How to install laminate flooring
STEP 1: Prepare your subfloor
The first step depends on the type of subfloor you’re working with, so you’ll have to inspect it. We highly recommend working on a level, stable, and clean subfloor. Don’t forget to check for any loose parts.
How big can the joints in your existing tile floor be? How can you level out irregularities? What about underfloor heating?
Take your time to read the installation instructions so you are fully prepared to get started!
STEP 2: Choose your underlay
Choosing the right underlay is a crucial part of laying your brand-new laminate flooring in a hassle-free way. Our specially designed Quick-Step underlays are moisture-proof, insulating, noise-reducing, and levelling. Thanks to the smooth top surface, laying the laminate panels is a piece of cake.
STEP 3: Collect your tools
Want to save yourself a few trips and interruptions during the installation? Make sure you have a couple of essential tools at hand before you get started.
A hammer and a saw are among the usual suspects, but there are several other tools that will make your life a lot easier.
STEP 4: Install your underlay
Time to get started!
- Lay one row at a time and make sure you go in the same direction that you plan to lay your floor.
- If using foil/foam underlay, use the flap and glue strip for easy installation of your underlay with an integrated moisture-resistant screen.
STEP 5: Start laying your laminate floor
- First, check how many full rows of planks you will need by dividing the width of the room by the width of a plank.
- For an optimal result, start laying your first row of laminate planks in line with the longest wall, but do not lay them flush against it.
- Make sure to alternate your alignment so that end joints of successive rows are never in line. We recommend at least 30 cm between them.
- Click the first plank of the second row into the first plank of the first row and keep going like that.
STEP 6: Saw your laminate floor
There’s no way around it: you will have to cut your laminate floor to make sure it fits your space perfectly. But don’t worry! We’ll show you exactly how to do it.
Wear gloves and use a pencil to draw your cutting lines. Always saw your planks with the top surface decoration facing upwards.
STEP 7: Finish your laminate floor in style
With your laminate floor in place, you’re almost there! Now it’s time to complete the picture with matching skirting boards, finishing profiles, and other fine touches. After all, it’s all in the details.