laminate flooring at marriage seam
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:42 am
I'm wanting to tear out a couple of rooms of carpet and install laminate flooring. The only place i have concerns is in the living room where the marriage seams come together. I have seen the "levelness" of this vary over the years, so am wondering how well laminate flooring is gonna hold up. if i run the flooring perpendicular to the floor joists, I end up being parallel to the marriage seams.
I have thought of different ways to mitigate the moving variance of the seam. I could cover it with couple ft wide sheets of metal sheeting, but would be concerned about a clackety sound when walking over it. I thought about laying 3/8 or 1/2 plywood - but that becomes one of those projects that doesn't end until the whole danged house is done.
If i run the flooring the other way....the stuff warps and buckles because that ridiculous MDF subflooring is prone to sag (without fail!) I learned this the hard way when i put down laminate in a bedroom with the flooring running parallel to the floor joists. I am fixin to tear it all up due to the hills and valleys. Which takes me right back to figuring out how to mitigate the seam.
Any ideas? Any experiences?
I have thought of different ways to mitigate the moving variance of the seam. I could cover it with couple ft wide sheets of metal sheeting, but would be concerned about a clackety sound when walking over it. I thought about laying 3/8 or 1/2 plywood - but that becomes one of those projects that doesn't end until the whole danged house is done.
If i run the flooring the other way....the stuff warps and buckles because that ridiculous MDF subflooring is prone to sag (without fail!) I learned this the hard way when i put down laminate in a bedroom with the flooring running parallel to the floor joists. I am fixin to tear it all up due to the hills and valleys. Which takes me right back to figuring out how to mitigate the seam.
Any ideas? Any experiences?