Right, most click flooring is meant to be a floating floor. It is neither attatched to the wall nor the floor, just laying on the floor. The quarter round should go on the wall to cover the gap and you should try to have a gap from the edges of the floor to the wall so the floor can expand and contract as it ages. The flooring you get will have instructions, follow their guidelines for how much of a gap to leave.
You should probably seriously consider replacing the baseboard too, so the floor can go right to the proper wall and the new baseboard would be on top of it. Cutting baseboard corners isn't too difficult, especially compared to crownmolding (the stuff on the ceiling)
The general rule of thumb I've heard is you measure out how much you need, and add 10%. So if your room is 10 by 10, you'd need 100 sqft, and you'd buy 110 sqft. You can usually return the leftover if you have a lot of it, otherwise it's good to keep it for fixes down the road.
Finally, if you have any transitions from the new flooring to a different type of flooring, talk to someone at the local store for how best to handle them and how big a gap to leave for the transition. You'll want something that will slightly cover both types so you don't have much of a lip or anything to trip over.
You should probably seriously consider replacing the baseboard too, so the floor can go right to the proper wall and the new baseboard would be on top of it. Cutting baseboard corners isn't too difficult, especially compared to crownmolding (the stuff on the ceiling)
The general rule of thumb I've heard is you measure out how much you need, and add 10%. So if your room is 10 by 10, you'd need 100 sqft, and you'd buy 110 sqft. You can usually return the leftover if you have a lot of it, otherwise it's good to keep it for fixes down the road.
Finally, if you have any transitions from the new flooring to a different type of flooring, talk to someone at the local store for how best to handle them and how big a gap to leave for the transition. You'll want something that will slightly cover both types so you don't have much of a lip or anything to trip over.
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