Laying a laminate floor in a regular pattern decreases its ability to contract and expand as a whole unit and instead does so as single laminate boards often causing gaps or even lifting like a hinge.
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Laminated floor is a multi layer material that comes in various neutral natural wood or vivid colors that dramatically change modern interior design.
Keep it random and minimize waste.
Avoid creating stairs in your pattern.
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The minimum distance of your pattern should be 6 inches.
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Laminate wood flooring isn t wood at all but rather thin fiberboard planks printed with an image of wood and covered with a transparent wear layer.
A laminate flooring stagger pattern is ideally random with spacing between end joints between 6 and 10 inches depending on the plank width.
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Check the requirements of your manufacturer.
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Contemporary laminate floors feature many different textures and patterns.
Even if they are simply close together the eye can interpret them as forming a single joint.
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The pattern should be irregular.
H joints are often found on floors laid in a regular pattern these should be avoided for both aesthetical reasons and structural reasons.
The national wood flooring association recommends a 6 inch stagger pattern for strip flooring and an even greater separation up to 10 inches for 5 inch wood planks and laminate planks.
Unlike traditional hardwood floor planks which are generally 3 4 inch thick laminate planks are typically 5 16 to 1 2 inch thick.
It is also a great floor tile pattern to use with wood look ceramic planks as it better mimics real wood floorboards in this case aim to offset one third down the length of the plank rather than at the center point or chose different offsets for each row of planks for greater authenticity.
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Some manufacturers recommend 8 12 or 16.
Once you lay out the first row cut the board to fit.