Installing Click Lock Flooring Backwards

How to fix seam separations in glueless snap together laminate wood flooring.

Installing click lock flooring backwards.

Measure the width of the flooring plank then add 1 4 inch. Remember to place a 1 4 space between the wall and the short side of the plank. I nearly had to install a rather large marmoleum click job 700 feet in a way that started me in the relatively middle of the room. Insert the tongue side into the groove side of the previous row at a low angle and lower flat to the substrate.

Install the long side of the first plank of the second row. Starting a 1 4 away from the wall will allow the wood to expand and contract. Install click flooring thanks to click together flooring it s easier than ever for homeowners to put engineered hardwood underfoot. Snap together laminate floorboards are designed to lock firmly in place creating a smooth uniform floor surface.

Now marmo click is hard enough to do by yourself on 25 foot rows the right way let alone backward. Is there a way to reverse the planks on a click floor like a spline or something. A click together floor especially vinyl because it is thin and the click systems are vulnerable to damage can be very difficult to lay in the wrong direction.