Laminate Flooring Around Door Jambs

You can deal with door jambs by trimming the molding that conceals the.

Laminate flooring around door jambs.

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. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors. 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.

Prepare the doorway for the flooring installation by cutting off the bottoms of the door jambs with a handsaw. If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and accurately. If you re removing old flooring the door jamb may already have enough clearance for your new laminate. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs.

Set a spare piece of flooring on the floor next to each jamb and use it as a guide. In this video i show you how i installed some luxury vinyl plank flooring around a couple of doors. First butt a piece of laminate against the bottom of the door jamb and draw a line where the top of the laminate meets the door jamb. 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.