In which direction to lay imitation wood flooring

Wood-effect floors are today the most fashionable pavement. But after buying a wood-effect floor, almost all of us wonder in which direction we should lay it.

Both laminate floors such as wood-effect porcelain stoneware, they are long tiles that imitate wooden planks, and this makes the types of placement of these much more extensive.

A house has many addresses. It is rarely a diaphanous square in which we would not have doubts in which direction to place a wood-effect floor. Quite the contrary, the houses have corridors that make installation difficult and corners that break the harmony.

Just as with the square tiles we have no doubts, the length of the imitation wood floor raises new doubts .

But there is only one fundamental premise that governs the direction of the sheets. 

The starting point you should base yourself on is < b>the main light entrance to the house. This is usually in the living-dining room, but it could also be in the kitchen or in the double room.

The direction of the imitation wood flooring must be parallel to the window or main light entrance that the house has, and not perpendicular.

This type of placement offers much more harmony, since otherwise the light would highlight the separation joints that we leave between the tiles much more.

There are other important tips for laying imitation wood floors, such as the tiles cannot be locked by more than 25% , that the cement must be distributed proportionally over the entire surface of the tile or that it is essential to leave a minimum joint between bricks.

The image on the cover of the post is an example of which is the correct direction for laying a wood-effect floor