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Posted by charlie on August 12, 2008, 1:17 pm
> My experience in reno, is at minimum, double your estimate time.
> Installing floor is all stoop and kneeling work, hard to do for a many
> hours in a row if you are not used to it. You will be slow moving and
> stiff as a board the next morning. Problems always show up when you are
> not expecting them, so take them in stride. Don't rush, do it right the
> first time.
in my house, it's always a factor of three (both cost and time), and i'm
pleasantly surprised when it's under that.
>> Alex wrote:
>> > Hi...
>>
>> > We're about to lay laminate floating flooring throughout our house,
>> > but given we'll be doing almost every room (except bathrooms), there's
>> > no way we'll be able to have a single starting point. Is it
>> > recommended to start a new row in each room then use a transition
>> > piece at the door where the floors meet (for example hallway and
>> > bedroom or kitchen and living room) or is there anyway to have the
>> > floors move seamlessly throughout the house? I'm not sure what the
>> > standard process is for this.
>>
>> The standard process OUGHT to be that which minimizes the work. I'd use a
>> transition only if I had to do so or if it made the installation easier.
>>
>> There are four tools you'll need that you may not have considered:
>> 1. A cheap table saw - there will be ripping.
>> 2. A rubber mallet.
>> 3. Ratchet
>> clamphttp://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=90416
>>
>> The last is useful because no matter how much you beat on some planks,
>> they
>> just refuse to snap together!
>>
>> I presume you'll be removing the baseboards (excellent opportunity to
>> recondition them). (Hint: Don't drive the nails out from the backside:
>> cut
>> them off instead.) If so, you'll also need:
>> 4. Tool for undercutting door jambs.
>>
>> A pneumatic brad-nailer is a god-send when re-installing the baseboards.
>>
>> Good luck on your project: Laminate flooring is kinda fun and you'll be
>> tickled with the results. Downstream, laminate flooring is MUCH easier to
>> keep clean than carpeting and a lot more durable.
>>
>> P.S.
>> The plastic-impregnated laminates are okay for the kitchen and batch -
>> they're virtually waterproof.
>
> Thanks for the reply and tips. I might just have to pick-up the
> ratchet clamp from the local Harbor Freight, so great idea!
>
> Ideally I'd love to make the floors seamless, but with the way our
> house is laid-out, I just don't see how we can do so since we'll have
> to start a new row of planks in a couple of places... and given
> they'll be coming from different directions, I just don't know how we
> can make them seamlessly blend together without transition pieces.
>
> Also, just curious to anyone why's laid a floating laminate floor, we
> plan on having three of us working on it with one cutting and two
> laying, and at about 750 square feet I'm guessing we can get done in
> either one day or maybe one day plus a few hours into a second one.
> It's basically a living room, kitchen/dining room, hallway, small
> entry hallway, and one bedroom. We might hold-off on the trim until
> the next day, but that I wouldn't think should take too long.
>
> Thanks for the advice..
>
> Alex
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