How to Make a Subfloor for Laminate Installation

You can say laminate flooring is a floating flooring system. It is aimed to shield any subfloor surface devoid of fixed to it. So in this way it become possible for this system to cover any floor from ceramic to hardwood, linoleum to vinyl, plywood subfloors and concrete. But if you want successful laminate flooring installation, you should judge the following requirements which given below for the subfloor that either it meets these requirements or not.

The requirements are:

Subfloor should be clean

Before installation make sure that the subfloor should be clean. If there is carpet in the room then take out it along with the padding. For laminate floor installation, carpet padding is not allowable. You may install laminate flooring in those rooms which have vinyl floors in good condition.

Subfloor should be free of defects

Subfloors should be free of any major defects and must be in good repair. The defect may be present in the form of loose boards and nails because of improper plywood installation. Before installation if you have observed any problem then you should fix it.Subfloor should be level

The level of variations in subfloor should not go beyond 1/8" in 8’.You may use level or straightedge for checking the variations. Repair any inequality and roughness if present. All high spots should be ground and then seal all low spots and cracks.

Subfloor should be dry

For installing the laminate flooring always check that the subfloor should be dry. You must ensure that the concrete is fully cured when installing over new cement.

Subfloor should be physically solid

The subfloor should be structurally solid so that it can be able to support generally estimated loads without any alteration.

Choose right underlayment

Cover the subfloor by means of suitable underlayment. Then to the direction of the flooring you should roll out the foam at angle of 90 degree. To start your installation, you should use the above recommendations.