Cutting Laminate Flooring Around Metal Door Frames

If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim.

Cutting laminate flooring around metal door frames.

The easiest and quickest way to cut laminate floor boards. Which jigsaw blades to use. 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. But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under the door jambs or through the door lining or door frame it seems impossible to get them in without.

Cutting around door frames filling the gap. Using a framing square measure the depth of your door jamb by sliding the square under the newly cut gap until the tool hits the door frame or stud. Being in perth wa this frame is metal. Cutting around door frames.

Use the right jigsaw blade so you do not chip the laminate. 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 on the inner jamb as well as both sides of the door where the trim is located.