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Laminate flooring-how difficult to install ourselves?
DH wants to install laminate-is it tough to install? I want it to be a weekend project, not a every weekend for a year project.
Re: Laminate flooring-how difficult to install ourselves?
DH did it and he's not handy. It was one weekend, but it was just one square room.
We moved into a different house with lots of laminate floors. And honestly, they aren't as well done as what DH did because they didn't follow directions well - don't have short pieces at the edge! Don't have any super short pieces at all! And for goodness sake, make sure the floor is really really level if you're installing over concrete. There are a couple "mushy" spots that I notice all the time and it's because there's a little dip in the concrete slab there.
I would say it's a moderate level of difficulty. DH and I are currently in the process of installing it on our main floor. DH is very handy, but I have to say we've still run into difficulties. Removing the carpet was a pain in the butt because it was held down by forty bagillion staples that I had to remove with pliers one by one. I had to remove all of my trim, and a lot of it broke when taking it off so we'll have to buy and cut and paint new trim when we're done. The trim also pulled off some of the wall paint so I'll have to re-touch that when I'm done. We also had to remove the toilet in the half bath and remove our main heater in the living room so we could put flooring underneath. That was more difficult than expected. Regarding the actual flooring, it's not that bad once you get on a roll. The first dozen boards or so are kind of interesting to get used to. Having to cut boards around corners can be difficult. We've had some troubles keeping the floor square to the walls too because it's a floating floor (no glue) so it moves around as you're installing boards. The other trouble we ran into is that some of our walls aren't square, so we had to figure out a way to cut the boards against the wall so that the boards would remain square even though our walls aren't square. Doing our stairs has also been more difficult than I expected.
Sorry that was so long. Just wanted to give you an idea of some difficulties we've run into. It's taken us a few weeks and we're almost done. It's not SUPER difficult, but it does get tricky and frustrating some times. Plus keep in mind you'll need a table saw and a router.
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