Laminate flooring will never pass for real hardwood to the discerning eye but it can be a serviceable flooring for many situations.
How to install laminate floor on wood.
Prefinished plank flooring is easier to install than hardwood flooring and offers the same appearance.
The planks consist of medium density fiberboard mdf sandwiched between plastic laminate.
A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor.
In this video jon and i install a laminate or floating floor in one of his bedrooms at his house.
When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples.
Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day.
Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue.
The laminate flooring in this project has a soundproof backing and wood finish.
Consider laminate wood flooring instead.
It can be installed over any other tightly bonded flooring making it ideal for retrofits.
The top laminate looks like random grain wood but its plastic composition makes it scratch and stain.
Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally.
To save the edges of the flooring boards use a tapping block or rubber mallet to tap adjoining rows together image 1.
It snaps together by lining up at an angle and then flattening out the row being installed.
The product we are using in this video is lowes quick step.