I'm laying glueless laminate flooring (Homebase Textured Cedar) with
planks which are 195mm wide.
The floor is 2 m wide which, minus 12 mm spacers on each side, makes
it 1.976 m wide.
So, it would take ten planks plus one 2.6 cm wide plank to fill the
width of the floor. The last plank would therefore look a bit ugly
because it's so thin. Also, I'm worried about the structural integrity
of having only 2.6 cm wide boards along the length of the room (4 m)

My question is, would it be better to cut the first row and last row
of planks to a width of 110.5mm?

"Perry" wrote in message
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I'm laying glueless laminate flooring (Homebase Textured Cedar) with
planks which are 195mm wide.
The floor is 2 m wide which, minus 12 mm spacers on each side, makes
it 1.976 m wide.
So, it would take ten planks plus one 2.6 cm wide plank to fill the
width of the floor. The last plank would therefore look a bit ugly
because it's so thin. Also, I'm worried about the structural integrity
of having only 2.6 cm wide boards along the length of the room (4 m)

My question is, would it be better to cut the first row and last row
of planks to a width of 110.5mm?

I would say yes. I have some laminate flooring (&Q glueless) with narrow
planks but wider than 2.6cm but occassionally come up (although SWMBO has
decreed that it needs replacing anyway).

"Perry" wrote in message
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I'm laying glueless laminate flooring (Homebase Textured Cedar) with
planks which are 195mm wide.
The floor is 2 m wide which, minus 12 mm spacers on each side, makes
it 1.976 m wide.
So, it would take ten planks plus one 2.6 cm wide plank to fill the
width of the floor. The last plank would therefore look a bit ugly
because it's so thin. Also, I'm worried about the structural integrity
of having only 2.6 cm wide boards along the length of the room (4 m)

My question is, would it be better to cut the first row and last row
of planks to a width of 110.5mm?
Yes, or lay the tiles along the width instead of the length.

"martyn" wrote in message
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"Perry" wrote in message
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I'm laying glueless laminate flooring (Homebase Textured Cedar) with
planks which are 195mm wide.
The floor is 2 m wide which, minus 12 mm spacers on each side, makes
it 1.976 m wide.
So, it would take ten planks plus one 2.6 cm wide plank to fill the
width of the floor. The last plank would therefore look a bit ugly
because it's so thin. Also, I'm worried about the structural integrity
of having only 2.6 cm wide boards along the length of the room (4 m)

My question is, would it be better to cut the first row and last row
of planks to a width of 110.5mm?
Yes, or lay the tiles along the width instead of the length.

When laying any tile wall or floor you don't start at one end and hope you
dont have a sliver of tile at the finishing end. You work it so that you
have half a tile or at least a bit that is easy to cut/trim.
Its a Breeze if you follow Breezes advise.
Mike

Perry wrote:

I'm laying glueless laminate flooring (Homebase Textured Cedar) with
planks which are 195mm wide.
The floor is 2 m wide which, minus 12 mm spacers on each side, makes
it 1.976 m wide.
So, it would take ten planks plus one 2.6 cm wide plank to fill the
width of the floor. The last plank would therefore look a bit ugly
because it's so thin. Also, I'm worried about the structural integrity
of having only 2.6 cm wide boards along the length of the room (4 m)

My question is, would it be better to cut the first row and last row
of planks to a width of 110.5mm?


yes.