Gave quite a few laminate jobs away over the years. Might start laying them if job is right. What tools would I need for basic fitting I have exact cutter and a jigsaw. I would only do the old one if I wasn't busy on the LVT's
Maybe a Brad gun and compound saw for the beading. Apart from that you should be o.k as most of the other tools you already have for fitting LVT.
table saw, mitre saw, bostitch mini pinner, oh and a straight cut guillotine which i payed £30 for bargain!, there the main tools got a lot of useful little tools aswell
Wont need a table saw since you have an exakt saw mate As matt said, youll ave most of em already. Brad nail gun for the scotia's, jigsaw for gnarly bits, fein multimaster for architraves block and arm for knocking and pulling in.
O and a training course if you have never fitted before ! Do you know about expansion , getting the wood under door frames etc?
Yeah I know about leaving a gap but only done it DIY. Will do a training course though. Like I said it's another string to my bow :?: Are you doin any laminate grainy courses Matt?
You may agree or not with this matt. Had a shop tell a customer i was laying a lounge/hall/bedroom (off the hall) Told the old lady that it be all through in one, no splits I said no chance, as if the lounge expanded it would put pressure on the hallway that would end in trouble. I dont like to do whole floor plans in 1 if theres gonna be big differences in temp between them. I may be wrong, but its the way i do it to safeguard against possible future expansion probs
You must have one of those neat bendy tablesaws? :lol: I used my tablesaw all the time, then i got my exakt saw... Tablesaw only comes out now when im doing solid stuff as the exakt only goes as deep as 12ish mm
noo just got this one.... http://www.tooled-up.com/Product.asp?PID=172388, ive made a few videos on cutting curves and difficult cuts on my table saw ill have to post them up on here
I always advice to break the wood in doorways as a safety thing. There is nothing wrong with going through rooms and hall in but your expansion has to allow for this obviously. With leaving extra expansion every where you have a chance of the wood/laminate moving in a different direction to what is predicted making the wood short in some cases. Where you say about different heat in different rooms, this wont make any difference in the same property where the rooms join onto each other. Its moister that makes wood move, not heat. However it is the heating system used that will change the moister levels in property's along with outside weather conditions or if the customer has there clothes drying on the radiator. If teh rooms are allowed to breath between them you wont have issues. But if the areas are isolated from each other then you could, like if they only open the door once every couple of weeks on the one area! It gets complicated, so just easier and safer to simply break the floors up in the door ways as you do. :thumbs
Nice one I'll be up for that. As long as it's not 1st week of July or 1st august I missed last one cause of my hols :geek:
