Why Wont My Laminate Floor Click Together

We made this video to illustrate one of the details of this locking system.

Why wont my laminate floor click together.

Solid hardwood engineered and laminate flooring laminate floor won t stay together. The angle at which you introduce each next plank turns out. Laminate flooring wont snap together. I laid about 200 sq ft laminate i didn t do too bad of a job but i missed 2 spots away from each other but still pretty center in the room where the boards just won t lock.

Occasionally though the locking mechanism won t line up quite right. My wife and i are in the process of installing laminate flooring in our living areas. I tap from both ends i hammer down flat on the joint i air dusted it i checked that the won t stay together. Instead they use a system of locks that click together.

Grooves and ridges on glueless laminate flooring are designed to lock together and keep the seams tight. I ve watched videos and i m doing it the way they say to do it which is to angle one piece to another and snap it down. Laminate flooring has a snap click locking system that seals the floor together tightly so that the floor will not come apart. Snap together laminate floorboards are designed to lock firmly in place creating a smooth uniform floor surface.

If you hammer planks together that use this system you may break the edges and your floors will not lock correctly. If i get a good fit on one end of the board i have a seam at the other. The pieces won t lock. I have seems everywhere.

If the floor is not close to perfectly level the planks will not stay locked together. Although the flooring is normally easy to install and lock in place you may encounter a problem that prevents the pieces from locking together. I have quick step laminate flooring and no matter how i try it wont snap together.