Spread floor levelling compound on the subfloor to seal cracks and seams and then sand the floor flat with a belt sander.
Laying laminate flooring in an l shaped room.
This should be done at least 48 hours before the laminate boards are placed so they have time to adjust to the temperature and humidity.
Place unopened packages of laminate flooring in the room or rooms in which they are to be installed.
Moisture can often destroy a perfect laminate floor installation so before you begin it is very.
The plan for an l shaped room is not very complicated.
Vacuum the sanding dust after you finish.
Drill pairs of 1 8 inch holes in the faces of the boards spacing the pairs by 6 to 10.
The angle of the turn at the corner of the l shaped room doesn t really matter because you can cut the hardwood pieces at matching angles in order to continue the pattern around the other section.
Step 1 let the boards acclimate.
This will minimize shrinkage or expansion when they react to room temperature and humidity step 2 check for moisture levels.
Lay the first course of flooring along the wall that forms the inside of the l follow the wall keeping a gap of 1 4 inch between the flooring and the wall to allow for expansion of the flooring material and extend this course past the wall all the way to the opposite perpendicular wall.
Start laying the flooring against a wall keeping a 1 4 inch transition gap between the flooring and the wall and a 1 1 8 inch gap between the flooring in the hallway and that in the rooms on.