I will soon start laying the floor in the house. And I'm wondering if I'm thinking correctly. I keep reading that the floor should be laid in the direction of the light, but like the pictures below I think it looks more natural. I'd like to get opinions on this. Maybe there's something we haven't thought of that you know?
Then I also wonder what should be done before laying the floor, which is 8mm laminate. Today, there are 22mm notched chipboards. According to LK's description, you should lay 10mm floor chipboard on this before the laminate. I wonder if this is necessary, or can you lay floor gypsum instead?
I recommend placing an expansion joint under the thresholds at the doors at least.
I would personally look at different patterns/colors for the bedrooms and then achieve a more natural break in the direction, as it will probably feel strange with the direction in the bedrooms.
You can lay the floor in the direction you suggest. Sometimes it is preferable to follow a logical direction in the house rather than laying it according to how the light falls.
I would personally look at different patterns/colors for the bedrooms and achieve a more natural break in direction, as it will likely feel strange with the direction in the bedrooms.
I think the opposite, strive to have as uniform flooring as possible throughout the house and laid in the same direction everywhere.
So, are you planning to lay the "floorboards" along the arrows you drew? Check what the floor manufacturer specifies as the longest distance you can lay without an expansion joint. The living room and kitchen might possibly be a bit long with 11m. I used to work at a place where laminate flooring was laid along a long corridor. It looked nice for a month, but then the boards started to shrink so that they separated at a few ends, creating 10-15mm gaps in some spots in the middle of the corridor. Some other tenants tried desperately to fix this with colored filler, but the gaps just kept growing and needed constant filling, which was a real mess and not very attractive.
Maybe it wasn't very appropriate to use cheap click flooring in a communal area at a workplace, but that's another issue.
Also, be sure to leave the flooring inside the house for a while before you start laying it so that it can acclimate, which will hopefully reduce some of the movement. The packaging typically specifies a certain number of days, but feel free to aim for the higher end of this if you're going to lay such a long stretch.
It is always natural to lay in the house's longitudinal direction, as old plank floors are generally placed that way since load-bearing joists usually run across.
Is there no difference in lengths and widths depending on whether it should be glued or clicked?
In the dining room, I would definitely lay the planks across. The room becomes too long otherwise. The other rooms are not as elongated in shape. But if you have patterns that are less directionally oriented like a Dutch bond or herringbone pattern, this becomes less important. If you have aesthetic ideas, you should consider whether you want the joints spread out randomly or evenly. Routinely, people lay falling lengths where the appearance is what it is and the waste is minimized. Personally, I want the plank joints in a repeated pattern, but it can be tricky to calculate and the waste may increase.
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