How To Finish Laminate Flooring Around Fireplace

How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace.

How to finish laminate flooring around fireplace.

Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple. You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit. If you ve ever wondered how to get your laminate flooring to butt up against your irregularly shaped fireplace this is how i did it. Trimming laminate should start at the fireplace with a custom cut that follows the contours of the fireplace stone or other material.

Brick walls and other brick surfaces such as a fireplace hearth present a challenge when you re installing a laminate floor and need to make the. How to install laminate flooring 11 steps. To install the flooring around a curved fireplace hearth lay a strip of cork around the perimeter of the brick base of the fireplace. You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace.

This will fill space yet still allow the floor to expand and contract. Finishing a laminate floor next to brick. The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.

Start to finish 2 days. How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace.