Laminate Flooring Around Fireplace
The laminate needs room to expand and contract.
Laminate flooring around fireplace. Laminate flooring won t fit tight against most fireplaces. I d recommend not having the laminate that close to the fireplace at all because the heat may cause the laminate to bubble or warp. Video of the day. If you ve ever wondered how to get your laminate flooring to butt up against your irregularly shaped fireplace this is how i did it.
This will fill space yet still allow the floor to expand and contract. To undercut a fireplace you will need a specialized tool. It might be more work but it adds the look of craftsmanship to your floor. To install the flooring around a curved fireplace hearth lay a strip of cork around the perimeter of the brick base of the fireplace.
Step 4 mark the boards to cut. The best tool to use is a jamb saw used for undercutting door jambs. One approach is undercutting the edges of the hearth to receive the flooring. Life is an std with no cure and 100 fatality rate.
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.