Cutting Laminate Flooring Lengthwise

Make a small mark on the edge of the laminate so you know where to cut or use a chalk pencil to draw your measurement line across the face of the laminate.

Cutting laminate flooring lengthwise.

As we have already said it is essential to leave about 1 3 around all walls as. Just make sure you have clamps or a stand that can hold both ends of the board so that you can make the slice without the boards falling or moving. In order to cut the last laminate board in a row first you have to lay it with the tongue towards the wall. In most of the cases you have to cut the last.

These are more of a specialty tool and are only recommended if you have a lot of these types of cuts to make because they tablesaw is only useful for these types of cuts and nothing else so keep this in mind when looking at buying a tablesaw just for a one time laminate flooring install. If you are going to. Typically it s the last few planks that need to be ripped those that run parallel to and adjacent to one of the walls in the room. Use a straight edge or another laminate.

Work with great care and take accurate measurements otherwise the boards won t fit into location. Lay the laminate flooring board down making sure the tongue is oriented towards the wall. When you want to cut the material lengthwise follow the same steps written above. Measure the length required using your tape measure mark the board for the cut use your square and pen or pencil to create a straight line across the face of the board.

Cutting laminate to length. Place spacers along the walls. No other tool will cut laminate flooring lengthwise better than a tablesaw. Cutting a piece of laminate flooring long ways is called ripping the material.

2 mark the line on the laminate flooring.