Cork strips

[knownothing]

Two years ago I laid some laminate flooring in a room about 6 feet by 4 feet. I didn't put those cork strips round the outside. Nothing bad happened.

This room was removed but I saved the laminate flooring - and now I am going to use it elsewhere, on an even smaller room.

Should I use those cork strips? Why? Why not?

 

[big-all]

the cork strips are to finish the edge off the floor and leave it looking neat leaving room for expansion as the cork compresses with little effort

 

[Ukwoody]

Bigall is totally correct, however the modern trend seems to be to just leave a 10mm gap all the way round and cover with beading.

Woody

 

[WoodYouLike]

That's right Woody, also because cork strip can take some of the expansion, but not all. Plus when there is a little expansion compressing the cork you could get creaky sounds.