it ~~~~ that between 5-10? a length

have alook here m8 Urban Flooring

[gmb45]

have alook here m8 Urban Flooring

ah thats not bad pity u cant get it at that price in shop, hmmmm costs a ?1 a length at builders merchants for plain pine stuff can just get a small tin of stain then sorted

[thered]

yeh red im just bout to do my front room,but just decorated so dont want to rip skirting off, quadrant looks ok tho.

easy fix if you have painted and you have a bit left too touch up


maybe not so if your walls are papered because you may get tears