Laminate Flooring Around Door Frames

First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors.

Laminate flooring around door frames.

The following instructions and videos are from an installer with many years experience installing floors. Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring. You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or.

How to install laminate flooring. If you re removing old flooring the door jamb may already have enough clearance for your new laminate. Next you have to cut the groove of the laminate board you are going to lay under the door jambs by using a sharp utility knife. You should fill the expansion gaps with a flexible filler which will compress if the flooring expands.

If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and accurately. During the flooring installation laying laminate in a doorway perfectly is not so difficult when you start laying the floor boards at the wall that has the door in it. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs. It is often easiest if you start to lay the laminate at the door leading into the room this can be harder if there are several doors.

How to lay laminate in a doorway continuously and without any amateur looking gaps. Please phone before visiting as we may be. You can deal with door jambs by trimming the molding that conceals the. Cutting around door frames filling the gap.