Laminate Flooring Around Door Frames

But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under the door jambs or through the door lining or door frame it seems impossible to get them in without.

Laminate flooring around door frames.

We recently had to install some coretec plus xl luxury vinyl and thought this trick could be useful for some people installing laminate or luxury vinyl floor. If there s a gap under your door casing and also a gap between two rooms under a door where two different installations of laminate flooring join you can install t molding to hide both gaps. 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. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors.

If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring. When installing laminate flooring obstacles such as doors present a problem because you have to make cuts for a correct fit. You can deal with door jambs by trimming the molding that conceals the.

In this video i show you how i installed some luxury vinyl plank flooring around a couple of doors. Using a framing square measure the depth of your door jamb by sliding the square under the newly cut gap until the tool hits the door frame or stud. 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.