Qyestion on Laying laminate floor throughout apartment

Macaonbhuit

I'm about to install the same laminate floor through all rooms, bar bathrooms, in a 2 bed apartment. It will be floating. I have had some advice from an amateur O:-) , not to continue the floor from room to room, but to put in saddle boards or strips at the door/thresholds. He reckons that the plank at the door will bow????? I intend to install the floor under the skirting boards and not use beading, and undercut the architraves for a decent finish. I see no reason to have any transition between rooms except where tiles are met in the bathrooms. Is there any season that I shouldn't just have a continual floor going from room to room? I'm sure that if I start laying along the wall nearest the doors, that I'll get the boards parallel to the closed door, and I'll have no aesthetic issues.

moonshadow

That's a good plan, but ideally run the boards at right angle from your windows it's the norm and looks better in the light.

Tony Beetroot

Its not possible to floor out with the under cutting of skirting method.

Calahonda52

You can be certain that all the walls are not parallel or the corners square so trying it in one piece in effect will compound these errors.

athtrasna

Also be sure wooden floors are permitted in the apartment and if so that you use the right quality underlay. They carry noise so easily in apartments.

BunkMoreland

Unless the to length of the two rooms joined together is massive then I see no problem. Just leave plenty of expansion gap at all walls. A thicker skirting may allow you a larger gap.

If you're undercutting you need to place your first board under the door frame, then work away from it. Laminate usually needs you to insert the boards by lifting it at an angle then clicking into place. So you'll be able to click it into place fine for one room, but in the other room you'll be working away from the door so will be attempting to click the laminate together in the opposite direction to which it is designed. The more complex the grove the harder this will be to do.

So pick the smallest room where you'll be "inserting in reverse" and pick boards with fairly simple click mechanisms / groves.

cheif kaiser

I put laminate running throughout my apartment and have had no issues. I also undercut the architraves and IMHO it looks very well done. The transition throughout is much better than the apartments I have seen that left the saddle boards down.