Laminate Flooring For Ceiling

Laminate wood flooring gives you everything you want from traditional hardwood floors without the cost.

Laminate flooring for ceiling. Consider the weight and opt for woods with a light core. The planks will run in the direction opposite your ceiling joists. Fasten a 1 x 3 furring strip to the ceiling along the chalk line using 2 1 2 inch wood screws.

Engineered wood flooring is the most popular choice for tongue and groove wood ceilings due to the lighter weight and flexible construction. To install a laminated plank ceiling follow these steps. Laminate flooring gives you the look of hardwood tile or stone floors in addition to exceptional durability easy installation and low maintenance.

Laminate is attractive and with the newer technologies the look is becoming more wood like. These flooring planks will place less strain on the ceiling joists and subfloor while being a fraction of the price of thicker engineered wood floors. The design layer is where the picture of the wood is applied to the backing.

The look of wood for less. Be sure to attach. Wood has a tendency to expand and contract quite a bit with the seasons.

You already know our hardwood laminate and tile look terrific on the floor. Once any air vents or junction boxes are reached mark wood flooring planks with pencil and cut to size with chop saw or using jigsaw. In the winter months wood can contract up to 1 4 inch per 8 feet depending on humidity.

In this video my life long best friend don shows me his method of doing a hardwood ceiling on a budget. Laminate will not expand more than 1 2 inch over an entire ceiling. Roughly halfway across the ceiling a rhythm will start to take place and the installation will move increasingly faster.