How To Put Laminate Flooring On Ceiling

Vinyl is much more water resistant than laminate flooring but that s when they are used as actual flooring.

How to put laminate flooring on ceiling.

Using a stud finder locate and mark the location of each stud. When you re planning the job think about the directions you want the planks to run. We plan to install hardwood laminate flooring on the ceiling in the living dining room and put in led recessed lighting. Using a stud easy to install tongue and groove planks add architectural interest to a vaulted ceiling.

We paint the walls ceiling baseboard and trim and install new laminate flooring in the latest craft room makeover update. It doesn t even look as good as real wood which can be nailed glued and installed on a ceiling. Installing a laminate wood ceiling. We have a house built in the 1940s and the ceilings are origional to the home including the plaster and are in bad shape.

To insure your laminate flooring stays securely in place you should secure the planks to the wall in the location of the studs. It was never designed to be installed on a ceiling. Laminate flooring was never designed to be installed as a glue down or nail down let alone both product. Avoid using vinyl on bathroom ceilings.

To fasten the planks to the ceiling small clips hook into the groove of each plank then are screwed onto the joists. The water resistance factor doesn t mean much when the vinyl is applied to a bathroom ceiling. To install a laminated plank ceiling follow these steps. Laminate flooring planks install with a tongue and groove system so each plank has a tongued side and a grooved side.

Decide which direction the ceiling joists run and snap a chalk line perpendicular to the joists every 16 inches across the ceiling. Align the leading edge of the plank groove edge with the chalk line slide a metal clip underneath the first plank and screw it to the beam with the clip s notch grabbing onto the inside of the plank s groove.