Laying laminate with wires below

[jff]

Hello,

I am renovating some rooms of my new home and I want to lay laminate flooring in one of them. However, after removing the old carpet and the old underlay, I have noticed that there was a telephone wire underneath the underlay.

I wonder if you have any advice on how to lay the laminate flooring in this case. Do I have to remove the wire? Can I fill the expansion gap with the wire? Any ideas and advice are greatly appreciated!

Here are some photos to give you a better idea of how thick the wire is.

Bedroom 3 - wire 0

• jff
• 12 Jun 2012
• 1

Telephone wire underneath underlay.

Bedroom 3 - wire 0

• jff
• 12 Jun 2012
• 1

Telephone wire underneath underlay.

Thank you very much for your time!

Joao