Laminate Flooring Questions

divuk83

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I'm thinking about getting some laminate flooring fitted in our hallway however as I have never done it before I'm worried I might knacker it up as although I gather it's easy to do the room is not going to make it easy!

The room is an L shaped hall way, with 6 door ways, connecting to a mix of carpets and lino's at different levels. Some of the door ways are at funny angles to the hall and all have annoying frames to get round, there is also a radiator to work round. There are no flat, clear walls to start on and the floor is floorboards so could also do with a bit of leveling out with a belt sander and a decent underlay before I start.

Is it going to be as much of an pain in the arse to do as I think it is? Has anyone got any tips or suggestions? I plan on using Scotia rather than taking the skirting boards up and I do have a Bosch Multi-Cutter which might make things a little easier round the door ways.

Dave
 
A hallway is going to be one of the hardest rooms to do a proper job, scotia in a hallway will look horendus with all the door ways and junctions.

Think about an Amtico vinyl floor, only a few mm thick, no expansion so you can just run up to the skirting and easy to cut, range is excellent you wouldn't know it was vinyl unless you were told and as it's in a hallway who cares?
 
How is the Amtico vinyl flooring with regards to durability? Wondering if it might be good in my kitchen to cover the horrible worn kitchen tiles we currently have...
 
I wouldn't stick it in a hallway (amtico). We had the most expensive range in our hallway a wood effect and we always remove shoes before coming in the house. Any small scratches that ran against the grain looked hideous. It marked up that way far too eaily in my opinion. We had all the care kit and I protected it as guided.

The tile effect version we had in the kitchen though was much better. Didn't show any marks and weathered much better. I'd use that again but not the woodplanks in a house.
 
valve90210 said:
How is the Amtico vinyl flooring with regards to durability? Wondering if it might be good in my kitchen to cover the horrible worn kitchen tiles we currently have...
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I have the same problem, presently have large contract vinyl tiles in the kitchen which need replacing, can't decide whether to use Amtico or similar, or ceramic floor tiles.
But, I would need to replace the existing floor leveling compound, as the cowboy who laid it, has left trowel marks in it, which shows through the current vinyl tiles.:(
 
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Are you certain you'll need to remove the skirting? Might be worth seeing what gap is between it and the hard surface of the floor, since if it will accommodate the laminate and underlay, that will save a lot of work!
 
valve90210 said:
How is the Amtico vinyl flooring with regards to durability? Wondering if it might be good in my kitchen to cover the horrible worn kitchen tiles we currently have...
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We put it in our main bathroom a few years ago; so far it's showing no signs of wear (despite extensive young children use).
 
maccapacca said:
A hallway is going to be one of the hardest rooms to do a proper job, scotia in a hallway will look horendus with all the door ways and junctions.

Think about an Amtico vinyl floor, only a few mm thick, no expansion so you can just run up to the skirting and easy to cut, range is excellent you wouldn't know it was vinyl unless you were told and as it's in a hallway who cares?
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Cheers for that, I was planning to use the multi tool to cut under the doorframes meaning I only need to use the scotia on skirting and not the door frames. I still think it might look a bit crap and be a difficult job to do? Lino is not a bad idea, it need to cat resistant and easy to look after and the cat is in the process of killing our already knackered hall carpet!

Cheers

Dave
 
If your clever with the multi tool you might be able to cut a groove in the skirting by running the tool along the floor.

Might need to rest the tool's blade on a thin packer piece to give you the width of cut to take vinyl.
 
divuk83 said:
Cheers for that, I was planning to use the multi tool to cut under the doorframes meaning I only need to use the scotia on skirting and not the door frames. I still think it might look a bit crap and be a difficult job to do? Lino is not a bad idea, it need to cat resistant and easy to look after and the cat is in the process of killing our already knackered hall carpet!

Cheers

Dave
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I have just had to make the same decision.

I have put down quickstep laminate in the living room and three good sized bedrooms before turning to the hallway. all rooms were rectangular.

Unfortunately I could not remove the skirting in the bedrooms and so have used scotia until I finally get all my pipes boxed later in the year. I simply do not feel I am skilled enough to remove them, clean them and re-lay them and then repair the wall and paint work so it looks professional again.

regarding the scotia in the bedrooms etc, I am quite proud of it - however I am deliberating over using a white caulk at the base of the scotia to hide the gap and stop the dirt and dust being swept under the scotia.

the simple truth is that, whilst I am happy with my work, I can say honestly that I would not be able to produce a good result with so many doorways in the hall. it would look terrible.

I ended up ordering a carpet being installed on Monday as other alternatives (vinyl, amtico) I found to be unappealing or had downsides.
 
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