Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Glueless Lam. Floor Install Qs
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montanagirl
10-04-05, 02:54 PM
I have a few installation questions regarding glueless lam. floors:
1. I am planning on removing all of the base before installation. It is a painted wood base. Should I be able to reuse it? Or will removing it trash it?
2. What do I do for areas that have no base and are not suitable for base? The sliding glass door incut has no base and is not tall enough to install base. The cabinets do not have base on the back and sides either. Quarter Round??
3. Heat registers: I have in floor heat registers. I realize I will need to cut a hole in the lam. for these to fit through. Will this be sufficient or is there another step I am missing?
4. The area I am installing in is irregularly shaped. I have no idea where to start or in which direction to lay the lam.
I will try to post a drawing or photo to help visualize the space.
-montanagirl
1. I am planning on removing all of the base before installation. It is a painted wood base. Should I be able to reuse it? Or will removing it trash it?
2. What do I do for areas that have no base and are not suitable for base? The sliding glass door incut has no base and is not tall enough to install base. The cabinets do not have base on the back and sides either. Quarter Round??
3. Heat registers: I have in floor heat registers. I realize I will need to cut a hole in the lam. for these to fit through. Will this be sufficient or is there another step I am missing?
4. The area I am installing in is irregularly shaped. I have no idea where to start or in which direction to lay the lam.
I will try to post a drawing or photo to help visualize the space.
-montanagirl
Carpets Done Wright
10-04-05, 06:05 PM
1.) If your careful it can be reused. Cut the caulk along the top, or it will peel the paper off the sheetrock above the base. Use a wide putty knife to place against the sheetrock so you can pry against it and not damage the sheetrock.
2.) Endcap molding, sometimes called a baby threshold or carpet reducer. Looks like an "L" laid on its side.
3.) no other step unless you want to replace them with new or custom registers.
4.) Yes it all depends. Some laminates you can "back lay" some you can't or it is very difficult to do so.
I like to start in the hardest part like doorjambs that are undercut so the laminate slides under them, using a popped line out 2 or 3 rows as a straight referrence.
2.) Endcap molding, sometimes called a baby threshold or carpet reducer. Looks like an "L" laid on its side.
3.) no other step unless you want to replace them with new or custom registers.
4.) Yes it all depends. Some laminates you can "back lay" some you can't or it is very difficult to do so.
I like to start in the hardest part like doorjambs that are undercut so the laminate slides under them, using a popped line out 2 or 3 rows as a straight referrence.