Installing Click Lock Flooring Backwards

Install the long side of the first plank of the second row.

Installing click lock flooring backwards.

A click together floor especially vinyl because it is thin and the click systems are vulnerable to damage can be very difficult to lay in the wrong direction. Is there a way to reverse the planks on a click floor like a spline or something. I nearly had to install a rather large marmoleum click job 700 feet in a way that started me in the relatively middle of the room. Remember to place a 1 4 space between the wall and the short side of the plank.

How to fix seam separations in glueless snap together laminate wood flooring. Measure that number out from the starting wall then snap a chalk line at that point the length of the room. Insert the tongue side into the groove side of the previous row at a low angle and lower flat to the substrate. Starting a 1 4 away from the wall will allow the wood to expand and contract.

As with so many other do it yourself jobs careful. It can double or triple the time to install when working backwards and be prepared for twice the waste when working backwards. Measure the width of the flooring plank then add 1 4 inch.