To threshold or not?

[paulmcremin]

Hello all,

Just recently started a complete refloor job on a house. We are putting laminate down on 80% of the floors. The upstairs will be all laminate and consists of two bedroom at either end of a long narrow corridor. The powers that be want to run the laminate upstairs without any transitional thresholds between rooms, so essentially the whole floor will be laid as though it were one room.

This creates a challenge in terms of transitioning between the doorways and my gut is that it's just not the done thing. I could definitely be wrong though, I have seen threshold free multiroom spaces, I'm just wondering what the condenses is with those in the know? What do people think? is it a common thing or should we just keep it simple, stop the laminate at each door and transition with a threshold bar?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

[Someone-Else]

I am not a chippy, but would a door threshold allow for movement, which would be better?

[aeromech3]

My Son just had his lounge (lovely cottage floor) and extension kitchen + dinner covered in large vinyl tiles front to back, level through 2 door ways, the grout lines were separate strips; the lovely floor boards were covered in OSB board, the extension was a mix of board and levelling compound; the Co. that did the job are supposedly expert in the field!
There is certainly nothing to trip over, except the dog who now skids around.

[etaf]

i recently laminated my daughters ground floor, helping my son-in-law, with no thresholds - Hallway to kitchen and double doors to lounge/dining room, back round into the kitchen , so you can go down the hall turn into the kitchen, lounge/diner and back out into the hall - like a P
worked great with no thresholds, BUT we did spend a lot of time planning it , so it all lined up and re-joined the hall way.
Not sure how common it is, but it works much better in this configuration for my daughter. and all the laminate at the walls have a 10mm movement gap.

[Razor]

I put Quickstep down here 14 years ago when it was relatively expensive. Threshold strips upstairs as the hall was carpeted but downstairs is one complete run.

It takes a lot longer and you seriously have to plan properly. It's far better if you're replacing the skirtings at the same time and you'll have to cut the architraves but it's definitely doable.

You will need the 10mm expansion gap around all edges and if you have a suspended wooden floor it's a good idea to go round with a tin of foam and seal any gaps before you lay the flooring