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March 16, 2010, 09:25 AM
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O2bkytn
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 694
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Looks real good. Also looks like you had some good help holding down those planks in the second picture there.  
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March 16, 2010, 10:00 AM
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Canadian Installers
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Winterpeg, MB
Posts: 1,930
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Looks good. And you are right about knee pads. I haven't limped since I gave up doing ceramic tile. 
Deb
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March 16, 2010, 11:45 AM
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Administrator
Join Date: May 2006
Location: teh Ether
Posts: 6,637
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Quite an accomplishment for your first time. Looks very nice. Will there be a second time? Maybe the master bedroom or the den?
Thanks for sharing this project with us.
Jim
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March 16, 2010, 03:53 PM
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The One and Only
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Davison,Mi
Posts: 5,676
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Looks great!! 
What is there about a new floor either the dog or the cat has to be the first one to lay on it. Are they reserving their territory?
Daris
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March 16, 2010, 04:42 PM
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You'll find me on the floor
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Montana
Posts: 2,510
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Nicely done, looks great!
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March 16, 2010, 05:08 PM
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One of the Irregulars
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 10
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Thanks for all the kind words. There will be future projects, as eventually I'd like to redo all 3 bedrooms. Originally it was a "we'll see" sort of thing, but now that I've SEEN what it looks like under the carpet padding (many years of dirt, dust, and lord knows what else) I really can't wait to replace all of it. However, I think the sheer size of this project has traumatized the husband a bit, so I'll have to wait until the memory fades some before I suggest doing another room.
On the plus side, the bedrooms are all rectangles, no funny angles or hallways, so it should be easier the next time. And now I own all the tools
And yes - the dogs and cat all made themselves comfortable as I was trying to get this done. I wouldn't have cared as much if they didn't insist on shedding as much as possible all over the floor & underlayment every time I turned my back. There was a lot of sweeping and vacuuming going on!
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March 16, 2010, 05:37 PM
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The One and Only
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Davison,Mi
Posts: 5,676
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Now would be the time to keep going while all the little things you learned while it still fresh in your mind won't be forgotten. Also you only have to clean the mess once.
Daris
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March 17, 2010, 05:30 AM
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One of the Irregulars
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 10
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Daris Mulkin said
Now would be the time to keep going while all the little things you learned while it still fresh in your mind won't be forgotten. Also you only have to clean the mess once.
Daris
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Hey now, I pulled up 350 sq ft of old carpet and padding, 70 linear feet of baseboard, and endless miles of tackstrip myself. I then proceeded to install 350 sq ft of laminate planks and 70 linear feet of new baseboard, again, myself. I need to leave something for my husband to do! 
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March 17, 2010, 06:08 AM
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The One and Only
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Davison,Mi
Posts: 5,676
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Re: First time installing laminate, want to do it right
Hey you done real good there. Ya know how us husbands are, we have priorities like golf [not me], fishing, hunting, football, ya know those sort of things. Now women, God Bless Them, they cover everything else we don't do.
I'm just funnin with ya, the job looks really great. Have a good St. Paddies Day.
Daris
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