How To Cut Wood Flooring Around Door Frame

How to install hardwood floors around doors.

How to cut wood flooring around door frame.

But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under. Go ahead and cut all the way across the frame being careful not to cut the door. Dave demostrates the proper method of flooring installation around doors casings jambs and baseboards. 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.

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. Trimming pieces of hardwood flooring to match door molding profiles is a painstaking procedure that can cause frustration punctuated by a few. This technique is very simple and you will be surprised. The best way to cut off a door bottom.

Trimming a wood door with a circular saw without splintering the wood or damaging the finish is a challenge. Lay the plank face up and score the plank about 1 4 inch. Rip cut the flooring near the doorway with a circular saw with a carbide tipped blade. Follow the score line with the saw blade to cut it.

Here s the method of door cutting that works best for us. Tip go ahead and cut nice and tight to the scrap flooring. You don t want any extra space. In this video i show you how to easily measure and mark a laminate plank to go around a doorjamb.

Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs. For more information visit us at. Now do the same as step 1 with your blade laying on top of.