Cause I haven't, and I've 321 sq ft of it headed my way... Yeah yeah yeah, I should have researched it before now, but it was 70 cents a square foot! It came with free underlayment! And free shipping!
I am reasonably certain I can manage ripping out and replacing the subfloor. I live in a mobile home, so I don't actually have decking. Just 2x8 beams that run widthwise (about 13' long from exterior to exterior). I patched up the subfloor in my kitchen last year due to water damage, and I've had the same thing happen in the living room, so I've decided to just kill it all and start over. I'm using 7/8" OSB, and then a foam underlayment, and then the floating laminate.
I've had friends who've done it (who had the bad manners to MOVE TO ALASKA ON ME, the fools) and they swear to me that tongue and groove flooring is idiot proof and pretty much the only way I could screw it up would be if I set it on fire first or something and that pretty much all I have to do is get the subfloor in without stripping the screws, make sure it's reasonably level and flat, and then just click the laminate together and I'm good to go. Fair enough?
Any tips or techniques I should know about?
~Rose
I am reasonably certain I can manage ripping out and replacing the subfloor. I live in a mobile home, so I don't actually have decking. Just 2x8 beams that run widthwise (about 13' long from exterior to exterior). I patched up the subfloor in my kitchen last year due to water damage, and I've had the same thing happen in the living room, so I've decided to just kill it all and start over. I'm using 7/8" OSB, and then a foam underlayment, and then the floating laminate.
I've had friends who've done it (who had the bad manners to MOVE TO ALASKA ON ME, the fools) and they swear to me that tongue and groove flooring is idiot proof and pretty much the only way I could screw it up would be if I set it on fire first or something and that pretty much all I have to do is get the subfloor in without stripping the screws, make sure it's reasonably level and flat, and then just click the laminate together and I'm good to go. Fair enough?
Any tips or techniques I should know about?
~Rose