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A strange urge to DIY overcame me on Saturday and so I found myself spending two scorching days inside laying laminate flooring until collapse...
You do the first row and its dead easy - you think your a frickin genius... then you do the next row...
You do one bit and it knocks out two other bits you spent ages getting aligned perfectly earlier...
I had to buy a jigsaw because obviously the walls arent straightforward but covered in pipes, bumps etc.. Nearly manage to carve handy workbench in two with the jigsaw...
After effort of herculaen proportions I finally had the floor down and was ready to stick the bits that cover the expansion gaps you have to leave.
This meant 'no more nails'...- I'm starting to think the name was actually implying you'll have no nails left after using it because youll chew em down to stubs in frustration...
I have one of those glue gun contraptions so stick the 'no more nails' in it - you squeeze the trigger and glue comes out - what they dont tell you is the damn stuff just will not stop - one squeeze and the stuffs coming out for weeks.
Finally I've stuck all the bits onto the skirting board and put things under em to hold em in place while drying - I come back after tidying up and remove the bits holding em up and Ta daa!! ... they start falling off...
I must be the only person in the universe that glue fails to stick for...
Come back nails - all is forgiven.
Let this tale be a warning to those who may consider teh evul Laminate flooring!!!
You do the first row and its dead easy - you think your a frickin genius... then you do the next row...
You do one bit and it knocks out two other bits you spent ages getting aligned perfectly earlier...
I had to buy a jigsaw because obviously the walls arent straightforward but covered in pipes, bumps etc.. Nearly manage to carve handy workbench in two with the jigsaw...
After effort of herculaen proportions I finally had the floor down and was ready to stick the bits that cover the expansion gaps you have to leave.
This meant 'no more nails'...- I'm starting to think the name was actually implying you'll have no nails left after using it because youll chew em down to stubs in frustration...
I have one of those glue gun contraptions so stick the 'no more nails' in it - you squeeze the trigger and glue comes out - what they dont tell you is the damn stuff just will not stop - one squeeze and the stuffs coming out for weeks.
Finally I've stuck all the bits onto the skirting board and put things under em to hold em in place while drying - I come back after tidying up and remove the bits holding em up and Ta daa!! ... they start falling off...
I must be the only person in the universe that glue fails to stick for...
Come back nails - all is forgiven.
Let this tale be a warning to those who may consider teh evul Laminate flooring!!!