Hello Folks,
I'm looking for advice on fitting laminate flooring into a newly built apartment.
We're planning to rent a van and to go up to Belfast to get all basic furniture etc from IKEA, was hoping to have a go at putting down laminate flooring myself.
As you can see in the pictures the floors already have an underlay/padding down, it's about 1cm thick:
What I'm wondering is whether it's fine to just lay down this laminate flooring on top of it:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20070011
They say "When laying floors, always use NIVÅ floor lining, sold separately."
This basically seems to be similar to what's laid there already so I'm guessing there's no need?
They also say:
"When laying floors on concrete, complement with SPÄRRA plastic sheeting."
Now there are concrete floors underneath but the fact this is a 5th floor apartment means water is less likely to come though the concrete? Or do I still need it?
I've done a bit of reading on technique for putting the floor down and it seems fairly straightforward.
Just to check, I'm guesssing I'll need the flooring itself, a few of these kits:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/12622600
Will also need beading (assuming IKEA sell this though it is not on the website) as the skirting boards are already in place.
Is there anything else I need?
Another question I have is this. We are getting a friend to come and tile the kitchen, I'm just wondering how we create a divide between where the wooden floor ends and the tiles begin? I want to do this where the padding changes colour in the picture below:
I'm assuming you need some kind of rigid metal piece attached in place with the flooring flush to one side and the tiles the other. Again I see nothing on the website I assume IKEA would sell it though?
And one final thing, I'll be putting down the flooring throughout the living room, hall and bedrooms. When I come to the doorway separating the living room from the hallway is it best to stop there and separate the two rooms (again using some kind of divider) or should I run the flooring through all in one go:
Any advice you could give me would be much appreciated.
I haven't put down flooring before, as you can undoubtedly tell, but I'd like to give it a try and will have a much greater sense of satisfaction having done it myself.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
I'm looking for advice on fitting laminate flooring into a newly built apartment.
We're planning to rent a van and to go up to Belfast to get all basic furniture etc from IKEA, was hoping to have a go at putting down laminate flooring myself.
As you can see in the pictures the floors already have an underlay/padding down, it's about 1cm thick:
What I'm wondering is whether it's fine to just lay down this laminate flooring on top of it:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20070011
They say "When laying floors, always use NIVÅ floor lining, sold separately."
This basically seems to be similar to what's laid there already so I'm guessing there's no need?
They also say:
"When laying floors on concrete, complement with SPÄRRA plastic sheeting."
Now there are concrete floors underneath but the fact this is a 5th floor apartment means water is less likely to come though the concrete? Or do I still need it?
I've done a bit of reading on technique for putting the floor down and it seems fairly straightforward.
Just to check, I'm guesssing I'll need the flooring itself, a few of these kits:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/12622600
Will also need beading (assuming IKEA sell this though it is not on the website) as the skirting boards are already in place.
Is there anything else I need?
Another question I have is this. We are getting a friend to come and tile the kitchen, I'm just wondering how we create a divide between where the wooden floor ends and the tiles begin? I want to do this where the padding changes colour in the picture below:
I'm assuming you need some kind of rigid metal piece attached in place with the flooring flush to one side and the tiles the other. Again I see nothing on the website I assume IKEA would sell it though?
And one final thing, I'll be putting down the flooring throughout the living room, hall and bedrooms. When I come to the doorway separating the living room from the hallway is it best to stop there and separate the two rooms (again using some kind of divider) or should I run the flooring through all in one go:
Any advice you could give me would be much appreciated.
I haven't put down flooring before, as you can undoubtedly tell, but I'd like to give it a try and will have a much greater sense of satisfaction having done it myself.
Thanks in advance,
Robert