Lay click laminate alone

How best to lay click laminate flooring on its own, without a hammer or puller iron.

Meanwhile, there is indeed click laminate, which can be installed without hammer, pull iron or so. However, it should "click" both on the longitudinal and on the narrow side of the boards: For this purpose, several boards are assembled on the narrow sides to form a long track - across the entire width of the room. Probably something has to be sawn off on the last board: a relatively rough cut with the jigsaw is sufficient, because anyway there should be about 1 cm expansion gap on the wall anyway, which, together with the cutting edge, is later covered by the skirting board. If the remnant is big enough, it can be used on the next web on the other side.

If the complete web is assembled, it should be clicked on the already laid laminate. If there is still a thin fugue to see, or if it does not want to "click", the narrow sides may not have been very carefully joined together: it is worthwhile to work very carefully; maybe with the bent board something "rock" and push until no offset of the boards can be seen more.

Ever tried alone as I just? So first push the web to the laid laminate until only a thin gap can be seen. Then the train a little angle and push it ... oK, left it's off: I crawl over to the right and press: now it's right and left again loose!

A few pieces of masking tape help: Just stick to the seam, where the boards are already close together. The roll of crepe tape can be placed just below the angled sheet to keep it in that position. Then slide a little further, press and again a piece of masking tape - so about 6 cm per laminate board is enough. When the whole track is right, push everything down gently and remove the masking tape.

Laminate Floor Installation // Beginner How-To | March 2024