Measure the lip of the threshold s trim and leave enough clearance between the door and the flooring to install the threshold.
Laminate flooring patio door.
The bottom part of the frame on the floor is where the transition will meet.
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If it slopes down your transition will not sit on the floor properly.
If the floor slopes up it will cause a hollow space underneath.
This bottom part can make it easy or hard depending on the shape of it.
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You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or.
There are different types of frames around sliding glass doors.
Note that you will leave the standard 1 4 inch expansion gap on either side of the doors.
The 1 2 inch gap is for the doorway only.
Gaps between door casing and laminate flooring are common and manufacturers have designed a wide variety of special pieces for this purpose.
You don t want the floor to slope down or up where the laminate meets the sliding glass door frame.
Install the last row of laminate flooring stopping 1 2 inch from the bottom edge of the patio doors.
When installing laminate at sliding glass doors you want the floor to be level with the rest of the room.
Place a piece of threshold trim available at the flooring supplier next to patio doors or similar thresholds where you need to stop the laminate flooring.
The key to proper installation of laminate flooring is to understand how the floor needs to be finished where it meets surfaces other than a straight wall and doorways such as patio doors need extra care due to the possibility of water seepage than can ruin a laminate floor.
Trim with a 1 8 inch gap after the flooring has been laid.
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