How to Lay Tile-Effect Laminate
- 1). Pry the floor trim off the walls all around the room, using your hammer and pry bar. Keep it intact as you remove it.
- 2). Set the first laminate tile in one corner of the floor, leaving ¼ inch of space at the wall. Connect the next tile to one side of it, along the wall, also leaving a ¼-inch gap. (Note: The types of connections can vary, but usually involve snapping the tiles together.)
- 3). Lay additional tiles along the whole length of the wall, keeping the ¼-inch gap there. Cut the tile at the end of the row as needed to fit, making the cut by laying a square over the tile, running your utility knife alongside the square to score the piece, and then snapping the piece in two.
- 4). Lay the second course of tiles alongside the first, keeping them in a grid pattern and connecting them to one another as you lay them. Cut the end pieces as necessary.
- 5). Repeat the process, working your way across the floor row by row. Cut the tiles along the wall for the final row so there's a ¼-inch gap left there.
- 6). Re-install your floor trim, using your hammer and trim nails, so it covers the gaps and holds down the floor. Nail through the wall, not the floor.
