Laminate Flooring Quarter Round Installation

Length laminate quarter round molding 9 98.

Laminate flooring quarter round installation. Wide x 94 5 in. Homeowners install quarter round molding at the base of a wall to hide gaps and imperfections between the wall and a laminate floor or between the baseboard molding and a laminate floor. Cut the moldings according to. Thick x 0 75 in.

Measure and cut your quarter round molding to the length needed to fit the wall. Do you always need quarter round when you are having a wood floor installed if a baseboard is being installed. Thick x 0 75 in. It can be confusing trying to cut all the angles you may encounter.

Just a quick video to show you how you hide the seems of the laminate flooring that meets up to the base board. I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary. Length laminate quarter round molding 9 99. Depending on size you may need to place multiple quarter rounds on one side.

Quarter round molding is a thin strip of wood shaped with two flat sides and a rounded crest. Quarter round should match the floor. Pergo soft oak glazed glazed oak 0 62 in. Wide x 94 5 in.

Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round. This finish molding is commonly connected to baseboard trim along the floor to protect the wood and hide imperfections at the base. Quarter round molding typically offers some flexibility allowing the molding to sit on the floor even if the floor is not level. Sweep and clean your new laminate to remove dust and any scraps that may be in the expansion gap or around the edge of the flooring.

Pergo classic auburn oak royal oak 0 62 in.