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Recently I was engaged in the repair of my apartment, or rather, I carried out repair work in the kitchen and in the corridor. In both rooms he changed the flooring, instead of linoleum, he laid a laminate. After a meeting with his wife and acquaintances, he chose the laminate of the Welliger brand, Premium collection. Material purchased at the mall. The wife wanted the color to be nutty. He was laying laminate flooring with his friend.This was my first experience of self-laying and, despite this, the laminate was laid in four days. After completion of the installation process, it turned out that there are no cracks at the joints, which gives the floor covering a holistic look.
Later, repairs in his apartment did a test. He, seeing the result of the repair of my apartment, wanted to exchange linoleum for laminate in his home. My wife asked my father-in-law for help, because I already gained experience.
pros
laying can be done independently and quickly, there are no butt slots.