Laying laminate without thresholds

Laminate is a durable modern flooring material. Laminated panels are distinguishable by the type of wear resistance. Before proceeding with their installation, it is necessary to determine the coating class and the choice of material. If you need to lay the floor in the hallway, it is better to choose a laminate 32 class. This coating will be sufficiently resistant to wear. This class of laminate can also be suitable for a hallway, but is it possible to use it for laying laminated panels without thresholds? A high-quality installation of the floating floor ensures that it will serve you for many years without changing the appearance. If you are annoyed by the thresholds that you often stumble over, then you will certainly be interested in laying laminate flooring without thresholds.

Preparation of tools

Before you begin any workflow, prepare the entire tool. You need to get:

• with a hammer
• electric jigsaw or hacksaw,
• tape measure
• laser level
• square
• nail bar,
• perforator,
• a pencil
• wedges limiters
• stuslom.

This whole set will help you successfully lay laminate without connecting thresholds.

The nuances of choice

Laminate varies in texture and color palette. It is classified according to the level of durability. The greatest strength is different laminate from 31 to 34th grade. When installing the coating with thresholds, you can choose different types of laminate for each individual room, differing in class and texture. But, if you decide to lay laminate without thresholds, then its class should be determined by the total degree of load in the whole apartment or house.

Premises with low maneuverability can be covered with a laminate of the 23rd class, characterized by low wear resistance. This class is much less expensive than class 31 laminate flooring. But the 23rd class of the laminated panel will not be suitable for a corridor or a living room, because with intensive loads it quickly becomes unusable. The 31st grade of laminate in this case will be more suitable and will serve you for more than 10 years. In premises with medium load the floor should be laid with a laminate of not less than 32 wear resistance classes. In this case, the life of the floor will be about 5 years. The conclusion is simple: the higher the degree of load, the higher the class of the laminate.

Note! With very large loads, for example, in the premises of a dance club, you need to choose the most durable laminate of 34 classes. If it is used for laying in the house, then manufacturers give it a lifetime warranty. If you decide to lay the laminate without thresholds, then you should choose laminate 33 or 34 wear resistance class. Such a floor is not erased and does not deteriorate even after a long period of time.

Precautionary measures

On an area that exceeds 50 square meters, it is not recommended to install the laminate without seams. Otherwise, the floor may swell. As practice shows, more often this occurs in the doorway. Before you start installing the laminate without thresholds, you should calculate the door height. Adjust it so that the canvas opens and closes freely, and the gap between the future coating and the door remains about a centimeter.

Note! Before you begin installing the flooring you should make sure that the humidity level in the house or apartment does not exceed the permissible rate. The fact is that too much moisture in the air will have a bad effect on the laminate. When drying, it can swell, deform, because of what it will need to be replaced completely.

The installation of the laminate should be carried out on the most even surface of the prepared base. This condition is especially important to observe when the threshold-free installation of the laminated panel. Height difference should not exceed 3 mm. If there are bumps on the surface, then they should be cleaned, and the depressions larger than 3 mm should be puttied.

When planning laying laminate flooring on a wooden floor, you should check them out with great care. Replace deformed and rotted parts. Laminate should be laid in the direction of rough boards. The substrate is necessary for floor insulation and sound insulation. In addition, it will protect the flooring from deformation, thereby extending the life of the floor. Foamed polyethylene and cork are usually used as substrates.

In addition, you can make the substrate of the embossed cardboard, laid in several layers and interconnected with tape. The thickness of the substrate can be from 2 to 4 mm.

It is not for nothing that a laminate floor is called floating, because it tends to vary in size due to changes in humidity in the room. According to the instructions, it is recommended to leave technical gaps along the walls with a width of approximately 1 cm. In order to perform laying smoothly, you need to install plastic or wooden plugs between the laminate and the wall. At the end of the work, remove these plugs.

Note! A carpet or a high-pile carpet cannot be used as a rough base. Such a substrate is unreliable due to excessive softness. For this, it is better to use glued PVC linoleum, a good screed, fiberboard plates, ceramic tiles and a plank floor.

The process of laying in a non-threshold way

When installing laminate need to do everything carefully and with extreme precision. After you have prepared the base, you can proceed directly to laying the substrate, which serves as a cushion. So, we divide the processes into stages:

1. Installation of the laminated panel is carried out immediately in all rooms, so you need to pre-cut the boards that will be placed in the space of the doorway.
2. Further, as in the case of laying laminate in the usual way, work should start from the window. The panels are interconnected with a special lock. Conduct the connection of parts should be very careful not to damage the lock or the laminated panel.
3. Do not forget to leave a technological gap. Then you will hide it under the baseboards. The same gaps must be made in the doorways. Otherwise, when resizing, the laminated panel will swell or deform.

Now you can ignore interfering thresholds endlessly, laying the laminate with the threshold-free method with your own hands. Observing all the rules and taking into account all the nuances of installation, you can easily cope with this task without the help of specialists, which will only help you save your family budget. If you still have questions about laying non-threshold laminate, then write comments to the article. Your questions will be answered by experts working on the site.