Installing A Threshold On Laminate Flooring

Installing a hardwood threshold molding with floating floors.

Installing a threshold on laminate flooring.

Use a rubber mallet to tap it snugly into place if needed. Position the threshold underneath the doorstops. A general rule for installing any type of hardwood flooring is to start on the longest exterior wall. Typically a piece of shoe moulding is used to cover a small gap against a threshold.

Pre drill pilot holes into the threshold. Nail the threshold to the floor with flooring nails. This transition strip is designed for joining a laminate floor to a tile floor. Also used to transition a wood floor to different floors to make them fit together perfectly such as high pile carpeting or tile.

Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on. In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar. Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day. I prefer my rips out of sight so when possible i start my floors at the front of the house and put my rips at the back of the house.

Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue. Application typically used at exterior doorways as a transition between flooring and the threshold. The hardwood strip is unfinished and can be stained to match the color of the laminate flooring. Sometimes due to wear and tear from age or frequent use your laminate flooring will start to give way.

Measure and mark threshold flooring pieces. If your flooring runs parallel with the door you ll likely have only one piece of laminate to trim. Ceramic tile floors tend to be higher than laminate floors because tile is installed over cement board while laminate usually lies over a thin foam underlayment. While you can call a handy man or floor expert to come in and fix the problem why waste hard earned money when you can do it yourself.

The glue will loosen and you may find your laminate threshold popping up. Once you trim the door jamb to the proper clearance you ll want to measure and mark the piece or pieces of laminate going through the threshold. The threshold plate to laminate floor transition point is still visible when someone stands or crosses through a doorway and you need to keep cuts as straight as possible for a clean finish. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time.