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Hi,
I'm after some help laying a new laminate floor in my kitchen. I've done another room already but the situation in the kitchen is a bit different...
Basically, there is currently laminate down but it is old and damaged. When it was originally laid, there were no skirting boards so when they went on they neatly covered the expansion gap. I've purchased new laminate and underlay tiles making sure that the thickness is the same as what was already there. The laminate only goes under skirting on 2 sides - the other 2 go under kick-boards, hopefully making my job nice and easy . So far so good.
Question 1 - What's the best way to maintain my expansion gap on the walls with skirting given that if I make / use 10mm spacers I won't be able to remove them as they'll be under the skirting...? Taking the skirting off isn't an option...
Question 2 - given that on the 2 sides that will go under the kick-board there is a pretty much unlimited expansion gap should I be worrying about getting the expansion on the other 2 sides absolutely perfect?
Question 3 - I realise that cork isn't usually the best idea for expansion gaps but given the first 2 questions, would a good compromise be to use 10mm of cork along the problem wall?
A bit of possibly useful info I've just thought about is that the run across the room from the starting / problem wall is quite narrow at about 2 metres so I'm thinking a narrower run = less scope for expansion.
Any help appreciated
I'm after some help laying a new laminate floor in my kitchen. I've done another room already but the situation in the kitchen is a bit different...
Basically, there is currently laminate down but it is old and damaged. When it was originally laid, there were no skirting boards so when they went on they neatly covered the expansion gap. I've purchased new laminate and underlay tiles making sure that the thickness is the same as what was already there. The laminate only goes under skirting on 2 sides - the other 2 go under kick-boards, hopefully making my job nice and easy . So far so good.
Question 1 - What's the best way to maintain my expansion gap on the walls with skirting given that if I make / use 10mm spacers I won't be able to remove them as they'll be under the skirting...? Taking the skirting off isn't an option...
Question 2 - given that on the 2 sides that will go under the kick-board there is a pretty much unlimited expansion gap should I be worrying about getting the expansion on the other 2 sides absolutely perfect?
Question 3 - I realise that cork isn't usually the best idea for expansion gaps but given the first 2 questions, would a good compromise be to use 10mm of cork along the problem wall?
A bit of possibly useful info I've just thought about is that the run across the room from the starting / problem wall is quite narrow at about 2 metres so I'm thinking a narrower run = less scope for expansion.
Any help appreciated