The best method to finish a wood floor at an in situ fire hearth is largely not for the faint hearted but it is for those that require the neatest detailed looking finish.
How to finish wood floor around fireplace.
In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.
Flooring installer first suggested using a piece of.
Trying to solve the problem of how to finish the edge where the straight wood flooring meets the very irregular stone hearth.
Hardwood at fireplace hearths.
Step 2 pry off mantel photo by brian wilder.
The method we use is to undercut the hearth.
Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.
Laminate flooring won t fit tight against most fireplaces.
Make sure all wood framing and lath are at least 2 inches away from the firebox opening as.
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.
The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to.
This process is very similar to undercutting a door lining frame.
It might be more work but it adds the look of craftsmanship to your floor.
Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps.
Some carpenters use a special saw to undercut the rock so the flooring fits under it but nothing looks better than trimmed flooring cut to fit.
There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them.
Place a scrap section of hardwood flooring and a piece of the underlayment you will be using on the subfloor flush against the fireplace where it meets the floor.
Use prybars to gently remove mantel from wall as shown.
We just had solid 3 4 inch maple flooring installed.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
If the mantel is to be reused mark its outline on wall and floor.