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I am seeking to fit engineered wooden flooring around a non rectangular room to create a rectangle fairly centrally where I can fit a carpet into. The current floor is wooden floorboards covered with carpet, most of which I have already removed. I do not intend removing the skirtings. I would appreciate any guidance regarding installation of the wooden flooring to keep it in place. I would like it to be minimum 300mm (a foot) and more where required to get the rectangle in the middle. What kind of underlay ? I guess a trim is required to cover the 10mm gap to the skirting ? I was thinking of a trim tacked to the current wooden floor on the inner edge of the engineered wood flooring to help form the rectangle and hold the engineered wood in place, but then there will still be the 10mm gap at the skirting end to allow for expansion. Is this a risk of movement ? I appreciate, in advance, suggestions to make my DIY project successful.