How Much Laminate to Get?

Clareman

Hi All,

I'm going to turn my downstairs bedroom into a play room for our youngest, there's a deal going locally for cheap laminate flooring (€5.95 a square yard including underlay) and I'm not sure how much to get. The dimensions of the room are 150" by 100".

I was also considering putting it down upstairs, what I did when I mvoed in first was just sand and varnish the floor boards, sound proofing isn't the best to be honest, if I was to do upstairs how much would I need there? The dimensions of the rooms there are 125" x 100", 2 rooms of 120" x 140" and a hall of 140" x 37".

Thanks

Mountain Rescue

You need 35 square meters to cover everything,careful buying really cheap laminate,can look pretty s#*t when down,it can be a lot harder to install as well,good insulation on the upstairs floors is important especially if the noise transfer down stairs is bad,with the floors you will also need strips between the doors and possibly beading around the floor edge if you are leaving the skirting down,down stairs floor is 10 square meters

Clareman

This is the stuff I was going to go for http://lslc.ie/the_panel_depot

To be honest, in the "Play Room" I'm not pushed about it cause I figure it'll just be ripped in a few years when she's finished dropping everything on it I figured cause it was cheap I might as well a bit more done while I was at it.

Mountain Rescue

normally when I fit this type of floor I usually add a few dots of glue to the joints as I lay it,it holds the floor together much better,I mainly do this in the high usage zones,hallways and around door,where the floor will get the most use,floor is fine for the playroom and bed rooms,for the hall go a little bit dearer,usually flooring wit a v grove in it works best as its a better quality board and looks far better,by v grove I mean when the floor is laid there is a small grove around the joint of the board,when you get your playroom floor it will be completely flush like a pain of glass,

Clareman

Mountain Rescue wrote: »

normally when I fit this type of floor I usually add a few dots of glue to the joints as I lay it,it holds the floor together much better,I mainly do this in the high usage zones,hallways and around door,where the floor will get the most use,floor is fine for the playroom and bed rooms,for the hall go a little bit dearer,usually flooring wit a v grove in it works best as its a better quality board and looks far better,by v grove I mean when the floor is laid there is a small grove around the joint of the board,when you get your playroom floor it will be completely flush like a pain of glass,

Some great tips there, thanks, I think I'll start off with the play room to see how I get on, if I can do it to an ok standard (i.e. the wife approves) I'll get more and keep going.

Mountain Rescue

If you need any tips just let me know,especially if it's your first time:-)to make these floors look well it's all about how you finish them around the doors and rad pipes,

Clareman

Thanks a million, you'll be sorry you said that

dodzy

Top advice from MR. go with the V-groove. Only an extra 4-5 quid per yd. well worth it for both appearance, durability and fitting. Also, get a pull bar ( probably 15-20 quid. Invaluable for laminate fitting, and available in most of the hardware stores such as woodies, builder & flooring providers. If you can, rip off the skirting and refit once flooring is complete. Much neater.

Plenty of accessories to finish the job, Particularly radiator pipe surrounds. The devil is in the detail. Enjoy the project.