How Do You Lay Laminate Flooring Diagonally?
Laminate wood floors are designed to “float” on a foam underlayment, snapped together like puzzle pieces. They’re not attached to the surface by glue or nails, but just held in by the floor trim. This makes them remarkably easy for the do-it-yourselfer to install, as compared to traditional hardwood planks. However, if the room is out of square, as old rooms often are, you’ll have the same problems getting the planks to line up with the walls and not look crooked. One solution is to lay the flooring diagonally. Use your hammer and prybar to carefully remove all the floor trim in the room. Don’t break it, as you’ll need to re-use it. Remove the nails and set the trim aside. Roll your foam underlayment out along the longest wall in the room, cutting it at the end with your razor knife. Lay the next course of underlayment alongside the first, taping them together with a long strip of flooring tape. Continue until you’ve covered the whole floor. Measure and mark the middle of each wall a
