Installation guides
The jobs around the floor decide how good it looks. These guides cover the steps before, during and after laying.
- How to measure a room
Measure wall by wall at floor level, check the corners for square, and include doorways.
- How much flooring to buy
Area plus the right waste factor for your pattern, rounded up to full boxes.
- Planning the first row
Work out row widths so the last row is not a thin strip, and scribe to crooked walls.
- Expansion gaps explained
Why floors need room to move, how big the gap is per material and where it goes.
- Subfloor preparation
Flatness tolerances, moisture tests, levelling compound and vapour barriers.
- Acclimatising flooring
How long each floor needs in the room before installation, and at what conditions.
- Undercutting door frames
Saw the frame so the floor slides under it. Cleaner than scribing around the profile.
- Choosing underlayment
Foam, fibreboard, cork or rubber: thickness, sound, moisture and underfloor heating.