Cutting Laminate Flooring Around Metal Door Frames

The easiest and quickest way to cut laminate floor boards.

Cutting laminate flooring around metal door frames.

Measure on the inner jamb as well as both sides of the door where the trim is located. Which jigsaw blades to use. 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. Cut the door s molding and the jamb behind it while keeping the saw on top of the gauge block.

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

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. 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.