How To Install Quarter Round On Laminate Floor

I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary.

How to install quarter round on laminate floor.

Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects. Baseboard molding installations are very often finished off with an additional thin piece of molding called quarter round or shoe molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor. Place a nail set on top of the finishing nail and hit the nail set with the hammer to drive the finishing nail just below the surface of the quarter round molding. Just a quick video to show you how you hide the seems of the laminate flooring that meets up to the base board.

The baseboard should be enough if the installers are careful about how they install the wood floor. It s an easy installation that costs little and gives your floors a precise polished look. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity.

Make 45 cuts on the ends of 2 different molding pieces. Cut quarter round pieces at a 45 angle to form joints. Strike the nail with a hammer until the nail sits just above the surface of the quarter round molding. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions.

Cut both pieces in opposite directions. They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round. If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring.

If you are installing a lot of quarterly buying a nail gun and compressor is not too expensive. Quarter round should always be fastened into the base boards and base boards should be fastened to the wall studs or adhered to the drywall. When you join the pieces together you will get a square 90 angle that leaves minimal gaps on the wall. Use this type of cut to form corner joints wherever walls meet.