How To Lay Laminate Wood Floor Around Door Jambs

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

How to lay laminate wood floor around door jambs.

Lay a scrap piece of laminate flooring over a piece of foam next to a door jamb. This technique is very simple and you will be surprised. After making the marks that show where the door jamb is located take measurements from the edge of the installed floor. Unlike the baseboard.

Before you install laminate flooring of choice you ll first want to trim your existing door jamb to make room for your new floor. A new floor gives any room a fresh new look but gaps or open cracks around the door jambs dampen the floor s attractiveness. If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and. The foam underlayment is typically included when you purchase laminate flooring.

Doing this assures that the laminate will slide under the door jamb. I m no expert i m just showing you what i did in case i. First of all you have to measure the needed length of the laminate flooring boards you have to install around the doors. 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.

Measure about 1 2 inch under the outside of each door jamb. How to install flooring under a door jamb. 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. Also measure from the wall in between the door jambs.

In this case you can see that it is 2 inches. Make sure you take accurate measurements and leave 1 3 around the walls or in the transitions to other flooring.