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Title: Laminate Flooring Again!
Post by Windy Miller on May 28^th, 2004, 8:56pm

Hi Guys

Following on from the recent(ish) topic re Laminate Flooring (http://novoserve.no-ip.biz/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=DiyC;action=display;num=1081786354;start=0), another question...

Bearing in mind that the laminate should be laid in the hallway at right angles to the door (so as to give an impression of increased length and also to avoid the light source falling across the joins), what happens when the laminate is to be continued into a room at the end of the hallway?

Do I ignore the above 'rules' and lay the flooring in the same direction as before (without a threshold strip)?, or do I fit a strip and start again at right angles to the flooring in the hall?

Cheers for any advice.

Windy

Title: Re: Laminate Flooring Again!
Post by big_all on May 28^th, 2004, 10:10pm

although it looks better to continue into
other rooms two things to keep in mind

depending on length of hall you need an
expansion gap of aprroximatley 6mm
every 12 foot or so[under door strip ideal]

and if walls are only a few degrees out what
looks good in the hall may be slightly diagonal
in the room thus not running paralell

hope this helps

Title: Re: Laminate Flooring Again!
Post by Windy Miller on May 29^th, 2004, 6:38pm

Cheers BA - that's a good point about the 'diagonal' effect - I hadn't thought of that one. Are you saying that it's OK to lay the laminate at right angles, or that I should fit the strip and continue in the same direction, but ensure that the joins are still runing parallel?
Windy

Title: Re: Laminate Flooring Again!
Post by big_all on May 29^th, 2004, 6:52pm

yep no problems

youll be lucky to find a house with three or four
rooms done that dont have right angles
as long as you realise the joint is under a strip