I am about to lay a laminate floor in a small room,its the click together,no glue'floating'type.Any tips on fitting and maintaining please?

This will be an interesting project. My advice is to find a friend who has already done this, to avoid making costly mistakes. Also, before starting, make sure you have all the tools you need (see e.g. doityourself.com/stry/9-essential-lamina... ), the right number of boxes of laminate boards you need for the space you're flooring, any quarter-round, stair-nose, molding, etc. Specialty pieces, the right adhesive(s), sub-flooring mats, and if placing the flooring over concrete, make sure to get the plastic under-sheeting too.

Here are some links to how-to's: - hgtv.com/home-improvement/how-to-install... - home-flooring.suite101.com/article.cfm/h... - doityourself.com/scat/laminate (this is a list of useful laminate-related links). For how to clean and maintain laminate, check out the following links: - doityourself.com/stry/cleanmaintainlaminate - discountflooring.com/laminate/i_laminate... - ezinearticles.com/?Pergo-Laminate-Floori... - home-flooring.suite101.com/article.cfm/c... Try to align the boards such that if you have any extensions (e.g. A corridor leading to a door) your boards go lengthwise into that extension. Plan your cuts ahead of time so you can minimize wastage.

For example, the leftover from a board you cut to provide one smaller length can be used to provide another short length elsewhere, as long as the orientation and length work.

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So far, we have done about 4 large orders for the s/o in our store. And I'm sure a lot more. Granted, this stuff is what it is, don't expect miracles, but the best thing about it for us, is that its the only TRULY waterproof floor in the entire store.

People love it also because anybody can lay it down, as long as you follow a few simple directions(such as leaving an expansion gap around the perimeter; letting the vinyl acclimate to the humidity and temps of the room you will be installing in; rolling the entire floor out with at least a 100lb roller; making sure to get the seams as tight as possible; making sure that you install it in a room that has heat vents so that it doesn't start to buckle-unless of course you like that look). The reason that it is waterproof is because the "grip strip" of adhesive on the sides of each plank interlock, and when the are rolled out, and firmly pressed together, if water or any liquid happens to spills directly over the seam, there is literally no where for the liquid to go. It just beads up on top of that overlap.

I also recieved this really helpful book in the mail from the company on Allure, and it has helpful hints for install, care and maintenence, and all kinds of things you can't find on the web. Halstead also make a more commercial and more expensive line of resilient flooring called Metro Floor. They make planks and tiles and all that, but they all have to be glued down, just like the Armstrong planks, Amtico planks, Roppe planks, etc. This idea has been around for a long time, but Halstead has made a durable floor for most normal residentials floors that is guaranteed to not delaminate or wear through the top layer for 25 years.

I think people misunderstand warranties on flooring a lot. When they say 25 year wear, that doesn't mean it WILL NOT scratch. It will just hold up a lot better as far as denting and gouging, compared to your traditional sheet vinyl and vinyl self adhesive squares.

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