You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace.
Laminate flooring around stone fireplace.
The best tool to use is a jamb saw used for undercutting door jambs.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace.
There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them.
The heat a gas fireplace produces is typically directed out.
Sometimes the heat can be directed at the flooring you use in front of the fireplace.
In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace.
If you have a plastic based flooring like a laminate material or another type of flooring that could melt or crack under constant heat consider using a hearth rug.
Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated.
The idea of installing hardwood flooring in a room with a fireplace is one that many homeowners find appealing until it s time to install the flooring around the fireplace mantel and hearth area.
Suddenly the idea can seem complicated.
But don t let that deter you.
To undercut a fireplace you will need a specialized tool.
Trimming laminate should start at the fireplace with a custom cut that follows the contours of the fireplace stone or other material.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1.
You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit.
Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple.
One approach is undercutting the edges of the.