I've been putting laminate down for a few years now you know how it is starts at home then it's relative then friends etc etc. Yesterday though I told a mate that it would be quite a while before I could lay his floor so he decided to give it a go himself. I gave him a number of pointers and then thought maybe this one isn't a good one just maybe I've got away with it up till now. I told him not to bother buying the tool used to tap the boards into place I just use an old off cut of the same flooring. Like I said have I just been lucky not to damage the boards or is this an ok practice ?