Before laying laminate
Checklists for your preparation
The following tools should be kept within arms reach at all times during the installation of your Krono Original® laminate floors:
- Spacer wedges
- Circular saw with changeable carbide metal tooth saw blade or jigsaw with a fine saw blade or handsaw
- Angle for undercutting the doorframes
- Folding ruler, pencil
- Assembly aid (tapping block or hammer)
- Footfall sound insulation (for floors without sound insulation or S.A.S.)
Checklists: Materials and accessories for laminate flooring installation
- Exact measurements of room
- Krono Original® laminate floor
- Clickguard™ / one tube is adequate for ten square metres of laminate floor
- Skirting board
- Levelling, transition and end profiles
- Mounting brackets (30 per package of Krono Original® flooring)
- Vapour barrier film
- Foam underlay film
Please also take note that you will possibly need a footfall sound insulation as well as Clickguard™ or a similar joint sealant.
Residual Moisture
Stone floor should not exceed the following values for residual moisture:
- Cement stone screed: With underfloor heating 1.8 per cent CM; Without underfloor heating 2 per cent CM
- Anhydride screed: With underfloor heating 0.3 per cent; Without underfloor heating 0.5 per cent CM