Cutting Laminate Flooring Around Metal Door Frames

Cut the door s molding and the jamb behind it while keeping the saw on top of the gauge block.

Cutting laminate flooring around metal door frames.

Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. 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. Cutting around door frames filling the gap. Which jigsaw blades to use.

Being in perth wa this frame is metal. 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. Don t bother with downward cutting blades or turning the laminate upside down. 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.

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. Cutting around door frames. The easiest and quickest way to cut laminate floor boards.