Lincoln Myers
03-09-2009, 3:30 PM
I have previously installed laminate floor in our kitchen about 5 years ago, holding up nicely. My question relates to installing laminate 'hardwood' flooring in a space where it will be VERY difficult to move all the furniture completely out prior to installation.
This flooring will be going in my Mother-in-law's townhome at ground level on a slab. I've already got all the old carpet and pad removed. In the attached diagram, I will be able to get most of furniture into the Dining Room to install the field of the Living Room, once that is done, I can then slide all furniture over to far wall of Living Room to then install the Dining Room.
See any problem with doing this? My sister-in-law said "the guys at the store said you can't do it that way, it'll mess up the way the planks connect together". My thinking is, seems like the only way it would impact the joints and 'snapping together' is if the weight of the furniture was too close to the working area of the new planks going down and deformed the plank or altered the angle where the 2 planks interface. This, should be immediately obvious to me, the installer, and I could make adjustments to where the furniture is, or, worse case, move the offending furniture out at that point.
Any thoughts or experience doing this will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Linc
This flooring will be going in my Mother-in-law's townhome at ground level on a slab. I've already got all the old carpet and pad removed. In the attached diagram, I will be able to get most of furniture into the Dining Room to install the field of the Living Room, once that is done, I can then slide all furniture over to far wall of Living Room to then install the Dining Room.
See any problem with doing this? My sister-in-law said "the guys at the store said you can't do it that way, it'll mess up the way the planks connect together". My thinking is, seems like the only way it would impact the joints and 'snapping together' is if the weight of the furniture was too close to the working area of the new planks going down and deformed the plank or altered the angle where the 2 planks interface. This, should be immediately obvious to me, the installer, and I could make adjustments to where the furniture is, or, worse case, move the offending furniture out at that point.
Any thoughts or experience doing this will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Linc