Going Around Trim With Laminate Flooring

Floating floors will expand and contract with changes in the interior home climate.

Going around trim with laminate flooring.

Quarter round is used to accent the transitions quarter round is used to accent the transitions from baseboard to floor surface especially in retrofitted floors where the baseboard typically is not removed. This popular flooring often has the look of a more expensive hardwood floor or other materials such as marble at a price a budget conscious homeowner will like. Laminate floors come in a wide variety of patterns textures styles and colors. Armstrong flooring offers a wide selection of coordinated trim and molding to complete almost any hardwood laminate luxury vinyl tile or engineered stone tile look.

Nail the trim piece into place starting at approximately four feet from the floor. To find the coordinating trim and molding we recommend for your particular flooring look at trim and moldings under the installation section on the flooring product detail page. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions. Laminate floor is going stronger than ever with exceptionally realistic looks mimicking the current flooring trends in solid hardwood.

If there s a gap under your door casing and also a gap between two rooms under a door where two different installations of laminate flooring join you can install t molding to hide both gaps. Length laminate multi purpose reducer molding. In this video i am showing how to install laminate flooring for the first time. The quarter round provides a subtle blend between the gap in the floor and the wall.

Install the vertical trim piece by putting it in position with the 90 degree cut end resting on the laminate floor. Wide x 72 in. Technologies now allow us to even replicate hand scraped and reclaimed wood looks in affordable easy to maintain laminate flooring. Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects.