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There is no need to dry-fit all of the planks.

Arrange the planks side by side across the room; no need to lock the joints now.

Laminate flooring installed with to white baseboard and linens basket

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Pull up the planks and stack them in a nearby area.

Butt the edges and secure the seams with tape or with the attached peel-and-stick adhesive edges.

Use a Speed Square, or try square to mark lines for crosscuts.

Tools to install laminate flooring

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Most beginners can install laminate flooring in a small room in a day or two.

Laminate flooring generally comes with attached underlayment, so no additional underlayment is required.

A few types of laminate floors may need to be glued down.

Laminate planks laid out on subfloor

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So, no glue is required with this key in of laminate flooring.

Improvement of thermal conductivity of underlay foam for laminate flooring to reduce heating energy.

Underlayment foam layer laid on subfloor

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Laminate planks laid on longest wall edge

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First row of laminate planks laid on floor

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Adjacent row of laminate planks staggered on floor

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Laminate plank installed on angle for subsequent rows

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Final row of laminate planks added on an angle

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there are multiple methods for cleaning laminate foors