Installing Laminate Flooring

By

xintexas

08/26/2010

Yes you can. Not all flooring is or needs to be glued down. I have a floating laminate wood flooring (no glue). It can be your choice which way you want to go.

By

Suntydt

08/22/2010

Foxrun41 is correct. It used to be that laminate floors were glued down with a latex glue called Mighty White. Particle board used to soak up the glue making the laminate floor only stick to various areas. The glue has changed, but I doubt the premise hasn't. You could save some money and cover the floor yourself if you have the handyman skills for the job. The plywood flooring would not have to be very thick at all. Or you can let your installers do the task, which ever works for you.

By

foxrun41

08/22/2010

It may but the flooring folksI hired put down 4 x 4 foot sheets of plywood before gluing the new laminate. I believe the adhesive bonds better to the clean plywood surface than particle board.

How do you install laminate flooring?

Betty from TX

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RE: Installing Laminate Flooring

I am in the process on putting new laminate wood floors in my kitchen. I was a little intimidated, so I went to Home Depot. I went to one of their free classes. I was the only one there and got complete 1 on 1 attention. Every silly question I had got answered. They also didn't push me to the "expensive" items. (09/25/2007)

By Lionkat2

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We are laying laminate flooring. The flooring has a foam backing. The subfloor has some minor imperfections. How perfect does the subfloor need to be?

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