How-to guides.
Practical, step-by-step guides for doing it yourself — from levelling a subfloor to cutting and laying your boards. Every guide is written to follow start to finish, and we’re filming video versions to go with them. Browse the video guides →
Before you start
Plan, measure and prep so the install goes smoothly.
Step-by-stepInstalling · 4 min read
Can You Lay Hybrid Flooring Over Existing Floors?
Hybrid is a floating floor, so it can often go straight over the top — here's when you can lay over tiles, concrete, timber and vinyl, when you can't, and…
Step-by-stepInstalling · 8 min read
How to Prepare & Level Your Subfloor for Hybrid Flooring
Before a single board goes down — how to check your subfloor for moisture and flatness, how to test whether it's level, and how to fix it by grinding or…
Step-by-stepInstalling · 4 min read
How to Plan the Direction of Your Flooring
Which way should your planks run? The simple rules — light, room length, flow and consistency — that decide how big, bright and seamless your finished floor…
Installing
Cut, lay and finish your floor the right way.
Video + guideInstalling · 3 min read
How to Cut Hybrid Flooring: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
The easiest ways to cut hybrid flooring cleanly — straight cuts, door frames, pipes and the final row — with just a few basic tools.
Video + guideInstalling · 4 min read
How to Lay Hybrid Flooring: A Step-by-Step DIY Guide
Hybrid is one of the most DIY-friendly floors there is. Here's how to lay it properly, from subfloor prep to the final trim.
Step-by-stepInstalling · 9 min read
How to Install Herringbone Hybrid Flooring: Step by Step
The manufacturer's 16-step method for our 9.5mm herringbone hybrid, in plain English with diagrams: A and B boards, the first four rows, the straightening…
Step-by-stepInstalling · 12 min read
How to Install Transition Strips on Hybrid Flooring: Scotia, T-Moulding, Reducers, L-Moulding and Stair Nosing
A floating floor is not finished until the trims are in. Which trim goes where, how each one is fixed (and why none of them are fixed to the floor), how…
Step-by-stepInstalling · 4 min read
How to Install Hybrid Flooring Stair Nosing
Stairs are the one place hybrid is glued, not floated. Here's how to fit stair nosing — riser first, nose over the top — plus the LED trick that makes a…
Caring & repairs
Keep it looking new and fix the odd knock.
More guides
Step-by-stepCaring · 2 min read
How to Clean and Maintain Laminate Flooring
Laminate is easy to keep looking great, as long as you avoid a few things. Here's how to clean and care for it the right way.
Step-by-stepInstalling · 4 min read
How to Install Laminate Flooring: A Step-by-Step DIY Guide
Laminate is one of the most DIY-friendly floors there is. Here's how to lay it properly, from subfloor prep to the final trim.
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