Laminate Flooring Around Door Frames

How to lay laminate in a doorway continuously and without any amateur looking gaps.

Laminate flooring around door frames.

Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs. When installing laminate flooring obstacles such as doors present a problem because you have to make cuts for a correct fit. The following instructions and videos are from an installer with many years experience installing floors. 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.

Cutting around door frames filling the gap. You should fill the expansion gaps with a flexible filler which will compress if the flooring expands. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring. 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 simply describe the gap take a picture of it or. Please phone before visiting as we may be. How to install laminate flooring. Fitting laminate flooring around door frames is often the bit that makes a floor look unprofessional but with a little help it is easy to make your floor look like a professional fitted it.

If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and accurately. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors. Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose. You can deal with door jambs by trimming the molding that conceals the.