Drop & Lock Laminate Flooring Installation Tips and Common Problems

Drop and Lock is the second of the two main types of click together installation methods for laminate flooring. In this video, Brian shows exactly how the planks lock together, and how to avoid the two most common mistakes people make when putting in their floors. https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/laminate-flooring.html Take a look at a drawing of the expansion gap covered by a trim piece here: https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/resource-center/trims-and-moldings/quarter-round The other, even more common installation method is demonstrated in our video on Angle Angle Laminate and Vinyl Flooring Installation Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCjLfJR33G8 More resources on Laminate Flooring: https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/resource-center/laminate-flooring/ 0:28 - Two main laminate installation systems 0:43 - Getting started 0:56 - The tongue and the groove 1:37 - Common mistake #1 - Boards facing the wrong direction 2:36 - "Dropping" the end joints 3:06 - When end joints are actually locked 3:40 - Using cut pieces from the ends 3:58 - Staggering end seams 4:17 - Second row, and locking the ends 5:35 - Common mistake #2 - connecting end joints before long sides 6:51 - Third row and beyond 7:48 - Locking down the last row Follow us! Our blog - https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/blog/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/floorstoyourhome Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/FTYHflooring/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/FTYHFlooring Google+ - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/105934985842168087390/ Video thrown together by W. David Lichty at https://plus.google.com/u/0/108827368707254123936