Comments on: Laminated Flooring Installation Tips

By: Terry Weinheimer | Kevin Weinheimer

Terry Weinheimer | Kevin Weinheimer — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:28:12 +0000

Ellen
You can change direction but will need to use a “T” style transition. These transitions are made to use between rooms or areas and are available through the dealer you purchase your laminate flooring through.
Terry

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:25:00 +0000

I would like to change direction in the laminate flooring in some areas such as where the hall meets the living room. Can this be donein a way that doesn’t result in gaps and will the floor be tight if this is done?

By: Terry Weinheimer | Kevin Weinheimer

Terry Weinheimer | Kevin Weinheimer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:22:02 +0000

Chuck, short of getting your house leveled you might be able to use a “reducer molding” if the elevation difference is running across the doorways and not into or toward the doorways. A “reducer molding” is designed to transition between two different types or heights of flooring such as laminate and vinyl. With the elevations differences you describe you will need to shop carefully to see if a proper match in laminate and molding is available.
Terry

By: chuck

chuck — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:36:56 +0000

We want to install laminate flooring in our 10′x35″ hallway. But the floor is uneven on one side of the hallway. The threshold of two rooms are raised 1/4 “to 3/8″ due to settling of the bearing beams on our modular home. The seam where the two halves are connected runs right down the middle of the doorways of the two rooms. We have our minds set on laminate flooring in that hallway, is there a way we get around this problem to be able to still use the laminate flooring.