How To Cut Wood Flooring Around Door Frame

Now that you have cut the frame go ahead and place a scrap piece of flooring next to the door frame.

How to cut wood flooring around door frame. You don t want any extra space. Follow the score line with the saw blade to cut it. But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under. During the flooring installation laying laminate in a doorway perfectly is not so difficult when you start laying the floor boards at the wall that has the door in it.

Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. For more information visit us at. Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us.

Now do the same as step 1 with your blade laying on top of. Go ahead and cut all the way across the frame being careful not to cut the door. The best way to cut off a door bottom. Dave demostrates the proper method of flooring installation around doors casings jambs and baseboards.

In this video i show you how to easily measure and mark a laminate plank to go around a doorjamb. How to install hardwood floors around 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. Tip go ahead and cut nice and tight to the scrap flooring.

Rip cut the flooring near the doorway with a circular saw with a carbide tipped blade. Lay the plank face up and score the plank about 1 4 inch. Cut the door s molding and the jamb behind it while keeping the saw on top of the gauge block. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs.