I recently finished another laminate flooring project, this time a lot bigger than just a bedroom. This occasion I had to cover two bedrooms, a section of the corridor and a living room with continous pattern.
The client opted for a set pattern rather than just random flooring. This has its pros and cons of course. Pros: it looks nicer across large surfaces, cons: on occasion (some edges/corners) you end up with very small bits of flooring which is a bit weaker. Another thing you need to consider is that when you are planning to go ahead with a set pattern you have a lot more measuring and setting out to do in advance to make sure your pattern will work.
So I spent a large chunk of my first morning with bits of laminate floor and my tape measure to make sure the pattern is square where it has to be square, and running along with the corridor and the main walls.
After that it’s just business as usual. Lots of measuring, cutting and clicking panels together. The real tricky bit was the corridor. It’s only a meter and a half in length, but it has 4 doorways and a radiator on it. Only at this section I spent nearly two hours. I had to undercut all the doorways to make sure the floor will slide underneath them nicely and I had to measure and cut for the radiators as well.
Once I was past the corridor the job was quite quick. I find it a lot easier to cover large areas rather than just small corners and narrow spaces. So by the end of the second day I finished laying all the flooring and the rooms were ready for the skirting board and to re-hang the doors.
Customer was really pleased with the job once I finished. Even though there is still quite a bit to do in the house in terms of decorating, the new floor gave the rooms a new, clean and nice look already.
Screw it! 