Floor Laying Made SIMPL |

Floor Layer Made SIMPL is your complete beginner-friendly guide to installing every major type of flooring — vinyl planks, vinyl sheet, hybrid, laminate, timber, and carpet tiles.
This book breaks down the entire process into clean, easy-to-follow SIMPL steps so anyone can create professional results at home, without stress or confusion.

Inside this book you’ll learn:

• Tools, materials & flooring types made SIMPL

Understand hybrid, vinyl, laminate, timber, carpet tiles — and know exactly when and where to use each one.

• Subfloor prep like a professional

How to check levels, fix dips and humps, prep concrete and timber bases, use underlay properly, and avoid the mistakes that ruin flooring.

• Vinyl planks & vinyl sheet installations

Score, snap, glue, scribe, roll, and finish vinyl cleanly — perfect for beginners and wet areas.

• Hybrid flooring made SIMPL

Click-lock techniques, expansion gaps, tapping block use, layout planning, doorway work, and achieving a tight, modern finish.

• Laminate flooring installation

Step-by-step click systems, underlay rules, cutting tips, stagger patterns, expansion management, and door frame undercutting.

• Timber & floating floors

Acclimating timber, click-floating installs, glue-down methods, cutting clean, maintaining expansion space, and avoiding cupping or buckling.

• Carpet tiles and basic carpet repairs

Grid layout, tackifier application, tile alignment, border cutting, pattern choices, and simple patching techniques.

• Trims, transitions & finishing touches

End caps, scotia, T-moulding, reducers, stair nosings, and silicone finishing — the clean edges that make flooring look premium.

• Troubleshooting common flooring problems

Peaking, gapping, hollow spots, loose trims, lifting edges, vinyl bubbles, carpet tile drift — and SIMPL fixes for all of them.

• DIY-friendly home floor projects & maintenance

Bedroom refreshes, vinyl sheet installs, home office upgrades, timber feature rooms — plus long-term cleaning and protection routines.

Whether you’re laying your first floor or upgrading an old one, this book gives you EVERYTHING you need to install, repair, and maintain floors the SIMPL way — clean, confident, and beginner-friendly