Installing Laminate Flooring Around Drain
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Installing laminate flooring around drain. Luckily it s close to the wall and kitchen sink where it will rarely be walked on. See my flooring install playlist. The concrete sub floor seems flat enough for the flooring except for around the floor drain. I m trying to figure the best way to install the flooring in that area.
The product we are using in this video is lowes quick step. Laying laminate flooring around a toilet drain. There is a floor drain right in the middle of the room with the obvious grading around it. Laminate flooring material is a man made product that sprung out of the do it yourself era giving homeowners the ability to have a simulated wood.
It s flat ish for most of the room but the 2 feet or so around the drain are sloped quite a bit. I m concerned the snap together flooring light buckle or come apart because of the slope. When installing around a doorway slide the plank at least 1 4 inch under the door frame. It dropps about 1 2 in about a 8 radius around the drain 16 diameter total.
Slide the first two rows into their final position and repeat steps 5 and 6 above using the same alternating plank technique to complete the process. When installing a floating laminate floor you don t need to use any adhesive nails or staples. There is obviously some grading in the rest of the room but it is very suttle and smooth so i don t think it would be an issue. But the floor slopes towards the drain pretty aggressively.
In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.