What are the questions about laminate flooring safety?
What are the questions about laminate flooring safety?
The following questions address formaldehyde concerns related to laminate flooring. Will EPA’s rule address laminate flooring featured in the 60 Minutes story? How do I know if the wood products I’m buying are safe? Should I be concerned about formaldehyde if I have laminate wood flooring in my home?
What to do when your flooring doesn’t fit?
Cut down casings when your flooring doesn’t fit underneath it. If you’re trying to install flooring around doors for example, you might find that the floating floor doesn’t quite fit beneath the casing. Trim these door casings with a flush-cut dovetail saw if the flooring doesn’t fit underneath the casings.
How to prepare for the installation of a floating floor?
Preparing for Installation Evaluate the space where you plan to install the floating flooring. If your subfloor is concrete, cover it with a wood or engineered wood subfloor first. Prepare your space. Pick out the floating flooring.
What should I do before installing laminate flooring?
Laminate flooring needs time to adjust to the temperature and humidity of the house before it is installed. This prevents the boards from warping, expanding or contracting later. To acclimate your flooring, remove the boards from their packaging and stack them in an open space, where air can circulate, for 48 hours. Remove any carpet and tackstrip.
When to install a safe on the floor?
Make sure that you account for the thickness of your floor (i.e. wood panels) so that when it is installed, it will be flush with the top of the safe. We recommend that you install the safe after you have the walls and roof up. This way the safe will never get rain in it (and less people will know that you have a safe).
What should I put around my floor safe?
A padding of 6″ of concrete surrounding the safe is recommended. The greater the amount of reinforced concrete that can be placed around the safe, the greater the security. Dig a hole underneath floor about 6″ inches more than the depth of the safe. Partially fill the hole with about 5″ of concrete mixture and let set. CAUTION!
How big of a hole do you need for a floor safe?
Using the tool of your choice, break through concrete floor and create a hole that is 12″ both longer and wider than the length and width of your floor safe. A padding of 6″ of concrete surrounding the safe is recommended. The greater the amount of reinforced concrete that can be placed around the safe, the greater the security.
Do you need a basket for a floor safe?
Wood Floors are usually in raised foundations and when you install a floor safe in a raised foundation, you need to either build a wooden form to hold the safe between the floor and the ground or a basket made to attach to the floor joists (depending on the size of the safe).
