Tongue and groove floor chipboards

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When laying this down as a floor in a new bedroom (underlay and carpet to go on top), do I go right against the wall at the edges or leave some room for expansion?
 
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When installing from scratch and glueing all the joints I'll normally end 5 to 10mm shy of the walls (if only because I made need to get a pull bar in there to pull the joints up good and tight). In any case the gap will be covered by the skirting boards, which are generally 15 to 22mm thick
 
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I'd recommend getting a piece if 4 x 2 CLS about 5 to 6ft long and borrowing a 14lb sledge hammer to pull (bully) the joints up nice and tight (the CLS prevents you damaging the tongues and the sledge hammer used against it will generally "persuade" the joints together nice and tight within a couple of lightish taps - far easier than using a tapping block and a joiners hammer TBH). The last row of boards (often with a rip cut) may well need a pull bar of some description, such as one of these:

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which is another reason for leaving a few millimetres gap - to get the hook in on the last row
 
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a gap is also good as it stops any dampness in the wall directly transferring to the flooring
 

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