Laminate Flooring Around Fireplace Hearth

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Laminate flooring around fireplace hearth.

In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. 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. In this case a floor has to be custom fit.

It might be more work but it adds the look of craftsmanship to your floor. Leave a 1 4 gap between your laminate and the tile hearth and use a transition strip that is designed for exactly this purpose. Laminate flooring won t fit tight against most fireplaces. Some carpenters use a special saw to undercut the rock so the flooring fits under it but nothing looks better than trimmed flooring cut to fit.

The heat a gas fireplace produces is typically directed out. Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room. Sometimes the heat can be directed at the flooring you use in front of the fireplace. Here is what the transition strip looks like.

One approach is undercutting the edges of the. Tile hearth which is obvious to most. 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. To undercut a fireplace you will need a specialized tool.

There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them. I installed thousands of square feet of that shitty laminate flooring and this is how you do it. The best tool to use is a jamb saw used for undercutting door jambs. How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace.