Floating floors have become increasingly popular for many types of floor coverings.
How to install a free floating wood floor.
For instance solid hardwood flooring is typically nailed down during installation while tongue and groove engineered flooring is usually clicked together or completely glued down.
The term floating floor does not refer to a type of flooring material but rather to a method of installation that can be used with a variety of materials including laminates engineered hardwood and luxury vinyl flooring.
Gauge the height of the cut by laying down a piece of foam underlayment and a piece of flooring upside down so the saw won t scratch the finish.
How to install floating floor 1.
Installing laminate flooring is a snap literally.
Use a flush cut dovetail saw to trim the bottom of the casing at all doorways so that the flooring will slide underneath.
A laminate floor is a floating floor meaning it is not fastened directly to the subfloor.
In this method individual planks or in some cases tiles interlock edge to edge to.
It can be installed over any other tightly bonded flooring making it ideal for retrofits.
A floating floor is simply a floor that does not need to be nailed or glued to the floor underneath it.
In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.