How To Install Laminate Floor Around Cable Wires

Most diyers can complete laminate floor installation in one day.

How to install laminate floor around cable wires.

Most of the hard work is done. How to install electrical wire under flooring. Before installing the laminate flooring take a look around see if you need to reroute or hide any exposed wires or telephone cords cables. If you have another floor to go you can follow the same steps in the same order.

The product we are using in this video is lowes quick step. See my flooring install playlist. 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. All you need to do now is to install the box into the wall and feed the wire to it.

Installing a wall switch or bringing old wiring up to code by adding outlets as part of a remodeling project is a little more challenging than. Because it is not attached to the subfloor you can run speaker wires or telephone cables under a laminate floor by cutting a notch in the subfloor with a circular saw. 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. In this video jon and i install a laminate or floating floor in one of his bedrooms at his house.

If the subfloor is concrete pass wires behind the baseboard on the perimeter of the floor. Pull the e thernet cable to its destination and you re set.