Beginner Hardwood Flooring Installation, EASY Floating Floor Method | Builds by Maz

DIY flooring projects can be easier than you think, and can make a huge difference to a home for a very reasonable price! This was my first time installing my own hardwood, and I know that anybody else can do it too. The floating floor method is especially foolproof; all you need is some basic flooring glue and you can knock this out in a weekend. Using an underlayment also has plenty of benefits, and can help offset any imperfections in your subfloor. Best of luck!
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[@yvoghese]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I hope it turns out to be as easy as it looks. I'm saving the video to refer back to. I love your work arounds.

[@buildsbymaz]

You are welcome! It really is as easy as it seems.

[@rachelgamble8965]

Good looking floors!!

[@supayota7265]

Great job and taking the time to simplify everything you could, for a beginners point of view.

[@erinjackson979]

Great job ! We installed floating in our entire house not an easy job. You made it look easy

[@jeffreypinder9398]

Very nice job and great tips.

[@budsmith5]

❤❤thanks!!! I needed this tutorial

[@timgillison1175]

Looks a great job. I know the good feeling when you cut a piece around something and it fits just fine. You are lucky to have a great assistant too. Thanks for sharing :-)

[@rolandrakotondramanana6903]

the visit of your inspector killed me LOL

[@buildsbymaz]

He's always watching 😆

[@JesseMac1984]

Great video! Very helpful. Thank you.

[@kellycallaghanmeditations2322]

super helpful, thank you.

[@makersmind]

Good Job !!!

[@tracygonzalez2885]

Nice video! Very informative

[@muneerbhat1132]

Great job. I am doing my kitchen floor in few days. This video is gonna be very helpful. Thanks guys.

[@buildsbymaz]

Happy to help and good luck!

[@jongoforth1405]

Well done! A very helpful video. Thanks so much!

[@buildsbymaz]

You are very welcome

[@yekutielbenheshel354]

Thanks!

[@Glorious_Parket]

Good

[@davidv3518]

How did u make sure your first row is straight since you didn’t rely on the wall? Thanks

[@chandhimapringthongfoo5590]

very well done. I would like to know the size of the room, approx. how long it took thanks

[@buildsbymaz]

I think it's about 10x12 ft. We did the whole thing in maybe 3-4 days, working a couple hours each day

[@mrkngkhan]

Great video! How is the floor holding up? I’m looking to buy something similar for my basement

[@buildsbymaz]

No issues so far!

[@paigoomein]

@@buildsbymaz had the same question as we were looking into flooring. no issues with the thinner 1.2mm wear layer? also, for the tongue and groove version, I saw that recommendation is to nail or glue down. is floating ok as well with glue just on the tongue/groove?

[@buildsbymaz]

@@paigoomein it's been holding up fine for us so far, but if gluing it to the floor will give you more peace of mind then go for that!

[@humansaremortal3803]

This isn't hardwood flooring in EU, parquet flooring is hardwood flooring. We call this laminate flooring.

[@BurakBal-nw3cw]

Its called engineered flooring, and floating system method

[@user-qy5ce4hh6n]

I would prefer the engineered floor boards to be glued to the concrete. Can I do that?

[@buildsbymaz]

For sure you can. Just make sure you use a hardwood that is meant to be glued down, it should say on the manufacturer instructions.

[@user-qy5ce4hh6n]

@@buildsbymazThanks. I am planning to make my own by laminating 8mm think Oregon pine on 9 or 12 mm shutterply. Boards will be 1200 x 200 with tonque and groove

[@mytube30005]

Can you use the existing carpet padding for the wood floor padding?

[@buildsbymaz]

Hi there, I would not use carpet padding for this. You should use an underlayment that is specifically designed for hardwood floors - it will be much thinner and may have waterproofing properties. Hope this helps!

[@gordonwhitaker3971]

Carpet padding is too thick and has too much give. That will cause it to flex more than the flooring is designed to handle and will overstress the joints.

[@byongsong2013]

Hardwood?

[@phillipm2274]

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[@ntdtv]

Greetings, Divya here with NTD Television. We are one of the world's fastest growing media companies with over 100 million fans and 1 billion monthly video views across all of our social properties. Our motto is truth, hope, and humanity. We love your videos and our editors would like to showcase it by uploading it on some of our social media pages and websites so that our fans can see it. Of course, we are happy to credit your channel clearly to make sure people know how to find you and your videos. You will still hold the exclusive rights to the video. Can we have your permission to do that? Kind regards, Divya

[@buildsbymaz]

Hi Divya, yes of course! Just please credit my channel and post a link to my page. Let me know when the video is posted - thanks!

[@ntdtv]

@@buildsbymaz Hello, Thank you again for your permission. I got your message on Instagram. When your video is published, we will send you a link to the video. Thank you and have a great day!

[@emilykutscher4116]

Bruce flooring

[@emilykutscher4116]

Restore wood flooring

[@virgoated474]

This is an EW product. Looks like maple or burch as the species of the wood floated on top of cork. I have always wondered how well that tongue and groove glue works over a long period of time. You made it look like a piece of cake when installing a floor isn't necessarily the easiest thing. Usually, the floor prep before the actual installation is the hardest part. Now take more rooms in consideration then that task becomes much more difficult.

[@rolandrakotondramanana6903]

Everything looked good up until the inspector showed up from nowhere

[@Shiromonic]

I wish I could do this😢

[@buildsbymaz]

You can! It's a lot easier than you would think

[@lenb.4314]

That safety inspector looks sus

[@buildsbymaz]

Not sure how he got his license...

[@Super_Natural_Power]

Arent they self locking planks.....Why need glue ?

[@buildsbymaz]

This particular flooring is not actually self-locking, although you are right, they do make some that don't require glue.

[@Super_Natural_Power]

@@buildsbymaz ic. Noted. Nice work btw !!

[@user-iv9qw5my6q]

Because this is tongue and groove not self locking. The former requires glue. They are different.

[@thay6380]

Not to be rude. If it was a floating floor I’d say you got about 80 percent of it right. You should of cut your door jams that’s a big deal. But this flooring isn’t made to be installed this way even if the manufacturer says it’s okay just gluing the joints this is supposed to be a glue down floor not a floating floor. I’m sure to most people it looks great and I admit besides the door trim that makes it obvious a diy it looks good. Ps this flooring you guys installed scratches very easily so be careful

[@TheChopcat]

How to you tell the difference between boards meant for a floating installation or a fixed installation then ? Thanks in advance

[@SpecOps140]

​@Trevor Clapp I used to work selling flooring and since op didn't answer I'll give my take. If you use glue on boards meant for pads/floating, you have a good chance of ruining your shit. The manufacturer should say that boards are meant for either or, if not you'll be creating future headaches for yourself

[@skoneal007]

@Thay, So your saying disregard what the manufacturer says even though they probably spent 10's of thousands of dollars testing the different ways to install their floor and they are willing to pay warranty replacement of such floor installed exactly as they instructed. But you say that you can't do this. Hmmm who do I trust the manufacturer or some anonymous keyboard warrior?

[@davidcerino1145]

@@skoneal007yeah, he lost me in the “even if the manufacturer says so” part. Most flooring salesmen never once did a full on project so I take their advice with some skepticism. That being said, I think he misspoke. I think he meant to convey that if your product requires gluing the joints, then it’s likely going to be glued at the bottom. Floating planks don’t generally need to be glued.

[@humz403]

Not sure why you think you know more than many of the manufacturers who have tested this method and deemed it appropriate.

[@mikemeagher3066]

An inside corner should be coped.

[@evggan2685]

Good Look but looks cheap not like standart 3/4 hard wood....Anywaws you work A+ guys

[@buildsbymaz]

Thank you! It's not the most expensive hardwood but we were happy with it.

[@khl619]

you honestly skipped over the part where you need to stagger your boards. There a couple rules you need to follow to make the pieces look random.

[@buildsbymaz]

You are right - I probably should have added more instructions of that in the video

[@ntdtv]

Hello, I wanted to kindly remind you that I sent you a message regarding your videos. Do we have your permission to use them? We would be happy to know if there is any special requirement for publishing your videos that we could fulfill. Thank you! :) Sincerely, Divya

[@AnthonyDuah-gr5gk]

6 in board on each side but ercontractor knows no board less than 8 in

[@yvoghese]

Obviously, you are going to have some pieces that are less than 8". So what's your fix then?

[@gregherman5017]

this is not hardwood , this is paper flooring

[@619twinky]

Just the video I need.

[@eyyteam]

Engineers hardwood and hardwood are two different things. This is not hardwood

[@nickel0eye]

just cut this at a 45* angle, shows the not 45* angle!

[@buildsbymaz]

Haha yes... turns out my walls aren't quite 90 degrees... that took a bit of adjusting!

[@babiniec]

This Video show haw not to instal hardwood flor . It is not design to be folding flor and instal dis way.

[@karimartin6317]

This is edge glue float and its correct.

[@burgersworth4870]

Stressing me tf out. Terrible patch to use

[@buildsbymaz]

It worked fine for our needs and is an easy option for DIYers

[@johnwinterbottom8364]

Never have I seen a tradesman working in his bare feet, very poor.

[@vladkadish]

undercut door jams instead of what you did...