Save Extra Planks of Your Laminate Flooring

If there was one purchase in your life that you should over-order on, it is laminate flooring. You can never account for how many bad cuts you will get or how many damaged pieces will be delivered as defects from the factory. When ordering your laminate flooring you should add at least 10% of the measured square footage. This should be enough to account for your necessary cuts as well as having some left after the job is complete.

The reason you want leftover planks of your same laminate flooring is simple. At some point, you may need to replace a section due to damage. In this case, you will feel a lot better knowing that you have a case of it in the garage that will be a perfect match. Laminate flooring styles are perpetually made. Styles are often discontinued and you don't want to be stuck with an out of market flooring a few years down the road. Playing color by number with your laminate flooring is not an easy task, so keep a little left over for the ‘just in case' down the road.