Floor Preparation For Floating Floor

Skim coating in floor preparation is a process in which a compound is applied to the subfloor as an underlayment to reduce variations in the floor and provide for a smooth and adherable surface over which new floor coverings can be installed.

Floor preparation for floating floor.

Preparing for installation 1. Snap the chalk line over the top of the concrete or moisture barrier between the marks on opposite walls making a cross. Remove the existing flooring pull up the current floor. Laying down your floating.

A little tip to find little nails or pebbles get down on the floor put your ear against the floor and look across the room you can spot anything you missed. Now that the floor preparation is complete we will move on to the next stage. Sometimes a floor requires a thick layer up to a 2 inches of cement patching compound to eliminate. Before you go about laying down your floating.

Determine your starting wall. Evaluate the space where you plan to install the floating flooring. Use a pry bar and hammer to remove baseboards to create an expansion gap a space that allows the new flooring to expand from heat and moisture. You will lay the flooring lengthwise to this wall.

Establish installation guidelines measure and mark the center of all four walls at floor level. If your subfloor is concrete cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first. Hopefully this is all the floor preparation you will need to do. Under cutting door jambs.