Do You Stagger Vinyl Plank Flooring. Wide as youre installing vinyl plank flooring. Stagger end joints of boards row to row a minimum of 6 for strip flooring 8-10 for 3 to 5 plank and for plank wider than 5 inch stagger as much as possible with minimal or no H joints.
Lightly score the line a few times. First use a carpenters square and utility knife to score partially through the face of the plank. Ensure that the plank at the end of row one is no less than 6 inches in length.
Remember to do the handy calculation described above.
When laying any type of engineered or solid flooring it is structurally and visually imperative that you stagger the ends in adjacent rows. Laminate flooring is a type of floating floor. First measure the length of the room and divide that by the length of a board. Lightly score the line a few times.
