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Im I stupid and the only one who has found this task hard.... Thought it would be a p*** of P*** but starting it am beginning to wonder how the hell people do it on there own.

Given up for today waiting for help tommorrow.

Anyone got any laying tips (of floor!!!) for me.

Thanks

Tips:

1) Buy the stuff that clicks together and you don`t have to glue.

2) Try to find a mate who has done it before to show you, it is easy, but only with practice.

3) Don` t try to cut round tricky door post shapes, undercut the post and stick the flooring under it.

4) Always try to start with a long flat wall, otherwise the job will be a nightmare.

5) MAke sure that the room s clean, and don`t cut the flor in the room you are laying it, as the dust gets in the cracks, and the floor won`t go together tightly and end up looking crap.

6) Get the right tools - a block and strap to knock them together with, and plastic wedges to go round the edge

Thats all i can think of. It is something that you get better at - in my house, the quality of the floors is dramatic, in fact, i am going to re-lay the hall soon, because in doing the study/spare bedroom, i seem to have mastered the technique!

"Don` t try to cut round tricky door post shapes, undercut the post and stick the flooring under it."

Er, is that really such a good idea? What if it`s a load-bearing structure?

Mike

firstly the load will be transfered through the post then floor, secondly most houses do not rely on the doorframe to take the load of the wall above, rather there is a lintel or joist above the doorframe and thirdly, my house hasn`t fallen down yet. ;-)

Er, is that really such a good idea? What if it`s a load-bearing structure?

Run Like Hell..........

what about getting someone that does no how to lay it

i know that sound simple but everyone to their own

One CRITICAL thing if you use the click together stuff is to make sure your floor doesn`t flex (they quote a deflection of something like 1mm in 1m IIRC) - bouncy floor = laminate joints springing apart.

A while ago we had 100m2 of flooring to do, so muggins here decided to put laminate down. Used the glue together stuff for most rooms, but had one large room (around 45m2) that I couldn`t face doing with glue stuff so got click stuff. The floor deflects too much, so there are places where the joins have opened up. Not too bad - a couple of rugs sort it out, but a pain.

And if like me you didn`t bother getting the Click laminate flooring there`s one simple piece of advice I can give you...bring in a joiner!!! It`s a frigging nitemare trying to get the normal laminate flooring stuff down on your own, fortunately I had a mate who was a joiner so he kindly did it all for me! :)

I found the glue stuff OK, but the cramps you can get are well worth it to pull it in tight.

A mate came round with some advice, basicly told me I was doing it wrong.... 2hours later floor is laid.

Yeah!