I have just finished laying a herringbone Laminate floor, this video probably saved me half a day of planning and headscratching as it showed each step of the process and how the floor parts come together. Thank you Nick for such an informative video.
If you take the extra mile to do herringbone instead of normal I would have removed the baseboards first and replaced after floor is laid so the extra trimlines would not have been necessary which i think are "ugly". You go deluxe or you don't. Easy talk by me cos I still have do my own floor. lol
Thank you so much for posting this! I have been trying to find a contractor who can do this so I am sending this video to a few to see if they are willing to learn. Also very enjoyable to watch - good choice of music.
Thanks a lot for your help I started doing this type of flooring but did not know how to start. Luckily I saw this video and got the nail of it Thanks 🙏
I’ve been watching multiple videos on how to do this, and your technique is easily the most GENIUS way I’ve seen it done!! Saved! Thanks for sharing!!!
@@jessicahall8884I’m sure you’ve had your question answered one way or another, with it being over a year. But with most types of herringbone lvt if you don’t fit the last cuts as you go, and fit all the full planks first, there ends up being both a male and female end on either side of the board, only an expansion gap worth of room to work with and a board you can’t lift to click in once it’s all tied together when you’ve laid most the floor. I made this mistake earlier 😆 very good video of installation tho
Don't bother mate. I did one earlier this year in a smallish box room/office and it was a total ball ache. It takes twice as long to lay than normal laminate because there's a lot more measuring and cutting to do, plus you get a lot more wastage.
Great work! I've laid regular straight floors a few times but I've never laid herringbone before, so it's incredibly useful for me to see youre systematic approach to the process. I am very jealous of how square your walls are, though... I would never be able to batch out all those edge pieces like that...!
The beginning display patience & creativity’ wonder how strong this material is’ Vids like this it all make sense as you keeping doing puzzle by puzzle
Oh, to have a square room. I am a English handyman living and working in France. Trust me, no walls are square here. Makes for an interesting job though. Great video.
Spot on!!! Laying this in a old house were the corners are not perfectly 90 degrees is a whole different experience. Besides that if your really unlucky (like me) and it your really close to a perfect fit but not there. You end up with a lot of waste.
Hello I have just watched your video which was very good, we are a distributor of that particular product but we have had problems with crisping, this I believe is when you walk on the floor and it sounds like you are walking on a packet of crisps, the manufacturer advises no more than 3mm underlay and to glue all the short ends, have you ever had any problems regarding this? Regards Denny
Love the starting method and the finished article (nice to see the correct coloured cover bead too 😊). ps, you'll have to get yourself a straight edge! 😂
My herringbone LVT floating flooring is now laid beneath the skirting, (no beading or latex border filler) which I have always preferred - it just looks cleaner finish with the floor going under the skirt and no gap. Although, some people think that this choice can make the job look unfinished.
Herringbone floor looks really nice. Im just wondering if you are left with a lot of waste flooring after you fill in your cuts on the sides of the room.
Looks good but can I ask why you didn't remove the skirting board before you started?? Would of made a much more pro job with the edges being covered with the skirts
I just have a customer send me photos only laying. I sent him to Bauhaus to get some drywall mud and prepared him it will be some demolition on site. Otherwise awesome art. I like it.
I imagine removing the skirting also means not worrying about maintaining a perfect expansion gap (as opposed to butting up plank boards to the skirting) if the edge of vinyl plank boards can slip underneath plasterboard walls, because reattaching skirting after laying the floor will ensure a neater finish.
Hello, my friend. Excellent work. Your method is perfect. You made me love this profession. My profession is building painting. Thank you for this motivating video.
Just checked out your video super impressed. How would you start an uneven room? It’s completely not square in order to get the herringbone look. Thanks.
Hi this looks great, I’m watching in hopes to educate myself before attempting to fit this style flooring throughout the whole of the ground floor in my new house we are due to move into next week. I don’t suppose you know the shade and where you bought this from do you? I can’t commit to a shade but love this one 🤦🏼♀️ And any chance your available Saturday 17th feb to come for it for me please? 😅
Great detailed video. I am presently having LVT floating click system flooring laid this week. Like previous flooring ie engineered wood click system I have always removed skirting. kick boards prior to the floors being fitted. So, in this video has silicon been used between the finished floor and the skirting boards?
No, there's a small expansion gap by the looks of it and there seems to be a beading attached to the bottom of the skirt (in white, so it's a bit difficult to see).
@@superkaylo Thanks for your reply. My herringbone LVT floating flooring is now laid beneath the skirting, (no beading or latex border filler) which I have always preferred - it just looks cleaner finish with the floor going under the skirt and no gap. Although, some people think that this choice can make the job look unfinished.
Quick tip, switch up your boards out of 2-3 different packs, that way you get rid of little color variations and such. ( Most manufacutures recommend this in their manuals) Good job though man! Looks clean!
Is this kronoswiss herringbone? I know somebody who's kronoswiss herringbone clicks when they walk on it, apparently the concrete floor underneath wasn't latexed/levelled beforehand? Would you recommend always levelling the subfloor first? And what underlay would you recommend? The back of the box says atleast 1.5mm which is what they used, a 1.5mm foam DPM underlay, also the instructions on the kronoswiss shows to glue the edges of the planks aswell?
Unfortunately, laying the floor to the existing skirting boards is not professional.Sorry, but professionalism is taking the skirting boards off and putting them back on after the floor is laid.
Hi Nick. I am hoping you can help me! What type of laminate floors are you installing in this video? I have had multiple contractors tell me that most laminate cannot be installed in a herringbone pattern and that I need a very specific type of laminate flooring that can be glued down, but I cannot find any that can be glued down.
In 50 years of flooring, wood, laminate, LVT, the amount of herringbone I`ve done up until 5 years ago I could probably count on both my hands. 5 years on I must have done around 50-60. Just shows how much en vogue it is at the moment. As above, if its a drop-lock system it's a lot easier, trouble ensues when both length & width have to be angled in at the same time. Can be a nightmare!
Haven't got to do one of these myself but i really wanna give it a shot tho, your work looks fucking stellar tho, very nice tidy work area too, love to see it lmao
Judging by the photos at the end of the video it looks like they installed quarter round or shoe molding afterwards which hides any gaps. If you didn't want to use molding then you would definitely need to make sure the gap is hidden under the baseboard which would indeed require removing boards and reinstalling IF they weren't installed high enough to allow the floor to slide under.
@@tkinynanz I’m sure he does mate, this was a great job and likely the customer asked for the edging options, I lay flooring and the customers always have a preference, it’s actually harder to mitre in all the edge trims like this than it is to hide it under the baseboard
Great video , do you have a tutorial on how to fit it to a kitchen into lounge and hall with no transitions. If not what's the correct starting point? Do you still start against a wall?
Excellent job. Top worker! Really would like to try and replicate your methods and give it a go myself. Would you say the heronbone pattern vrs the straight board has more waistage ?
Great job. I live in the USA, do you have a partner company here or can you give me the name of the product you used so I can try and find it that way?
Hi Nick great job on the floor! I was just scrolling through the comments to see what saw blade you use to cut the floor. All the blades I use go blunt and struggle? Thanks mate!
From Start to Finish Laying Herringbone Laminate Flooring
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Maybe ,he put a half round molding attach to the skirting and floor ..that my guest
What is the model name of the laminate?
I have just finished laying a herringbone Laminate floor, this video probably saved me half a day of planning and headscratching as it showed each step of the process and how the floor parts come together. Thank you Nick for such an informative video.
Each step of the process, huh. He doesn’t tell you much at all the steps or considerations before even laying it out.
If you take the extra mile to do herringbone instead of normal I would have removed the baseboards first and replaced after floor is laid so the extra trimlines would not have been necessary which i think are "ugly". You go deluxe or you don't. Easy talk by me cos I still have do my own floor. lol
Thank you so much for posting this! I have been trying to find a contractor who can do this so I am sending this video to a few to see if they are willing to learn. Also very enjoyable to watch - good choice of music.
I'm living in my car I don't know why I'm watching this. But great video man. Definitely feel like I can do this now.
hope you dont live in your car anymore!
gonna laminate your floorboards?
Maybe you are meant to do this for a living..
Thanks a lot for your help
I started doing this type of flooring but did not know how to start.
Luckily I saw this video and got the nail of it
Thanks 🙏
I’ve been watching multiple videos on how to do this, and your technique is easily the most GENIUS way I’ve seen it done!! Saved! Thanks for sharing!!!
Is it necessary to glue in those last few triangle pieces, and why?
@@jessicahall8884I’m sure you’ve had your question answered one way or another, with it being over a year. But with most types of herringbone lvt if you don’t fit the last cuts as you go, and fit all the full planks first, there ends up being both a male and female end on either side of the board, only an expansion gap worth of room to work with and a board you can’t lift to click in once it’s all tied together when you’ve laid most the floor. I made this mistake earlier 😆 very good video of installation tho
You are very professional, to compliment you on these videos just before you are number 1
WOW - your good! The floor looks just beautiful. 3/13/23 Sarasota, Fla. watching
This looks awesome. I’ve been installing laminate for years and never had the opportunity to ever do a herringbone pattern. Very nice!
Your lucky I've done it a handful of times and it's never straight forward. Much prefer Install solid wood herringbone
My first time doing it today with glue down. I had to see how to get started lol.
Don't bother mate. I did one earlier this year in a smallish box room/office and it was a total ball ache. It takes twice as long to lay than normal laminate because there's a lot more measuring and cutting to do, plus you get a lot more wastage.
This is so beautiful! I absolutely loved the perfection you displayed in laying this floor!
Nah you made this look effortless. Hats off to you pal.
Fantastic video. As much as I love the look I dont think I've got the skills to do this myself. Regular laminate it is!
Mate you are a god. Thank you for making this. I'm gonna do it in my house. Exactly like you did it. Thanks for the training vid!
Great work! I've laid regular straight floors a few times but I've never laid herringbone before, so it's incredibly useful for me to see youre systematic approach to the process.
I am very jealous of how square your walls are, though... I would never be able to batch out all those edge pieces like that...!
The beginning display patience & creativity’ wonder how strong this material is’ Vids like this it all make sense as you keeping doing puzzle by puzzle
Awesome job, I may consider a room like that if I could find a square enough room with a straight wall in my place!
And all that under 17:00 minutes!! Dude, you're hired for life :)
Thankyou we will be purchasing laminate flooring very soon from your store.
You make it look easy That floor is now a work of art Great work 👏 👍
Oh, to have a square room. I am a English handyman living and working in France. Trust me, no walls are square here. Makes for an interesting job though. Great video.
Spot on!!! Laying this in a old house were the corners are not perfectly 90 degrees is a whole different experience. Besides that if your really unlucky (like me) and it your really close to a perfect fit but not there. You end up with a lot of waste.
love your work. getting better for me thanks
Absolutely amazing. I will have to take a nap and watch this again. Did you have a lot of left over scrap flooring pieces?
I tried fitting some today, man it blew my mind.
Hello I have just watched your video which was very good, we are a distributor of that particular product but we have had problems with crisping, this I believe is when you walk on the floor and it sounds like you are walking on a packet of crisps, the manufacturer advises no more than 3mm underlay and to glue all the short ends, have you ever had any problems regarding this? Regards Denny
Love the starting method and the finished article (nice to see the correct coloured cover bead too 😊). ps, you'll have to get yourself a straight edge! 😂
My herringbone LVT floating flooring is now laid beneath the skirting, (no beading or latex border filler)
which I have always preferred - it just looks cleaner finish with the floor going under the skirt and no gap.
Although, some people think that this choice can make the job look unfinished.
Lovely job sir, a true craftsman
Herringbone floor looks really nice. Im just wondering if you are left with a lot of waste flooring after you fill in your cuts on the sides of the room.
That´s the fantastic result if you enjoy your job . 👏👏👏
Never did this type of flooring. Very interesting!
Looks good but can I ask why you didn't remove the skirting board before you started?? Would of made a much more pro job with the edges being covered with the skirts
Fukin' shoe molding....everyone used gay shoe molding with these floors! I'm with you on removing baseboards!
Very possibly a customer cost difference option choice.
@@rodgerq Cheaper to remove baseboards over buying toe kick, paying to have it installed and then paint cost. Cheaper to touch up the base!
I just have a customer send me photos only laying. I sent him to Bauhaus to get some drywall mud and prepared him it will be some demolition on site. Otherwise awesome art. I like it.
I imagine removing the skirting also means not worrying about maintaining a perfect expansion gap (as opposed to butting up plank boards to the skirting) if the edge of vinyl plank boards can slip underneath plasterboard walls, because reattaching skirting after laying the floor will ensure a neater finish.
Hi Nick
Thanks for sharing. Great job 👏🏻
Beautiful clean work very professional thanks for the learning experience. You made a cheap floor look expensive
;-)
Why do you assume it was cheap ??
@@cisk0skid , it means the material is junk and so it looks good
@@cisk0skid why do you assume its not
Great job lad, very informative.
Your 100% right mate I can’t understand people buying the stuff fitting it then using the chip wood strips that ruin it and are crap
Hello, my friend. Excellent work. Your method is perfect. You made me love this profession. My profession is building painting. Thank you for this motivating video.
Saved me a couple hours ☝️👏🏽👍
What brand/color of laminate flooring is this? We are wanting to do this in our living room and love that design/easy locking type shown here!
It's krono swiss flooring
Great job Nick! Can you show how to do cutting on rounded corners? Connections to other rooms?
Just checked out your video super impressed. How would you start an uneven room? It’s completely not square in order to get the herringbone look. Thanks.
I really enjoyed your video 😲 Real professional🙂
Thank you man, great video! Helped me a lot.
Hi great job I've been using it to do this for the first time laying a floor like this and it was really helpful. Thanks 👍👍
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Can I just say how carpenters are true artists! It makes sense that Jesus was a carpenter 😊
Hi this looks great, I’m watching in hopes to educate myself before attempting to fit this style flooring throughout the whole of the ground floor in my new house we are due to move into next week. I don’t suppose you know the shade and where you bought this from do you? I can’t commit to a shade but love this one 🤦🏼♀️ And any chance your available Saturday 17th feb to come for it for me please? 😅
Good job. In the video, what the cutting blade you used?
Great video! Thanks for sharing! Will be attempting this at the weekend!
You did a great job.looks so complicated at the start
Experts make it look sooo easy. Nick was beginning to convince me I could do it until I remembered the Mrs calls me Frank Spencer
Wow, Perfect. Great Job! 👌👍
Thanks Mark 👍🏻
Great detailed video.
I am presently having LVT floating click system flooring laid this week. Like previous flooring ie engineered wood click system I have always removed skirting. kick boards prior to the floors being fitted. So, in this video has silicon been used between the finished floor and the skirting boards?
No, there's a small expansion gap by the looks of it and there seems to be a beading attached to the bottom of the skirt (in white, so it's a bit difficult to see).
@@superkaylo Thanks for your reply.
My herringbone LVT floating flooring is now laid beneath the skirting, (no beading or latex border filler)
which I have always preferred - it just looks cleaner finish with the floor going under the skirt and no gap.
Although, some people think that this choice can make the job look unfinished.
Quick tip, switch up your boards out of 2-3 different packs, that way you get rid of little color variations and such. ( Most manufacutures recommend this in their manuals)
Good job though man! Looks clean!
SO satisfying, id love to do this in my future home
Great video. Loved the relaxing music as well. We are getting our floors done soon in this pattern. I hope they do as great a job as you did.
Thank you Saleem 👍🏻
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Excelent job! Is the machine Festool 120?
Great video, are you able to show how you would install this type of flooring if you had a wall which wasnt 90 degrees or crooked please?
Is this kronoswiss herringbone?
I know somebody who's kronoswiss herringbone clicks when they walk on it, apparently the concrete floor underneath wasn't latexed/levelled beforehand? Would you recommend always levelling the subfloor first? And what underlay would you recommend? The back of the box says atleast 1.5mm which is what they used, a 1.5mm foam DPM underlay, also the instructions on the kronoswiss shows to glue the edges of the planks aswell?
Beautiful reminds me of parquet floors you usually see in houses from the 1930’s.
❤❤❤ very good. Very good skill. I like and I learn. Thanks
Well we'll we'll, Iv learnt wonting there 👍👍👍👍
Wonting? 😂 and 2 thumbs up 😂 dyslexia is alive adn kciking. 😂
Bravo beau travail je connaissais pas !
素晴らしい技術！
とても美しい仕上がりですね！
Thanks 👍🏻
That was professional, smart and organized work 👍🏾👍🏾 Deserve a BIG LIKE
Thank you 👍🏻🙂
Unfortunately, laying the floor to the existing skirting boards is not professional.Sorry, but professionalism is taking the skirting boards off and putting them back on after the floor is laid.
Beautiful - - - - what a work of art - - - well done !
Hi Nick,
Great video!
Could you share the link for materials please?
Thanks 👍
This looks so good. Does the middle of the floor buckle at all?
Looks fantastic! What % extra did you get for waste?
Hi Nick. I am hoping you can help me! What type of laminate floors are you installing in this video? I have had multiple contractors tell me that most laminate cannot be installed in a herringbone pattern and that I need a very specific type of laminate flooring that can be glued down, but I cannot find any that can be glued down.
Pvc click herringbone
In 50 years of flooring, wood, laminate, LVT, the amount of herringbone I`ve done up until 5 years ago I could probably count on both my hands. 5 years on I must have done around 50-60. Just shows how much en vogue it is at the moment. As above, if its a drop-lock system it's a lot easier, trouble ensues when both length & width have to be angled in at the same time. Can be a nightmare!
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Nice job mate. Is that a fibre cement board blade your using or what is it??
very well done👌 what about the distance between the plinth and the floor? how did you solve that?
Are you using fiber board as an underlay on your installs?
Is it good producer of the floor ? Quality? I wanna buy the same
Awesome job Nick. I had install the same floor in our living room and kitchen. 55m2 and it cost me a week😰, but nice to do it
a week? i must reconsider if i want a floor like this....
Uma verdadeira obra de arte 🙏
Нет, так не правильно! Разметки нормальной нет, собирают ёлку в другом порядке.
Haven't got to do one of these myself but i really wanna give it a shot tho, your work looks fucking stellar tho, very nice tidy work area too, love to see it lmao
does this floor creak? i have the same brand and its terrible.
Don't you need beading for the end's? As I'm looking to do flooring, I really want to know .
Looks good, but does it squeak and creak when walked on?
Looks amazing. Great job!
The last wall could of used the off cuts from the first wall? And would it save waste by off centring the floor 300mm left or right?
Awesome work! Is this flooring available in the USA? I'd love it for my home and business!!
clever staff especially the start bravissimo !
Nice job brother 👍👍👍👍
Thanks bro 👍🏻
Great job! Thanks!
Quick question is that pack A & B boards or all the same
Glad I saw this video! DO NOT DO HERRINGBONE!😮
Why
Excellent job. Would you also consider removing the skirting board at the outset to allow for covering up the expansion gap?
Judging by the photos at the end of the video it looks like they installed quarter round or shoe molding afterwards which hides any gaps. If you didn't want to use molding then you would definitely need to make sure the gap is hidden under the baseboard which would indeed require removing boards and reinstalling IF they weren't installed high enough to allow the floor to slide under.
@@cgale337 Installing a quarter round to existing skirting boards is not a professional job.He still doesn't know how to make floors professionally.
Pretty sure what he does reflects what homeowners want to pay, lol.
@@tkinynanz I’m sure he does mate, this was a great job and likely the customer asked for the edging options, I lay flooring and the customers always have a preference, it’s actually harder to mitre in all the edge trims like this than it is to hide it under the baseboard
Your comment far away from proffesional.@@tkinynanz
Great video , do you have a tutorial on how to fit it to a kitchen into lounge and hall with no transitions. If not what's the correct starting point? Do you still start against a wall?
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Excellent job. Top worker!
Really would like to try and replicate your methods and give it a go myself.
Would you say the heronbone pattern vrs the straight board has more waistage ?
Of course, there are much more waistage with herringbone than with straight boards.
De lo mejorcito que he visto, impresionante
Extraordinario, genial. Mil gracias.
Could i ask wjat brand and colour this floor was. Thanks
Great job 👏👍
Great job. I live in the USA, do you have a partner company here or can you give me the name of the product you used so I can try and find it that way?
Muito bom trabalho artesanal, os cantos das paredes estão a noventa graus e o piso é plano, facilitando um pouco o trabalho.
Looks good. Does anyone know what brand flooring this is at all?
Here is the link of this floor
www.directwoodflooring.co.uk/herringbone-elegant-oak-laminate-flooring.html
This is the link of the flooring
Great Job, what laminate did you use if you don't mind me asking?
Hi Nick great job on the floor! I was just scrolling through the comments to see what saw blade you use to cut the floor. All the blades I use go blunt and struggle? Thanks mate!