Kitchen/Laundry Flooring pt.2

The kitchen flooring came in. It looks awesome. $4/s.f. 1x3' marmoleum click flooring in eucalyptus color from greenbuildingsupply.com.

I used a filter to make it look more accurate.

The flooring instructions say to leave it in the room it's going into for 3 days minimum. THIS IS NO JOKE. It WILL buckle. Wood click flooring takes even longer to acclimate - usually 10-14 days. You should take this seriously and take seriously the edge gap specs. If the flooring has no room to expand or contract that will also cause it to buckle.

First piece will dictate square. If the back wall is off, then the whole floor will be off.

I used this recycled stuff that looks like it's made out of ground up carpet as underlayment. The orange is the moisture barrier that's attached to the top side.

You need to leave a 3/8" gap around the edges. That makes some of the pieces difficult to cut.

The 3/8" expansion joint needs to be covered with trim.

Kitchen marmoleum is done - awaiting trim

Like the expansion gap, the trim to cover it gets pretty complicated in places