Cutting Floor Around Door

Laying laminate through doorways where two rooms meet getting them neat around the door jambs.

Cutting floor around door.

Vinyl floor tiles are a fast and easy way to change the look of a room. Most toe kick saws cut to a maximum depth of 3 4 inches which is just enough for solid hardwood flooring. If not you ll need an undercut saw to trim your door jamb neatly and. In this video i show you how i installed some luxury vinyl plank flooring around a couple of doors.

Adjust the cutting depth of a toe kick saw to the thickness of the flooring. Deep with a utility knife. Ceramic tile is difficult to cut at odd angles while wood is much easier to cut. Wide strip of masking tape along the line to protect the door s finish from the circular saw s base plate.

Mark the cutting line on the top face and edges of the door and apply a 6 in. They are ideal for bathrooms because they are water resistant and when laid properly will protect the sub floor from water damage. Install all of the ceramic tiles in the room first. Then install the door casing leaving a small space between the top of the tile and the bottom of the casing.

If you re removing old flooring the door jamb may already have enough clearance for your new laminate. They are easy to shape for placement around objects because all you need are scissors. Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. Have the necessary tools for this diy door molding project lined up before you start you ll save time and frustration.

But cutting the small return can be tricky. Photos 1 and 2 below show one solution. Cut the door s molding and the jamb behind it while keeping the saw on top of the gauge block. Trim the door jamb.

Then pull out the hinge pins and lay the door on padded sawhorses. Tile around door casing. 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. Before you install laminate flooring of choice you ll first want to trim your existing door jamb to make room for your new floor.

Install flooring before everything else. But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under. Required tools for this project.