Laminate - scotias etc
 

Hi,

I've just bought packs of laminate & accessories to do my living room.
I have several questions:

Scotia:
what is the best way to attach these to a painted skirting board?
Pins? Glue? If so, what type?
Will the scotia ever expand? If I cut it with a mitre to fit around
the room, will it ever expand and pop out?

End profile:
I'm going from laminate to carpet - both on concrete.
I'll have to cut the carpet and attach it to one of those bits of wood
with nails in it (gripper?).
Will this look messy if I cut the carpet with a stanley knife up to
the end profile? Are there any tricks to getting it to look right?
It's a standard cheap nylon (polyester?) carpet that was put into the
flat when they were built.

I bough Quick stepp 800.
I have a sofa in the room, that won't move out easily.
Is it ok to move it onto the 1/2 that's already layed, and finish the
laminate off? Or is that a bit dodgy?

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Nick wrote:

Scotia:
what is the best way to attach these to a painted skirting board?
Pins? Glue? If so, what type?

Just about to do this in part to finish off the kitchen floor so I'm
interesting in this answer. Brother-in-law used nonail of some sort to
stick his on and that doesn't seem to have fallen off yet...

Will the scotia ever expand? If I cut it with a mitre to fit around
the room, will it ever expand and pop out?

As I say, no problems with b-i-l

End profile:
I'm going from laminate to carpet - both on concrete.
I'll have to cut the carpet and attach it to one of those bits of wood
with nails in it (gripper?).

You mean on of the special fittings for joining laminate to carpet? They
fit quite easily and I seem to recall there is a diagram on the top with
some measurements of how close to cut. The one I used last week was from
B&Q (floormaster?) and you fitted an aluminium strip to the floor, edge of
carpet over one side and laminate layed on the other before clipping a
capping piece on top to cover the joint. Seems to work fine.


I bough Quick stepp 800.
I have a sofa in the room, that won't move out easily.
Is it ok to move it onto the 1/2 that's already layed, and finish the
laminate off? Or is that a bit dodgy?

Did it just like that in my front room a couple of years back with 2
sofas and a load of other furniture. Just down the kitchen and shuffled
dishwasher, washing machine and fridge freezer with out problems.

Only thing to watch for is that you don't clout the tongues/grooves with
anything. If they break then the board is no use.

HTH,

Darren