Cut Laminate Floor After Its Been Laid

A reciprocating saw can be difficult to keep cutting on a straight line especially in a case like this where you don t necessarily want to cut all the way through the sub floor and floor joists too hehehe.

Cut laminate floor after its been laid.

Cutting laminate thats already laid. Remember that you have to place spacers around the walls otherwise the laminate might expand in time and create issues. If you need to make curved cuts create a paper pattern first and place the pattern over the laminate to ensure accuracy when you re cutting. Installed laminate flooring may take weeks to dry if ever.

This will definitely cause the laminate to chip. To cut laminate flooring measure and mark the laminate s surface so you know where to cut then use a circular saw or a handsaw with at least 18 teeth per inch to make straight cuts. After you have cut the laminate flooring board you have to lay it on the sub floor to see if it fits into position. This may create a small amount of extra material waste so it would be wise to have extra laminate flooring on hand to make up the difference.

If you took accurate measurements and used our tips to cut the planks you shouldn t have any issue while laying it into position. I want to leave the laminate in the hall but take it up in the sitting room. We laid pergo like laminate flooring several years ago. By garyk sat dec 29 2007 8 43 pm.

Using a miter saw. In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. A miter saw is nice because all you need is a simple little mark and the saw will do the rest of the work this is the ideal tool and can cut perfect 90 degree cuts or any other angle up to 50 degrees for most saws. Hi i have laminate flooring that goes from the hallway into a sitting room.

Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue. Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day. You can use either a sliding model or a non sliding model just make sure the blade is large enough to cut the entire width of the laminate flooring in one pass. After complete drying the laminate flooring will never return to its original dimensions.

2 posts page 1 of 1. Given this it is absolutely critical that water is kept away from laminate flooring as much as possible. Carpet thats been stuck down with an adhesive by paul1300 sat apr 04 2009. And a circular saw blade cuts while coming up through a surface.

How can i cut a like an inch or so more of room around the edge of the flooring when its already laid.