Installing Laminate Flooring Around Curved Fireplace

Trimming laminate should start at the fireplace with a custom cut that follows the contours of the fireplace stone or other material.

Installing laminate flooring around curved fireplace.

We have a fireplace hearth that looks just like that and we are in the process of installing solid hardwood floors. Curved fireplace what did you do. Here is an easy trick how to install hardwood or laminate flooring around curved walls. One approach is undercutting the edges of the.

Suddenly the idea can seem complicated. How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace. Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1. Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.

Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated. In this case a floor has to be custom fit. What did you finally decide to do and do you have any finished pictures. That fireplace is my obsession of the.

Start installing the flooring at the curved wall. Once the custom fitted end is done you can cut the laminate piece to length if only one piece is need for the row or install subsequent pieces to complete the row. The idea of installing hardwood flooring in a room with a fireplace is one that many homeowners find appealing until it s time to install the flooring around the fireplace mantel and hearth area. You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace.

I saw your post from 2008 about your laminate flooring and curved fireplace. Butt the board you cut for the beginning of the curve against the wall nail it in place then install the rest of the course.