Solved: A Specific Laminate Flooring Problem - Installation and Locking Mechanism Tips -

The pieces won't lock! We made this video to illustrate one of the details of this locking system. The angle at which you introduce each next plank turns out to be very important!

https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/laminate-flooring.html

A customer had a problem installing his laminate flooring. He sent us two of the offending planks, and the next morning we sent him this video, but it seems like it could help others too.

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This is the actual product we used in the video, Red Oak Harvest from Timeless Elegance:
https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/timeless-elegance-14mm-red-oak-harvest-high-gloss-laminate.html

It has a small bevel, so you will see that when we show the groove between the planks and say "...no black along the edge..."

0:31 - The angle needed to lock
0:50 - Fully engaging the locking mechanism
1:15 - Locking test
2:04 - More on the angle (close-up shots too!)
2:58 - A wrong way to lock these


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Video thrown together by W. David Lichty at
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