A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor.
Installing laminate flooring without quarter round.
He may be trying to speed up the process of laying the floor yes you do need expansion room for the flooring to expand but between the space normally there where the sheetrock meets the wall and the baseboard it should be enough without the 1 4 round.
Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally.
In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.
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.
He does not have to be as carefull cutting if he has an extra 1 2 inch provided by the 1 4 round.
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.
Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day.
Gregmac aug 9 13 at 23 05.
I had to be creative with the toilet supply line because it was mounted low but it worked out you can also see the thickness in that picture and that is installed over a floating laminate floor with 1 4 gap.
How to install laminate flooring.