Laminate floor installation help

[KatHeard]

Does anone have any advice on coping with architraves?

We have recently starting laying a laminate floor and are stuck halfway. We are at the architrave for the door and the instructions indicate that you should saw a horizontal strip off the bottom of the architrave then slot the flooring underneath. However, as the floor is click-lock (Wickes) you have to slot it into the adjoining groove at an angle, and once it is flat it is locked in and wont move. So how do I get it under the architrave??

Cheers
Kat x

 

[mattysupra]

You have to cut the locking bit of the tongue off. You should be left with a flat tongue you can slide the next board into. Next you need to pva the two together and tape in place while glue goes off. Understand???

 

[KatHeard]

Yep- sounds great!

Will give it a try. Thanks for your quick response

 

[KatHeard]

My husband tried this today and failed miserably- he said the next board would not sit flat but raised up to form a tiny lip.

I think we are destined to fail at this- and with his brawn and my brains we are normally quite good at little projects like this (eg we designed, assembled and installed our Ikea kitchen and it looks the bees knees!)

Ho hum back to the drawing board......

 

[WoodYouLike]

Ho hum back to the drawing board......

That's what we wish click-system manufactures are doing Give us the 'old-fashion' Tongue and Groove construction any time

 

[mattysupra]

Yep bring back the standard glue together. Still have you fitted the new grundorf woods yet woody? Got a spot on Solid wood lock system and an even better engineered locking system. brilliant if you like floating methods.

 

[KatHeard]

Right we have finally done it- it looks great now it is in thank goodness. We sawed 3 inches or so off the bottom of the architrave in order to get enough angle on it, then nailed the shortened piece back on. Ok so there is a join but once it gets it's second coat of paint it will be barely noticeable.

I think I will look for the glueable stuff next time (if there is a next time....shudder)

 

[WoodYouLike]

Yep bring back the standard glue together. Still have you fitted the new grundorf woods yet woody? Got a spot on Solid wood lock system and an even better engineered locking system. brilliant if you like floating methods.

No, we 'don't do' Grundorf. (used to have a very nice product from one of their other companies WoodPecker, that's gone now - was an oiled standard full-plank engineered board with T&G). We have 5 special ranges (catering for every budget) from 4 main (mostly Dutch) suppliers and all have normal T&G. As a small retailer we try not to have too many brands (who mostly look a like etc). We're happy with what we've got and all is of best quality (and service from our manufacturers).
But you have to use what you like isn't it?