How To Install Laminate Floor Around A Door Opening

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.

How to install laminate floor around a door opening.

How to lay laminate in a doorway continuously and without any amateur looking gaps. You can use a planer or a power sander to make your. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs. 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.

In this video i. 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. Install the notched laminate.

Now install the notched laminate planks in the doorway. It s easy to click boards together but how you handle transition areas makes the difference between a professional and amateur looking job. 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. 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 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.