How to Install Georgia Oak Natural Three-Strip Traditional Clicette Laminate Floors

Lay out the underlayment prior to installing the floor. Lay this out gradually in sections at a time. If your floor has an attached underlayment, only lay out the included moisture barrier with adhesive tape. On a concrete subfloor, lay the moisture barrier so it extends a couple of inches up the side of the wall; for wood subfloors, cut the barrier 1 inch from the wall.

Saw off the tongue on both the long and short sides of the first row of planks, before installing them, with a miter saw.

Lay the first plank against the wall with the sawed-off sides facing the walls.

Place spacers -- available from the installation kit -- between the first row of planks and the wall.

Lay out the floor without locking together any of the planks. Lay as many pieces as you need in the first row and cut off the last plank to fit. Note if the leftover piece from the last plank is approximately two-thirds the length of the first plank in the first row. If not, cut a new plank to approximately two-thirds the length of the first plank in the first row. Cut the planks with the miter saw equipped with a blade made for laminate flooring when you get to the end of the row or need to cut a plank to length for the first plank in a new row.

Attach the first plank in the second row to the first plank in the first row with the tongue and groove angle-in method.

Connect the first plank in the third row, which should be approximately one-half the length of the first plank in the second row, to the first plank in the second row with the tongue and groove angle-in method.

Attach the second plank in the second row to the first planks in the first and second rows with the tongue and groove angle-in method. Then attach the second plank in the first row to the second plank in the second row with the angle-in method.

Tap the second plank in the first row into the first plank in the first row with a hammer and tapping block. Attach the second plank in the third row to the second row with the angle-in method then tap the short side of the plank toward the first plank of the row until they lock together.

Continue laying sections of three planks by three planks. Use the angle-in method for the long sides and the tapping block method for the short sides.