Cutting Laminate Flooring Around Metal Door Frames

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.

Cutting laminate flooring around metal door frames.

Being in perth wa this frame is metal. Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. The easiest and quickest way to cut laminate floor boards. Use the right jigsaw blade so you do not chip the laminate.

Cutting around door frames. Don t bother with downward cutting blades or turning the laminate upside down. 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.

Measure on the inner jamb as well as both sides of the door where the trim is located. If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim. 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.