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About Dave Coil
Expertise
I can help. I have installed wood, laminates, tile, marble, ceramics, vinyl, and painted applications. I have done some stone work, but that is seldom used anymore.

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My first work was in flooring and interior designs. My first job... every room of the house was a different color of walls and carpet. It can work...

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Flooring and Carpeting - installing click together laminate on uneven hallway

Expert: Dave Coil - 3/14/2004

Question
when laying down click together 8 mil laminate in my hallway there was some dips and humps along the way and now the movement is taking it's toll and boards are coming apart. i need to take it apart and am wondering what to use to shim under the dips before re-laying it. should I use maybe some carpet underlay or what?

Answer
That is one of the many selling points of the laminate flooring....it floats..on the white insulated pad. I repeatedly tell people...dont trust snap together installs. I constantly tell people to glue the NON glue joint process. Elmers white wood glue is a great product to install this stuff with. It is water clean up while wet and dries clear. I alse inform them to lay it tight as possible to walls. This helps hold it in place. The gap recommended is for installs of over 100' in length.

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