How To Cut Vinyl Flooring Around Door Frame

In this video i show you how to easily measure and mark a laminate plank to go around a doorjamb.

How to cut vinyl flooring around door frame. It s easy to click boards together but how you handle transition areas makes the difference between a professional and amateur looking job. 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. Here s how to cut vinyl tile around door jambs and how to cut vinyl tile to fit around a toilet around a corner or other obstacles. Cutting vinyl tile to fit around obstacles can be tricky.

For more information visit us at. If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim. 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. The picture below is terrible quality apologies.

It s easy to end up with an unsightly gap. And the door frame is very old and battered from years of traffic and several coats of paint. There is not much room to manoeuvre. In this video i.

This technique is very simple and you will be surprised. Dave demostrates the proper method of flooring installation around doors casings jambs and baseboards.