Timber Floor Installation of Floating Timber
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installation, leave a space from the wall to the floor of about 10mm expansion gap by using plastic scrapers. There may be areas where the measurement is not precise, this will do as long as it is not less than 5mm or more than the breadth of the skirting or beading, which will be used to cover the gap. However, if you are working on a big room, then you need not be too exacting with your expansion gap.

Continue on with your timber floor installation with care to keep the expansion gap all across the room. You do this by staggering all the joints by at least 300mm for each row. To have that perfect timber floors, be mindful of your boards and discard those with dark or oddly grained, or better yet keep them in not so obvious places like under the stairs. Make room for a door bar by leaving a 35mm gap from the edge of the new floor and any existing floor. Your new floating floor should end just inside where the door stops or approximately 5mm. This is important so that your door bar will fit underneath your door and you will not be able to see the flooring looking from the other room.

After completing your timber floor installation, take off your installation wedges after 12 hours so that the glue can fully adhere. Then you are now ready to put your skirting and beading.