How To Cut Laminate Flooring Around Doors

You can use either a sliding model or a non sliding model just make sure the blade is large enough to cut the entire width of the laminate flooring in one pass.

How to cut laminate flooring around doors. Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. To install laminate flooring around doors the first step is trimming the door jamb. Cut the door s molding and the jamb behind it while keeping the saw on top of the gauge block.

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. To install laminate flooring around doors the first step is trimming the door jamb. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors.

Once cut the flooring will just slip under it leaving a more finished look. Using a miter saw. 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.

If needed take a plank of flooring and a section of the underlayment and lay it finished side down next to the door s moulding. Previous mryoucandoityouself video https youtu be db a w0e7xu things i mention in. Using the undercut saw and a scrap piece of laminate for backing cut the door jamb and adjoining trim away.

Watch installing a laminate floor around the door frame. This line will be your cut mark. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring.

In this video i show you how to easily measure and mark a laminate plank to go around a doorjamb.