laminate install question (wall at 45 angle)
 

Hi,

What's the recommended method of installation when the last piece is
cut at 45 degrees to conform to the wall . Using a tapping block (to
mate the short ends) is kind of tricky because its hard to generate
enough force in the right direction to lock the pieces.

see pic

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i was thinking of shaving a bit off the tongue & groove at point (X)to
make them easy to mate and then running a thin bead of glue to lock
them

any better suggestions

thanks, vin

start at that end

"v.b." wrote in message
om...
Hi,

What's the recommended method of installation when the last piece is
cut at 45 degrees to conform to the wall . Using a tapping block (to
mate the short ends) is kind of tricky because its hard to generate
enough force in the right direction to lock the pieces.

see pic

pre
____________________
____________________|
_________|__________|
_____|_________X_____\
_________|________X___\
_____|_________X_______\

/pre

i was thinking of shaving a bit off the tongue & groove at point (X)to
make them easy to mate and then running a thin bead of glue to lock
them

any better suggestions

thanks, vin

thought of that too, ..but i fear the tongue wont withstand the
battering (even using a tapping block)
"ronm" wrote in message ...
start at that end

"v.b." wrote in message
om...
Hi,

What's the recommended method of installation when the last piece is
cut at 45 degrees to conform to the wall . Using a tapping block (to
mate the short ends) is kind of tricky because its hard to generate
enough force in the right direction to lock the pieces.

see pic

pre
____________________
____________________|
_________|__________|
_____|_________X_____\
_________|________X___\
_____|_________X_______\

/pre

i was thinking of shaving a bit off the tongue & groove at point (X)to
make them easy to mate and then running a thin bead of glue to lock
them

any better suggestions

thanks, vin

can't you flip them? start the whole floor in the opposite diagonal
corner,?

"v.b." wrote in message
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thought of that too, ..but i fear the tongue wont withstand the
battering (even using a tapping block)
"ronm" wrote in message
...
start at that end

"v.b." wrote in message
om...
Hi,

What's the recommended method of installation when the last piece is
cut at 45 degrees to conform to the wall . Using a tapping block (to
mate the short ends) is kind of tricky because its hard to generate
enough force in the right direction to lock the pieces.

see pic

pre
____________________
____________________|
_________|__________|
_____|_________X_____\
_________|________X___\
_____|_________X_______\

/pre

i was thinking of shaving a bit off the tongue & groove at point (X)to
make them easy to mate and then running a thin bead of glue to lock
them

any better suggestions

thanks, vin