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Well explained! A note to any new installers; When he says to start the install on the left and work your way to the right, that means to start on the left against the wall lay that entire row then move over continue each row
I'm about to fit laminate for the first time (I'm 63). Starting in the bedroom and then the living room and hall (we live in a small bungalow). You've made this look ridiculously easy and given me a bit more confidence, so thanks for this great video :)
Done plenty of these and this video is a must for all the gotchas. Nice work. If your doing a whole house invest in a small saw bench. It will save your back.
oh yeah and like DIY channel says, you can do it in 1 day especially when someone doesnt want you cutting inside and YOU GOTTA WALK DOWNSTAIRS AND INTO THE FUCKING GARAGE TO CUT EVERY PEICE!!! Im totally not mad and had a lot of FUN!
Great vid...thanks Craig. Something worth noting though is, if you've removed the skirting so as not to need scotia trim on the perimeter, you don't need to have the 10mm expansion gap inwards from the wall...the skirting board sits over and outwards from the wall...so the gap can be under and outwards from the wall.
I cant thank you enough for that last piece of advice in the video at 5:07 about the covering gap. I have seen every video where the gap is created by spacers and don't say word about them. I am like what happend to that space in the final picture. Basically, you cover with wood board.
Nice vid (with a few provisos) : Yes - Leave a 10mm expansion gap (but u can establish the gap with spacers - little blocks 10mm in width) If you have to trim your end planks - Yes - Use a circular saw ... But the plank should be held securely before cutting - I would always use a workbench to secure a long plank like that - then cut. Craig is making it look very easy, but I suspect he's an experienced carpenter. If you're not, secure your plank before cutting with a tool as dangerous as a circular saw, please! Yes- Always use safety glasses when using a circular saw and wear grip-gloves. Yes - Fit floor beading for a nice finish at the edges... Not sure what "quadpede" is? Must be a scouse thing? :) PS: Cutting floor beading at the corners is a bit fiddly - you might wish to check out this vid here that shows you how to cut 45 degree angles : th-cam.com/video/Z3--pCZB_Bc/w-d-xo.html
And here is another magical easy fitting flooring. Where can I buy one? This could be the best tip you can give us, Craig. Also, I didn't get how you calculate the length of the last plank towards the wall!
Some good observations about safety below @writerNB. Yes I agree that safety specs are good idea, but what about a nose/mouth mask/ aspirator of some type? The dust generated from cutting laminate ( and incidentally mdf ) is some of the worst possible to breathe in. Absolutely avoid cutting laminate with power tools UNLESS YOU ARE MASKED UP!
Excellent. This gives me the confidence to take on the task. Just need to make some careful measurements tp make sure my final row is a decent width. Thanx
very informative for the beginner Graig could have been more technical and gone into more detail, but the purpose was to keep to the basics and make it easy to understand the Simplicity of laying laminate flooring, Great Video !!!
I've got some used laminate from a neighbour just for a small area at the bottom of my stairs ... is it reusable? As some of the top tongues aren't on ..can it be salvaged?
What's the best insulation under the planks if the priority is to keep the feet warm from the cold concrete? (Underfloor heating is not an option because of height)
Love the video! My question is, it looks like the laminate flooring is being placed over carpet pad. Is that right? Can I skip the step of removing my carpet pad? (It's glued to the floor and would be a massive pain to remove.)
not really you can always just continue laminating into the next room but you have to make sure its dead straight otherwise your flooring will look skewed. t-molds make it easier so you dont have to worry about that happening
The vast majority of people will be laying laminate flooring in a room with skirting boards already attached and will either have to cut the bottom of the skirting with an oscillating multi-tool to allow the boards to fit underneath or fit beading all around. So although the video is helpful it doesn't depict a typical real world installation.
Very much appreciate the video and particularly the safety aspect but it would be nice if you had gloves on as handling saw cut wood increases the chances of splinters into your skin. Thanks
You wouldn't have scraps of flooring for the first few pieces. Why rely on scraps when you can spend £5 on a laminate flooring kit that provides proper spacers?
When you are connecting the floor boards length wise end to end and you have the end tongue that connects sometimes you have a cut that off there. Can you still use it tho there is no interlocking end ?
Can you glue down laminate, I've got a chipboard type floor, not concrete and want to glue down floor so it's not springy - will the expansion fuck me or does it never really expand and contract?
While you can cut laminate flooring with a circular saw, a laminate flooring cutter makes the job a lot easier. And they're not that expensive: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B0BYY4Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00B0BYY4Q&linkCode=as2&tag=ytaj-20&linkId=GFOTU5HPAPFVXLE2
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Well explained! A note to any new installers; When he says to start the install on the left and work your way to the right, that means to start on the left against the wall lay that entire row then move over continue each row
This is the only channel i have found thats SHOWS you how to attach the second board on the second row. BRILLIANT thankyou
Thanks
Thats because british 🇬🇧 people get straight to the point. 👍
So far the best, easy, simple video.... thanks
I'm about to fit laminate for the first time (I'm 63).
Starting in the bedroom and then the living room and hall (we live in a small bungalow).
You've made this look ridiculously easy and given me a bit more confidence, so thanks for this great video :)
74 now
Wow, he only said this a year ago ... people age really fast doing DIY 🤣
Your instructions are nice and clear and no long intros as with other videos. Well done Craig.
Among the ones I watched this is the best video that describes installing laminate flooring...
Jay Craig so true
Done plenty of these and this video is a must for all the gotchas. Nice work. If your doing a whole house invest in a small saw bench. It will save your back.
Brilliant video, very informative and looks like everything needed to complete a basic floor. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Craig, you make it look so easy i'm going to have a go at it, thankyou again.
Thank you for the advice! My sister and I did my entire home, and it looks AMAZING!
Lol bet it's a shit hole ya scab
Mate, you make the job seem very easy. Thumbs up for your time.
Top stuff, loved this guy, proper down to earth and nice clear guidance
Clear and To-the-point instructions. Good video.
oh yeah and like DIY channel says, you can do it in 1 day especially when someone doesnt want you cutting inside and YOU GOTTA WALK DOWNSTAIRS AND INTO THE FUCKING GARAGE TO CUT EVERY PEICE!!! Im totally not mad and had a lot of FUN!
so? i wouldnt either lmao... its not hard your just lazy
DesecratedReaper
Best video I’ve seen. Excellent explanation. Thank you Craig👍
Great vid...thanks Craig. Something worth noting though is, if you've removed the skirting so as not to need scotia trim on the perimeter, you don't need to have the 10mm expansion gap inwards from the wall...the skirting board sits over and outwards from the wall...so the gap can be under and outwards from the wall.
A nice instructive vid clip, I've just started doing my first floor. Shame about the piss takers and criticisers on the comments.........
Isn't this video technically, how to lay laminate floor without craig Phillips
👏 👏 😅
I cant thank you enough for that last piece of advice in the video at 5:07 about the covering gap. I have seen every video where the gap is created by spacers and don't say word about them. I am like what happend to that space in the final picture. Basically, you cover with wood board.
Great video as always Craig................
Good vid brother. What I really wanted to see was the layer below, I see it and got it. Thats what I'll be using, those foam strips.
Nice vid (with a few provisos) : Yes - Leave a 10mm expansion gap (but u can establish the gap with spacers - little blocks 10mm in width) If you have to trim your end planks - Yes - Use a circular saw ... But the plank should be held securely before cutting - I would always use a workbench to secure a long plank like that - then cut. Craig is making it look very easy, but I suspect he's an experienced carpenter. If you're not, secure your plank before cutting with a tool as dangerous as a circular saw, please! Yes- Always use safety glasses when using a circular saw and wear grip-gloves. Yes - Fit floor beading for a nice finish at the edges... Not sure what "quadpede" is? Must be a scouse thing? :) PS: Cutting floor beading at the corners is a bit fiddly - you might wish to check out this vid here that shows you how to cut 45 degree angles : th-cam.com/video/Z3--pCZB_Bc/w-d-xo.html
I think he was saying quad bead/beading
Nice editing....all works like magic!
The best video that helped me so much
And here is another magical easy fitting flooring. Where can I buy one? This could be the best tip you can give us, Craig. Also, I didn't get how you calculate the length of the last plank towards the wall!
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Nice accuracy free-handing the circle saw like that. I would hurt myself.
Thanks Craig excellent work,, 👌
maybe someone mentioned it before and I missed it, but what padding/under-layment did you use, if any. And how vital or necessary is that?
Excellent video. Many thanks,
if you turn the board around and Mark your length from the wall back to the sec last board you don't need to use a measuring tape
Robert Darb
Ken Parrot
Tim Penguin
Clit Cobra
Showing options for fitting around door frames and transitions would have made this perfect.
I Must say u help me A LOT ... even after going threw a few vid's... THANK YOU !!!. 👍👍
Quick and helpful video 👌🏽
Excellent video, thanks
Nice one Craig.
la this got us sorted.. cheers
Thanks for the tips!
Don't forget your shaftey shpecs!
Simon Darley hey that's not funny people had their eyesight loss by looking at the solar eclipse
and your shircular shaw 😂
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Some good observations about safety below @writerNB. Yes I agree that safety specs are good idea, but what about a nose/mouth mask/ aspirator of some type? The dust generated from cutting laminate ( and incidentally mdf ) is some of the worst possible to breathe in. Absolutely avoid cutting laminate with power tools UNLESS YOU ARE MASKED UP!
Excellent. This gives me the confidence to take on the task. Just need to make some careful measurements tp make sure my final row is a decent width. Thanx
Cut on back with circular saw on front only with handsaw for clean finish5
Thank you for this interesting video. It wil help me.
Good video brother, very helpful!
Is there a link please for the skirting that has been used
very informative for the beginner Graig could have been more technical and gone into more detail, but the purpose was to keep to the basics and make it easy to understand the Simplicity of laying laminate flooring, Great Video !!!
I've got some used laminate from a neighbour just for a small area at the bottom of my stairs ... is it reusable? As some of the top tongues aren't on ..can it be salvaged?
What about the door jams? And the carpet bar?
Nice video, thanks!
Great tips.
not forgettin' the saftey specks. :) that seems funny to me.
thanks for the tut.
Thanks great video
Hey where can i get boards that thin? B&Q has the thick boards but I'd rather have the thinner ones.
so dont you have to worry if the room isnt square??
I'm getting ready to do our house what do you think about the laser tape measure I have one I got my square footage pretty simple but is it accurate
What's the best insulation under the planks if the priority is to keep the feet warm from the cold concrete? (Underfloor heating is not an option because of height)
it's the craaaaaiiiigggg!!!
Love the video! My question is, it looks like the laminate flooring is being placed over carpet pad. Is that right? Can I skip the step of removing my carpet pad? (It's glued to the floor and would be a massive pain to remove.)
Lisa Semmler no you have to remove the padding
Nice job mate!
nice one mate. and cool accent sounds like manchester.
he is a scouser u moron
If you don’t have the ‘L’-shaped tool for the end piece, couldn’t you just fit it to the previous board, then fit both?
thank you
thanks
nice thanks this helped
6mm wide or thick
Nice video but where is the ear protection?
I was told we have to use a T-mold instead of continuous flooring into the next room. Is this true? I'm so bummed if it is!
not really you can always just continue laminating into the next room but you have to make sure its dead straight otherwise your flooring will look skewed. t-molds make it easier so you dont have to worry about that happening
Any one tell me the disadvantages of mdf floor
after laminate expands it does not contract to close the gap
no advice on the sub floor
How do I lay the floor with a shaped stone fireplace.
Jennifer Haine if you need to ask that question you need to hire a professional
Nothing about the underlay. Great vid
or the foam expansion strips u must place around the edge or the whole f loor with move
cork *
How to lay vynl flooring
whats the name of that metal tool you used to hammer in the end?
GeoFagus 123 no idea but they sell it at lowes
The vast majority of people will be laying laminate flooring in a room with skirting boards already attached and will either have to cut the bottom of the skirting with an oscillating multi-tool to allow the boards to fit underneath or fit beading all around. So although the video is helpful it doesn't depict a typical real world installation.
Darius Dalrymple you can remove them..only takes about 15 minutes
Craig looks exactly like Fred Flintstone in the video thumbnail.
Do you have a trade back ground or jack of all trades and master of non?
Very much appreciate the video and particularly the safety aspect but it would be nice if you had gloves on as handling saw cut wood increases the chances of splinters into your skin. Thanks
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is he half dutch half scouse?
Zee Craig from Big Brother 4!
Worth watching just to hear him say jig-shaw
why not use scraps of the flooring it self for spacers??
You wouldn't have scraps of flooring for the first few pieces. Why rely on scraps when you can spend £5 on a laminate flooring kit that provides proper spacers?
When you are connecting the floor boards length wise end to end and you have the end tongue that connects sometimes you have a cut that off there. Can you still use it tho there is no interlocking end ?
i forgot this guy existed
And what about your ear defenders?
Tuppy Brill man up snowflake
Safety specs.... never heard that before
can you come and do my hallway so I don't need to 😂
Can you glue down laminate, I've got a chipboard type floor, not concrete and want to glue down floor so it's not springy - will the expansion fuck me or does it never really expand and contract?
Always expand
I can't find a shirkur shaw or shaefty shpecks anywhere. Where can I buy those?
cant beat a Schrcular Schaw
This week, I'd like to nominate, Ssshada
And Nicola.
Shercular Shaw :)
Where's mi gold!!!!!
a dust mask would be good with that mdf backing. You are still young Craig so don't go breathing all that shit in.
he also forgot the foam inserts to pack between the expansion space or the floor could move and come apart over time
cork rather ***********
@@girlsdrinkfeck That's not what edge packing is for!
They get removed after you finish laying the floor so your comment is completely redundant
@@v82mp95 lmao wrong
Where was his safety signs?
Wheres the under-layer?
YOU FORGOT TO EXPLAIN ABOUT STAGGERED JOINTS
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Safety specs lad
JIGSHAW
short and random SHERCULAR SHAW, love him man - thanks!
While you can cut laminate flooring with a circular saw, a laminate flooring cutter makes the job a lot easier. And they're not that expensive:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B0BYY4Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00B0BYY4Q&linkCode=as2&tag=ytaj-20&linkId=GFOTU5HPAPFVXLE2