Hints and Tips:

• Where possible, work from the corner farthest from the room's entry way.
• If you are laying the flooring over a concrete subfloor, first lay damp-proofing membrane.
• Loose lay the underlay boards, butting them closely together.
• Fit the first row of laminate floorboards with spacers at the ends and along the wall.
• Fit the next two rows, ensuring as you go that they are perfectly straight.
• Floorboards need only be glued together if they are located in areas subject to frequent wetting, kitchens, outer doorways, etc.
• Cover the expansion gap with a quadrant or similar moulding, or use skirting boards (minimum width 15mm).
• Remember to purchase threshold and ramp strips for doorways and joins between surfaces.

For further information see Good Idea Leaflet 53