Hi all,
In 2023, I laid laminate flooring for a mate. It was a knock through lounge and dining room, plus the hallway. I laid if so that there were no visible thresholds, ie it was continuous. Previously he had threshold bars.
A few weeks ago he came back from holiday and discovered that a burst pipe in the loft had leaked in to the first floor and then the ground floor.
I told him I would replace the boards below the blue line in the following image.
We went to Selco to pick up more of the Krono flooring. As I went to lay it, I discovered that Krono has changed the tongue a groove profile. I realised that if I cut back part of the tongue on the original flooring I can marry them up. I then planned to use contact adhesive and a long/thin metal strip to hold them in place.
I did a dry run. Then my mate noticed that the texture and colour of the newer version is different and asked me to do the whole hallway from the green line downwards (up to the blue line).
I then discovered that the new boards are marginally wider/deeper. By the time I got to the blue line I discovered that I had an 11mm gap at longue door. Fortunately, I had already glued a metal strip under the lounge door threshold. I had to use an oscillating saw to remove all of the tongue from the old board and then use a router to remove all but the laminate on the infill (about 2mm from the edge on the infill) so that it would rest on the female profile of the new board. I then used a suitably coloured sealant to glue it down.
The job, if the profile/colour/texture hadn't changed would have taken half a day. It ended up taking longer than the original hallway area. 4 visits in total.
I gave him a discount... but...
Initially, when we went to selco, we matched an old sample with the sample on display. It looked good We didn't realise that the samples are the pre change ones (the change was late 2023- early 2024). Well done Selco. Oh, and well done Krono for not letting customers know about the profile change .
Given that I was working on site with hand/machine tools, that 11mm inset took numerous attempts and about 2 hours in total.
In 2023, I laid laminate flooring for a mate. It was a knock through lounge and dining room, plus the hallway. I laid if so that there were no visible thresholds, ie it was continuous. Previously he had threshold bars.
A few weeks ago he came back from holiday and discovered that a burst pipe in the loft had leaked in to the first floor and then the ground floor.
I told him I would replace the boards below the blue line in the following image.
We went to Selco to pick up more of the Krono flooring. As I went to lay it, I discovered that Krono has changed the tongue a groove profile. I realised that if I cut back part of the tongue on the original flooring I can marry them up. I then planned to use contact adhesive and a long/thin metal strip to hold them in place.
I did a dry run. Then my mate noticed that the texture and colour of the newer version is different and asked me to do the whole hallway from the green line downwards (up to the blue line).
I then discovered that the new boards are marginally wider/deeper. By the time I got to the blue line I discovered that I had an 11mm gap at longue door. Fortunately, I had already glued a metal strip under the lounge door threshold. I had to use an oscillating saw to remove all of the tongue from the old board and then use a router to remove all but the laminate on the infill (about 2mm from the edge on the infill) so that it would rest on the female profile of the new board. I then used a suitably coloured sealant to glue it down.
The job, if the profile/colour/texture hadn't changed would have taken half a day. It ended up taking longer than the original hallway area. 4 visits in total.
I gave him a discount... but...
Initially, when we went to selco, we matched an old sample with the sample on display. It looked good We didn't realise that the samples are the pre change ones (the change was late 2023- early 2024). Well done Selco. Oh, and well done Krono for not letting customers know about the profile change .
Given that I was working on site with hand/machine tools, that 11mm inset took numerous attempts and about 2 hours in total.
