How To Finish Wood Floor Around Fireplace

Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

How to finish wood floor around fireplace.

Flooring installer first suggested using a piece of. We just had solid 3 4 inch maple flooring installed. Make sure all wood framing and lath are at least 2 inches away from the firebox opening as. Some carpenters use a special saw to undercut the rock so the flooring fits under it but nothing looks better than trimmed flooring cut to fit.

The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. Laminate flooring won t fit tight against most fireplaces. In this case a floor has to be custom fit. Unfortunately inexperienced installers will handle it this way either because they do not know of other solutions or don t care to handle it any other way.

Our home has a large natural rock fireplace with raised rock hearth. Place a scrap section of hardwood flooring and a piece of the underlayment you will be using on the subfloor flush against the fireplace where it meets the floor. Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps. The method we use is to undercut the hearth.

Hardwood at fireplace hearths. Anatomy of a fireplace click enlarge this image to see illustration labels. If the mantel is to be reused mark its outline on wall and floor. It might be more work but it adds the look of craftsmanship to your floor.

Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1. In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace. The best method to finish a wood floor at an in situ fire hearth is largely not for the faint hearted but it is for those that require the neatest detailed looking finish. Use prybars to gently remove mantel from wall as shown.

There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. This process is very similar to undercutting a door lining frame.