How To Install Laminate Floor Around A Door Opening

Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring.

How to install laminate floor around a door opening.

Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day. You can use a planer or a power sander to make your. Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue. 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.

During the flooring installation laying laminate in a doorway perfectly is not so difficult when you start laying the floor boards at the wall that has the door in it. Since most new laminate flooring uses a click lock tongue and groove system you ll have to trim off with your saw the upper groove of the laminate plank that comes before the notched piece. In this video i. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs.

It s easy to click boards together but how you handle transition areas makes the difference between a professional and amateur looking job. Now install the notched laminate planks in the doorway. In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. Video sharing camera phone video phone free upload.

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