Laminate Flooring Around Stone Fireplace

In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace.

Laminate flooring around stone fireplace.

How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace. How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace. Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room. Once the custom fitted end is done you can cut the laminate piece to length if only one piece is need for the row or install subsequent pieces to complete the row.

To undercut a fireplace you will need a specialized tool. You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit. One approach is undercutting the edges of the. Sometimes the heat can be directed at the flooring you use in front of the 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. But don t let that deter you. Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple. The heat a gas fireplace produces is typically directed out.

In this case a floor has to be custom fit. The idea when undercutting fireplaces for laminate flooring is to cut out the bottom of the fireplace so the laminate or hardwood flooring will slide under and look as if the fireplace was built on top of the flooring. Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated. You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace.

There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them. 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. Suddenly the idea can seem complicated.