tim.... wrote:
"Steven Campbell" spam@away wrote in message
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I understand the reasons for the expansion gap in a floating floor
but is 10mm all round not a bit excessive? Can the floor really
expand up to 20mm in all directions?

Reason I'm asking, I'm in the process of laying a floor and have
left the 10mm round the perimeter of the room (as I removed the
skirting and can easily hide the gap) but am now up against the
breakfast bar and am not too keen on a big gap and don't want to put
skirting round it.

Leave the gap and fill it with a strip of cork.

Also due to bad planning I've been left with a small (20mm) L
section of laminate to fit which only leaves a few mm expansion.
There is no way I can cut it smaller to leave the proper 10mm gap.

dunno

20mm strip of cork?