Slide a scrap piece of laminate under the baseboard heater to see if the laminate will fit under it whole.
Installing hardwood floors under baseboard heating.
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Leave a 1 4 inch or larger gap between the existing baseboard and the new hardwood flooring you are installing.
If you don t have enough clearance you will need to notch the pieces around the baseboard heater.
Use 1 2 inch spacers to assist in maintaining the 1 2 inch expansion gap between the first row of flooring planks and the wall.
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Otherwise you can install the laminate under the heater cutting the pieces according to the wall.
Slide the boards in the last course under the heaters and into the gap between the second last course and the wall.