How To Reverse Direction With A Tongue Or Groove Floor

Secure one course of flooring to the subfloor.

How to reverse direction with a tongue or groove floor.

Firstly plan to have a join in the middle of the 60mm cut piece so that you can engage the board s long join and then tap it along to the half way mark from one end of the board you will then be able to install the other board in the same way and tap it back until the end. Lay flooring up to transition point. To reverse the direction of the next course the groove side of that course must be empty so it is typically the first course in the installation. On the underlayment make two pencil marks where the tongue falls.

In these cases there is a special piece of strip material sold which is basically a tongue and groove in reverse. Finish the first room with the planks laid with their tongues pointed away from the door. With something as thin as you have you may have to face nail and glue both rows which have grooves back to back. When you come to a point where you need to make the change in direction the strip.

You can use a sharp utility knife for the 7 mm or 8 mm product but 10 mm or 12 mm product will require a saw it is important to work from left to right to avoid damaging the tongues on the short side of the boards before getting started with your installation project and after you have acclimated your laminate flooring planks it s a good idea to get all of your planks oriented in the same direction with the tongue side of each plank parallel to the wall you will be installing against. Salem if you have purchased laminate flooring with a good joining system you will be able to do one of two things. Reverse tongue direction to get back into alcoves closets hallways or other rooms by installing a slip tongue into the groove and continuing the flooring in the opposite direction. Joining two rooms with hardwood floors requires a transition point between them in the plane of the doorway.

Remove scraps and you have two reference points. Reverse tongue and groove direction.