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IKEA Laminate Flooring Installation update

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 | Personal, Videos with 2 Comments

IKEA flooring

Well I mentioned about a month back that I was only 85% complete with the installation of my IKEA laminate flooring. As of this past weekend I have completed about 98% of the full floor installation. I’ve added the baseboards and finished painting the walls. The only 2% of work I have left is connecting the area where the laminate floor hits the tile or carpeted areas (which shouldn’t be too bad).

My experience with the installation of the SLÄTTEN IKEA laminate floors was pretty good. However, I over bought when it came to the boxes of laminate floor planks. I purchased 28 boxes and only needed 15 + 1 for later use if needed. So I ended up having to return the other 12 boxes which wasn’t too bad.

When it came to the padding under the laminate floor I opted for Fiberboard… the NIVÅ Floor liner. Only for the simple fact that I recently put in laminate floors in my home office and used foam padding under the laminate flooring and in my opinion the foam padding made my floor echo a bit more.

Below is a video that I found to be a bit detailed on how much work goes into installing IKEA laminate flooring the Do it Yourself way. Looking to buy some IKEA Laminate Flooring for yourself..? Get a $500 Gift Card to shop at IKEA!

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My Installation of IKEA Laminate Floor Process

Sunday, May 11th, 2008 | Personal with 10 Comments

IKEA FLOORING

As I mentioned before I’m in the process of installing IKEA Laminate flooring (link). I started the DIY process this past Friday night (May 9th). Below are the steps that I’ve taken so far as well as what I have left to complete the job… I’m probably about 85% complete with the laminate floor installation project.

Step 1.) I moved as much furniture out of the room. [complete]
Step 2.) Pull up the base boards around the room. [complete]
Step 3.) Pull up and cut the carpet into sections small enough to place into large trash bags. [complete]
Step 4.) Pull up and cut the carpet padding into small enough to place into large trash bags. [complete]
Step 5.) Tape board spacers onto wall to guide the laminate wood along the wall (seen in photo w/blue tape). [complete]
Step 6.) Place installation / padding board onto floor then tape them together. [complete]
Step 7.) Start to lay down laminate flooring from one side to another and cut where needed. The angle in my living room suck to cut as well as around door ways! [incomplete still needs about 1/4 of the room to fill]
Step 8.) Place the trim /border along the bottom of the floor. I’m going to go with a 4 inch version this time. The previous owners had the cheap 2 inch stuff throughout the whole place. [incomplete]

To fully complete steps 7 & 8 I must continue my IKEA laminate floor installation project next weekend. So be sure to check back next weekend to catch a glimpse of the completed laminate floor.

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Awesome Art of Dan McCarthy

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 | Creative with No Comments »

Here are some intense drawings / artwork done by an artist by the name of Dan McCarthy. Below are a few of the designs I like from his site. You can visit more of his work at his website located at: DanMCCarthy.org
the takeover

wires

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Create a Hero Version of Yourself

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 | Creative with No Comments »

Become a Super Hero I was bored at work the other day so I decide to do a little search on creating different things online when I stumbled across this site that allows you to create a Super Hero version of yourself. You can visit the site here! Its a great way to kill some time when you are bored.

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A list of 40 Modern Prefab Homes

Monday, March 26th, 2007 | Creative with No Comments »

I’ve always loved the way contemporary Prefab homes looked. I’ve even wanted to tear down my current house to put up a Prefab home. But. I don’t think the neighbors would like that too well. So what I’ve done is created a list of a few sites I visit to catch up on the latest designs of Prefab homes. So that way you too could fall in love with a better way of living.