How to install a floating wood floor

I walk through tips and tricks on how to install a floating wood floor. The video shows a full installation mostly in fast forward. I'm installing a hand scraped 12mm laminate flooring with a pre-attached pad. Check out my KZbin channel for more DIY videos. I have every step of fully renovating this condo. Enjoy!

[@brefertjellipoo349]

Holy Crap what a break!. I have the exact same product this guy is using, and I was looking for a video on how to install a floating floor in my attic because I've never done this before. Thank you Jesus!.....and Mark.

[@57ofspades]

Thanks for the video. As a cement finisher, make sure you wear a mask when cutting into concrete bud. Greet job

[@johngill5175]

Thanks for the time laps! So many just say the process, give you one quick example then wish you luck. This allowed us to see the different ways you interacted with different scenarios! PERFECT! I do kinda wish you front loaded the information, or added links in the comment to each teaching moment (The chipped board or door way issue) because a lot of this I knew but I had to watch it all to find out what you would add to the video! Not a huge issue, still a great video and one of the best I've found while trying to figure out this job! Thanks for making it!

[@easiklipfloors6979]

Thanks for the video Mark. A great resource to everyone doing their own installs!

[@beckip8472]

Very helpful video! I've installed a floating wood laminate floor in my foyer and hallway over a concrete slab (ripped out old stained carpet and padding). It's my first time trying such a project (especially by myself!). I've got all the planks down and it looks fantastic so far. All I have left to do is the transitions in the doorways. Wish there were more videos on how to do this! I have carpet to flooring and tile to flooring to deal with and don't really know what to do with either one or what to use. When I pried up the carpet wood furring strips, the nails brought pieces of the concrete up too. I filled all those in with concrete patch but I don't want to screw or nail the new transition pieces into the concrete. The transition pieces I bought to use have a metal strip that is supposed to be nailed or screwed down first and then the t-molding or end cap pushs down into it. Can't I just glue the metal part directly to the concrete? Thanks for your help.

[@nicolasrivera5310]

Thank you for all this videos, they teach a lot and the proper way to do things...well done man.

[@MarkJauregui]

Thanks Nicolas! I should have another flooring video coming soon.

[@nicolasrivera5310]

Thanks man!

[@lass-inangeles7564]

What an excellent demo! Thank you for not playing music in background!! You explained everything so well, including safety, very much appreciated. Tsk, tsk! You are not using nose mask while cutting concrete dust! Don't let that stuff get into your lungs. 1. What size spacers are you using here? I have to do my RV flooring using Click Lock Engineered Wood. Its not laminate, but real wood sandwiched like plywood to handle moisture, flex, etc. The planks are about half the width of yours in demo. What size spacers will I need for this application? Subfloor is plywood, with the vehicle metal frame below it. I plan to use a thin underlayment of 1/8 inch closed cell foam with mylar foil on both sides. One demo I saw was using a 10 mm or 0.39 inch spacer. Seems too wide for my small RV. 2. Do I also need to add molding to walls to keep floor down? I was thinking of aluminum trim along all wall edges, to finish off nicely. Any thoughts on that, or where to buy this stuff? Home Depot has very thick aluminum molding, I need a finer mill. If I use wood, any advice on how thin I can make the molding? 3. Did you use a jigsaw to cut shape of stair base into wood planks? I don't have a band saw, Thanks again Mark, for an excellent and very helpful tutorial!!

[@customizeman2606]

Great video. One of the most informative I've seen. Thank you.

[@mjremy2605]

This was extremely useful. I made detailed notes to start on my RV flooring tomorrow. Please use as much light as possible in your videos, so we can see more clearly. Some questions for you please... 1. In an RV with very little floor space (22 ft total RV length x 8 ft width), could I get by with 1/8" spacer gap between plank and wall, or do I still need 1/4" gap as in a house floor? A larger gap would show in a small RC, and I don't have the ability to nail beading down. 2. The spacer gap of 1/4" that you recommend, is it only between wood and wall, or any other column, stair, or other item you have to go around in the middle of your floor? 3. How did you fill the large gap against the wall and first row? Did you use colored caulk or cut a thin wedge of plank to fit that long wedge shaped section? Thanks again, Mark! You do wonderful work!!

[@janicewoods3072]

Awesome video, thank you so much for the details.

[@laurakondrick1635]

Very helpful pointers. I am going to hire someone to do it but I wanted to know what was involved.

[@everforexcanada5663]

great vid! why dont use the underlayment pad? thanks!

[@phyllissherritt6419]

I like the pre attached pad

[@gasousman]

Can I install a floating floor before installing kitchen cabinets? Then, cut the flooring at the cabinet line, remove the cut flooring, and finally lay the cabinets on the sub-floor?

[@rmatakovich]

Could you just come to my house and do my floors? You are awesome!

[@thomascarroll1316]

i got this wood flooring from a job all the bits are about 500ml long there are no longer is that OK it was glued to base of floor can I glue tongue &groove instead

[@lsd.remodeling3732]

hey mark, great video, i have a question since i'm a beginner in hardwood flooring. when you start your first row, is there a way i can make it a 90 degree angle because i'm worried when i get to the opposite side of the wall my wood could be cut in an angle and that probably wont look good. thanks in advance for your advise

[@MarkJauregui]

Most people would measure about a foot off the wall and snap a chalk line for reference. I always skip this step myself. When you get to the opposite wall, you will need to do rip cuts for the final row. Most rooms are not perfectly square so measure each board on the left & right side to leave a clean even 3/8" expansion gap off the wall. If one side of the plank is off by a 1/4" or even 3/4" across a 4' plank, it's going to still look great; that's too little for the eye to pick up on.

[@richardgamache1]

As I understand it all manufactures require a minimum of 6-8 inches to stagger the joints yet I see 2-3 inch staggers on your floor ? can you explain your reasoning on this ?

[@JahkiBoy]

BOOM! 100 Likes! Thank you for sharing what you know!

[@lisacoughlin340]

what do you do if the under floor has dips in it

[@AaronChristoffDrummer]

Great video but I can't help but point out, kindly of course, that care should be taken to ensure the butt joints aren't more than a board's width apart from one another...good job though

[@devongooden6029]

At 10:21 0f the video I saw about a 2 or 3 inch staggered joints. Check it out, I might be wrong but you need at least a 6inch staggering..

[@korbykor1546]

How is this floating? Am I missing something? (I usually miss something)

[@mkeyw2226]

Korby Kor I think because no nails or glue down to the floor.

[@retloth4269]

Your staggered joints are inconsistent, you mention it, but then often you only leave 2-4" in some spots. Hello!

[@MarkJauregui]

Retloth It's intentionally random staggered joints

[@retloth4269]

Should be at least 8" between gaps...

[@adamcturnbull]

You could have wiped it down with a wet rag before your last shot. I was dieing to see your end result. Nice job though.

[@jacobwhite2623]

at 10:20 you put those boards within what, 2 inches of each other? Careful of that, its against code on like 99% of laminate box instructions :)

[@danahenderson8069]

Superbly done!, if you want to woodwork with style search for Woody Hyezmar’s book for a lot of cool projects, tall later!

[@davidpepe21]

I install for a living. laminate floor with built in moisture barrier is crap. stuff sucks to work with.

[@mailaloomy4219]

Did You make it with woodprix instructions?

[@aaronbell8527]

Them floor joints look very Close to togeathe😬

[@davidblankenship5394]

Blade was smoking should have bought a new blade,normally means the blade is worn out bro

[@Timmy135ify]

Dude u could totally just edit out the hammer sounds and replace with a rubber mallet sound n see if u get caught, unlikely 😜

[@toliklmz4149]

Yeah ok. Been doing floors for years.. I think you seen too many videos on KZbin

[@juanoramo]

Looks like laminate click flooring, and not wood.

[@libertadmatos5780]

Rename video How to Install a CLICK floating wood floor. Regular floating wood floor require glue between the boards.

[@geronimo5947]

This guy is NOT a floor installer at all !!

[@luckyilagged2509]

Hey Geronimo. What key things do you think he missed? I've done a couple floors. Just want to pick your brain & maybe learn something important I'm missing. Thanks

[@starrstewart7083]

I made it with woodprix instructions !

[@fatbelltacohd8394]

LOL

[@jamesperry9895]

not a wood floor