This project took a full week to complete, smashed several fingers with the hammer and burned up one table saw motor.
But there was enough material remaining to completely floor the den/computer room. Go to the
Living Room page to see the complete finished flooring project.
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The laminate can go over the vinyl... |
... but carpet and padding removed. |
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Start in a square corner... |
... but there's no square corner here! |
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Now it's just tap-n-lock. |
Plan your joints - NO inside cuts allowed. |
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No cutting so planks install quickly. |
Kitchen done - now the Living Room. |
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Working toward the Living room. |
Only a small, but tricky, patch to go. |
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Furniture moved to the finished half. |
Extra planks are used in the Den. |
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The Den had a square wall to start from. |
Staggering the planks to the Den door. |
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Cutting the crawl-space access hatch. |
New flooring in the Kitchen. |
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