How To Lay Used Laminate Flooring

If you determine you need to level the floor you can sand the floor and apply a patching compound.

How to lay used laminate flooring.

Directly onto the subfloor lay down a layer of plastic sheeting to create a moisture barrier. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally. It can be installed over any other tightly bonded flooring making it ideal for retrofits.

Install the underlayment or vapor barrier. For uneven floors a foam underlayment can be used as the base for your laminate planks. A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor. When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples.

This thin dense foam layer helps to absorb sound provides a thermal barrier makes it easier to walk on the laminate and helps the flooring bridge minor gaps and bumps in the underlying floor. This barrier will prevent moisture from. How to install laminate flooring. Flooring manufacturers always recommend putting down underlayment before laying the laminate.

You ll also want to tear up any carpet in the room and remove the leftover tack strips. To lay laminate flooring first clear out any furniture in the room you ll be laying the floor in. Next cut strips of underlayment to size and lay the strips down across the exposed floor.