Installing laminate door jambs

Transfer this onto the door lining. Mark a 10mm expansion gap back from this point. The picture below is terrible quality - apologies. And the door frame is very old and battered from years of traffic and several coats of paint. You can just about see the floor stops about mm before the door and needs to go a little past that so it is half way underneath it. There is not much room to manoeuvre. However the only way in this instance was to have a join in the boards. The first board was to be installed to the left, cut to the length of the same gap between the door jambs.

I put the first one into the groove, slid it right over to the left so there was room to get the second one in flat and then slide the first one back over to it. Cut the first piece in to fit leaving the expansion gap and again plane some of the ridge off of the top of the tongue to reduce the friction that stops it clicking in and sliding from left to right freely. You still want it to hold, just slide left and right more freely.

The way I choose the first bit to put in, is to figure which board I can slide the furthest so it's out of the way of the next one. You can see I've cut the bottom of the door lining right out the way like before only where it won't be seen when the skirting and architrave are back on , and I have even chopped a bit of the plaster out the way too so I can move the board too far over to the left. Again, the plaster at the bottom will be covered with the skirting board later.

Put the first board in dry, and put it exactly where it needs to finish up. Now install the notched laminate planks in the doorway. You can use a planer or a power sander to make your installation. Browse our selection of stylish Laminate Flooring here. Get the real wood look for less. September 28, at My wife and I are new home owners and we have started doing a lot of DIY projects, one of which is installing laminate flooring in our home.

Just starting out had an idea about what we were doing but your article really helped us make our flooring look beautiful. The most helpful tip was trimming the door jambs, we never would have thought of that. Thank you for the post! September 29, at Thank you for the feedback! This can be done either in or out of the packaging. Start in the corner of the room, leaving a 10mm gap between the walls and the board, and lay the boards across the whole room.

Leave an additional 2mm between each sheet as an expansion gap. Cut the final board to fit and use the rest of the board to start the second row. This will ensure the fibreboard sheets are staggered. Continue the Fibreboard installation until your whole floor has been covered. Cut the fibreboard to size when required using a retractable knife. Remember to leave a 2mm gap between the boards and 10mm around the edges of the room.

Now continue to step Once you are happy with the positioning you can cut the sheet with scissors or a retractable knife. You can then move on to the second row. But the edges of the foam from your second row as close as possible to the foam of the first row — making sure the foam DOES NOT overlap. The second row should now be on top of the first-row overlap foil, and the foam butted against that of the first section but not overlapping the foam. You will likely need to precisely cut the underlay around areas that are not perfectly square, or where there are other obstructions.

The final row will also need to be cut to fit. It is good practice to tape all the seams with vapor tape whether your brand has provided a tape strip or not — this will provide extra protection against potential damp problems in the future. Now is a good time to consider your expansion gap , and how best to stagger the laminate.

Begin placing the boards against the longest wall, starting from the left and working your way right, making sure to place spacers along the wall to maintain the expansion gap. The groove edge should be facing out into the room. When cutting the final board, measure it and cut it with a circular saw or jigsaw. Remember to maintain the expansion gap. You may need to use the pull-bar to fit the board correctly. Pay specific attention to the staggering pattern, and ensure it conforms to best practices as discussed in our article — How to stagger laminate flooring.

To do this you will hold the piece of flooring at a degree angle and maneuver the tongue edge into the groove of the preceding row, then lower the flooring flat to activate the lock mechanism.

When installing laminate flooring the laminate needs to be able to slide under the door jambs so it appears that the door jambs are installed on top of the laminate flooring. The trick is to cut the door jamb at the right height so it fits snug under the jamb. You don't want to cut it too high and have a space the looks unsightly. The first step is to use a piece of the flooring your going to install, usually a small piece.