I use my table saw to cut the strips.
How to install laminate flooring around sliding doors.
Go to the place where you bought your flooring or any home improvement store that stocks flooring.
The best option for covering gaps in laminate flooring is by using custom pieces.
Measure the lip of the threshold s trim and leave enough clearance between the door and the flooring to install the threshold.
Using the undercut saw and a scrap piece of laminate for backing cut the door jamb and adjoining trim away.
Remove the doors and install your bottom door mounts in the location of the bottom pivot plates on both doors.
Trim with a 1 8 inch gap after the flooring has been laid.
Make use of various t molds that are available for your laminate here.
Step 1 install the flooring ending one half inch from the edge of the front door.
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.
The small pieces i m using are cut off the ends of the laminate flooring.
When installing laminate at sliding glass doors you want the floor to be level with the rest of the room.
This line will be your cut mark.
Note the location of your bottom pivot plates and mark the location on your laminate flooring.
After cutting the long pieces at the correct thickness i glue them in front of the sliding door frame with construction adhesive.
You don t want the floor to slope down or up where the laminate meets the sliding glass door frame.
Drill through the laminate flooring and into your subfloor.
If the floor slopes up it will cause a hollow space underneath.
Preparing concrete at sliding glass doors to install laminate flooring.
If it slopes down your transition will not sit on the floor properly.