The idea of installing hardwood flooring in a room with a fireplace is one that many homeowners find appealing until it s time to install the flooring around the fireplace mantel and hearth area.
Laminate flooring around stone fireplace.
But don t let that deter you.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace.
The best tool to use is a jamb saw used for undercutting door jambs.
Sometimes the heat can be directed at the flooring you use in front of the fireplace.
Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated.
If you have a plastic based flooring like a laminate material or another type of flooring that could melt or crack under constant heat consider using a hearth rug.
The idea when undercutting fireplaces for laminate flooring is to cut out the bottom of the fireplace so the laminate or hardwood flooring will slide under and look as if the fireplace was built on top of the flooring.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
Trimming laminate should start at the fireplace with a custom cut that follows the contours of the fireplace stone or other material.
Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1.
One approach is undercutting the edges of the.
How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace.
The heat a gas fireplace produces is typically directed out.
To undercut a fireplace you will need a specialized tool.
In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace.
Suddenly the idea can seem complicated.
Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple.
You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit.