My wife and I are about ready to make the marmoleum click purchase, I think, haha...watched all the install videos, checked out images, etc etc...My question for today is, when you put the little spacer chips at the edges of walls in during the install-and lets fast fwd to the job being all done, do you REMOVE those spacers, and set in your baseboard/trim/bullnose/whatever you're finishing the edges with? or do those spacers need to stay in?? I ask because, with it being a FLOATING FLOOR, if I remove the spacers, could the floor shift? SAMPLE - Forbo Marmoleum Click Cinch Loc Seal, Cork Tree Waterproof Click - Floating

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My wife and I are about ready to make the marmoleum click purchase, I think, haha...watched all the install videos, checked out images, etc etc...My question for today is, when you put the little spacer chips at the edges of walls in during the install-and lets fast fwd to the job being all done, do you REMOVE those spacers, and set in your baseboard/trim/bullnose/whatever you're finishing the edges with? or do those spacers need to stay in?? I ask because, with it being a FLOATING FLOOR, if I remove the spacers, could the floor shift? SAMPLE - Forbo Marmoleum Click Cinch Loc Seal, Cork Tree Waterproof Click - Floating

Status: Open May 24, 2021 - 03:01 AM

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May 26, 2021 - 08:48 AM

We can appreciate that the instructions on when/if to remove the spacers are a bit vague. After you install the floating floor, YES, remove the spacers before you install your baseboard/trim/bullnose molding. The spacers are there to ensure you get your minimum allowance to allow for expansion/contraction of your floor as it heats and cools throughout the year. As the floor pieces are all clicked and secured together, the individual pieces will not shift on their own.