It is essential to leave an adequate expansion gap when installing a laminate floor.
Laminate floor beading around door frames.
Professional edging fitting in laminate flooring.
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.
Leave a little less of a gap than they call for around the walls and then fill with a matching putty caulk or silicone.
I live in an older apartment that has metal door frames.
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.
So in this video i learnt how install scotia beading but a.
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However scotia beading performs an important role.
Because laminate and wooden flooring tends to expand and shrink depending on the temperature of the room in which it is laid it is never laid so that it sits flush to the wall there is always a gap that is left between the floor finishing and the wall starting.
I ve been working through my list of odd jobs to do while it s been constantly heavily recently.
A guide of how to fit scotia trims.
This video shows how to install scotia beading around a laminate floor.
Hi firstly the door frames architraves and inch of skirting next to architrave should have been cut to the same height as the thickness as your floor underlay then the flooring should have traveled underneath leaving the expansion gap hidden under the architrave.
These trims and fittings allow the floor to seamlessly join together as it travels through door ways and when joining to the edge of the room.
If it s a very small room go ahead.