Shopping list for laminate flooring in a 3 × 4 m bedroom

How this example was made

It was worked out when this page was built, by the same room planner and formulas as the editable list. The room figures are round examples. Product coverage, pack and allowance figures are the planner’s labelled generic examples, not figures for a product.

AI tools drafted the page and automated tests compare its list with the planner. It has not been checked by a tradesperson or anyone outside the build. No price is shown or used.

The room and assumptions

Room: 4 m × 3 m. Work: flooring.

One rectangular room, 4 m × 3 m, measured in metres.
No doors or windows were entered, so the wall estimate reads a little high.
Every quantity is rounded once, at the end, up to whole packs. Working uses unrounded figures.
Laminate use generic example figures, not the figures of any product. Enter the figures from the tin or pack for a closer answer.

The shopping list

4 lines marked Need and 4 marked Check first. Lines that this job does not need are left out here; the full planner shows them too.

Need

Laminate
Need
7 × 2 m² pack (14 m²)
Why?
Floor: 12 m², plus 10% for cuts and waste, in packs that cover 2 m² each.
Working: Least left over among the pack options in this example (no prices to compare): 7 × 2 m² = 14 m², about 0.8 m² more than the 13.2 m² needed.
Expansion spacers
Need
Why?
A floating floor needs an expansion gap at every wall; the spacers hold it while you lay.
Fitting kit: tapping block, pull bar, saw
Need
Why?
To close the joints and cut the ends of rows.
Knee pads, gloves and a dust mask for cutting
Need
Why?
Laying is done kneeling; cutting boards makes dust.

Check first

Underlay
Check first
Why, and what to check
Most floating floors need underlay under them: 13.2 m² to cover here, the same area as the flooring.
Check: Whether you need it depends on the floor: some have underlay attached, glued-down floors take none. If you do, enter the roll coverage and it will be worked out.
Underlay joining tape
Check first
Why, and what to check
Seals the joins between underlay strips, and a membrane's overlaps.
Check: One roll usually does a room; the roll length and the number of joins decide.
Beading, scotia or new skirting
Check first
Why, and what to check
Covers the expansion gap round the room: about 14 m of wall, not counting doorways.
Check: Sold in lengths (2.4 m is common). Whether you need it depends on whether the skirting comes off and goes back over the floor. Divide the length above by the length sold and round up.
Threshold or door bar
Check first
Why, and what to check
One for each doorway where this floor meets another.
Check: Add the doors to the room measurements and this becomes a count.

Before you use it

Measure the floor at its widest and longest points.
Use the square metres per pack and fitting instructions from the flooring you choose.
Check the subfloor, underlay, expansion gap, threshold and edge finish as one system.

Built and checked with AI tools, not yet by a tradesperson or anyone outside the build. Estimates are arithmetic on your measurements and the figures shown with them: follow each product's own instructions.