Floor Trim Around Hearth

How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace.

Floor trim around hearth.

A fire hearth is the focal point of any room. I think a one piece slab would look good. You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace. An original hearth would be even with or higher than the floor.

One approach is undercutting the edges of the. Once both cuts are made carefully chisel out the area that has been cut. One at the finished vertical height of the floor so the flooring will slide under and the other flush with the subfloor. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

I guess a thin black bit of beading trim would look similar too. Floating floors will expand and contract with changes in the interior home climate. The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. A place where your eyes and your visitors naturally gravitate.

The hearth being lower than the floor will call attention to the fact that a new floor was added. Not leaving the proper expansion gap around all fixed objects could lead to buckling squeaking or end joint peaking. The hearth is often an aspect that really doesn t come into peoples minds as being important until the floor is fitted. Smartcore 0 71 in x 94 49 in blue ridge pine plastic floor quarter round.

Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. Floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects. After the flooring is installed it will provide the best appearance possible. I wouldn t be very happy with the thickness of your trim or the colour as it catches the eye too much.

Concrete would work with a faux finish. Item 1524924 model lmqsu00603. Methods for using this tool calls for two cuts into the hearth. With any wood type floor from solid wood laminate the way it looks around a fire hearth is massively important.

My hearth is a similar set up black hearth and a wood floor fitted after hearth was put in.