How To Install Laminate Tile Flooring

Laminate tile flooring can add a nice touch to your kitchen or other floor.

How to install laminate tile flooring.

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. Trim the multi purpose reducer strip to fit level against both the laminate surface and the tile surface using a circular saw or hand saw. Before you install the tile ensure you have enough time in hand as the process is not a short one. The tile surface will be lower than the laminate surface.

In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. The way to ensure your floor is flat and even is by using two. Slide the first two rows into their final position and repeat steps 5 and 6 above using the same alternating plank technique to complete the process. Installing laminate flooring is quite easy and after you ve done it once you will wonder why anyone ever pays professional installers to do this.

Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day. Hi dorothy the short answer is yes you can install laminate flooring over a ceramic tile floor if the tile floor is in good condition and the tile are well attached level and flat. Unlike ceramic tile laminate flooring is a dry installation no grout no mortar no adhesives that set up while you re working. When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples.