How To Install Laminate Flooring Around Sliding Doors

Step 1 install the flooring ending one half inch from the edge of the front door.

How to install laminate flooring around sliding doors.

Drill through the laminate flooring and into your subfloor. Step 2 measure the doorway and cut a piece of laminate end molding to fit using a miter saw and box to get an exact cut. Trim with a 1 8 inch gap after the flooring has been laid. I use my table saw to cut the strips.

Go to the place where you bought your flooring or any home improvement store that stocks flooring. When i find the thickness i need i cut down the laminate planks the long way and use the long pieces. Note the location of your bottom pivot plates and mark the location on your laminate flooring. First butt a piece of laminate against the bottom of the door jamb and draw a line where the top of the laminate meets the door jamb.

Preparing concrete at sliding glass doors to install laminate flooring. Measure the lip of the threshold s trim and leave enough clearance between the door and the flooring to install the threshold. Using the undercut saw and a scrap piece of laminate for backing cut the door jamb and adjoining trim away. If it slopes down your transition will not sit on the floor properly.

This line will be your cut mark. You don t want the floor to slope down or up where the laminate meets the sliding glass door frame. Make use of various t molds that are available for your laminate here. When installing laminate at sliding glass doors you want the floor to be level with the rest of the room.

Remove the doors and install your bottom door mounts in the location of the bottom pivot plates on both doors. After cutting the long pieces at the correct thickness i glue them in front of the sliding door frame with construction adhesive. Place a piece of threshold trim available at the flooring supplier next to patio doors or similar thresholds where you need to stop the laminate flooring.