Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Engineered hardwood flooring

We picked up our new flooring and are going to try to lay it by the weekend. It's in the house acclimating, we have the 2 in 1 barrier and the floor is "prepped", kind of. We are going to float the floor and are getting mixed opinions about how level the floor needs to be. We also have baseboards that are not level and wonder if we should remove them or leave them.

Floor needs to be flat, smooth, and clean of debris. No high or low points. If baseboards are noticeably out of level and it bothers you, they can be removed and installed at level. If floor is not level, like sloping downhill, there is likely little that can be done about it at this point. Sloping floors are not uncommon in older homes where settlement has taken place. They can, however, be a symptoms of structural issues.

So if slopping is the case (and I think it probably is) would you leave the base boards in place and cover the gap with quarter round or remove them? Also, we wonder how we will cut into the door jam for the boards to go under if we leave the baseboards in place?

Everyone said this was going to be easy... famous last words?

Leaving baseboards in place and covering expansion gap with quarter round or shoe molding would be easier.

Jambs will need to be undercut. You cut just beyond the door frame into the baseboard. The quarter round will hide what was removed from the baseboard.

YouTube - How To Undercut the Door Casing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qWrgFjm9Xs&feature=related)

On the right side of the above page, you will see other helpful videos listed.

Thank you very much. The U tube video cleared it all up for us. We looked and looked at it and just couldn't see it. He's not one to start a project unless he's sure about it (no matter how long that may take), and I always want to jump right in!! So I do the research, he does the labor!!

Thanks again.