LAMINATE FLOORING

Laminate flooring is produced on High Density Fibreboard (HDF) manufactured from natural materials. As such all laminate floors will absorb and expel moisture according to the ambient conditions of the room they are installed in. This causes the boards to expand and contract very slightly. In order to do this there must be room for the boards to expand into - this is why you need to leave an expansion gap of 12mm around all edges, across room thresholds, around door frames and architrave, around radiator pipes, and in Bathrooms (if your floor is suitable) around toilets and sink pedestals.

If possible, it is usually easier to join two or three and then push them into the corner particularly if the wall is uneven helps to facilitate this. You 50cm between

I(f you are starting a row at the pipes, rather than cut a board you can lay the floor so that the pipe falls on the joint of two boards. Connect the two boards together and drill on the joint using a drill bit 25mm larger in diameter than the pipe, to allow for expansion. Disconnect and install the boards