How To Lay Laminate Wood Floor Around Door Jambs

In this video i show you how i installed some luxury vinyl plank flooring around a couple of doors.

How to lay laminate wood floor around door jambs.

I m no expert i m just showing you what i did in case i. 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. This technique is very simple and you will be surprised. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors.

Unlike the baseboard. Measure about 1 2 inch under the outside of each door jamb. How to install flooring under a door jamb. If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and.

In this case you can see that it is 2 inches. Also measure from the wall in between the door jambs. After making the marks that show where the door jamb is located take measurements from the edge of the installed floor. Lay a scrap piece of laminate flooring over a piece of foam next to a door jamb.

If you re removing old flooring the door jamb may already have enough clearance for your new laminate. In this video i show you how to easily measure and mark a laminate plank to go around a doorjamb. A new floor gives any room a fresh new look but gaps or open cracks around the door jambs dampen the floor s attractiveness. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring.

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. Doing this assures that the laminate will slide under the door jamb.