I purchased some IKEA tundra laminate flooring and from the IKEA website it supposedly looks really easy to install. That is... if it weren't a piece of crap. Iono if it's the heat or humidity or whatever but two planks do not go in together side by side and lay flush. They kinda bend at the middle, creating a flat V, and if I force both sides to lay flat on the ground a little crack appears in the middle.
After messing around with the planks for a while I decided to sand the hooks on the side down to allow for more room so the V thing wouldn't happen. They're flat on the ground now but they're still not sitting next to each other really well (there's a tiny crack where they meet) and I just read about laminate floors coming apart, which I don't want.
So a few questions:
- what should I do about the crack? sand the hooks down some more? fill in the gap with some wood filling?
- is sanding the hooks down going to make it easier for the planks to come apart? they're still fitting together pretty well but some of the pieces I sanded down quite a bit...
After messing around with the planks for a while I decided to sand the hooks on the side down to allow for more room so the V thing wouldn't happen. They're flat on the ground now but they're still not sitting next to each other really well (there's a tiny crack where they meet) and I just read about laminate floors coming apart, which I don't want.
So a few questions:
- what should I do about the crack? sand the hooks down some more? fill in the gap with some wood filling?
- is sanding the hooks down going to make it easier for the planks to come apart? they're still fitting together pretty well but some of the pieces I sanded down quite a bit...