Cutting Laminate Flooring Around Metal Door Frames

The easiest and quickest way to cut laminate floor boards.

Cutting laminate flooring around metal door frames.

If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim. 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. Try not to cut higher than the gauge block or a gap will appear between the flooring and the jamb. 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.

Which jigsaw blades to use. Measure on the inner jamb as well as both sides of the door where the trim is located. Being in perth wa this frame is metal. Don t bother with downward cutting blades or turning the laminate upside down.

Use the right jigsaw blade so you do not chip the laminate. Cutting around door frames filling the gap. 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.