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.
Laminate flooring around gas fireplace.
The heat a gas fireplace produces is typically directed out.
I m not sure whether i should lay the laminate wood flooring first and go all the way up to the wall then sit the new fireplace etc on top or fit the fireplace first and cut the flooring up to it leaving the need for nasty edge trimming.
Hi peeps i have removed a gas fire and brick hearth from my fireplace and will be installing a modern all in one style one.
If you have a plastic based flooring like a laminate material or another type of flooring that could melt or crack under constant heat consider using a hearth rug.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
Sometimes the heat can be directed at the flooring you use in front of the fireplace.
You should also leave at least two feet between your fireplace and the laminate floor that s usually the size of a hearth.
How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace.
One approach is undercutting the edges of the.
Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room.
Once the custom fitted end is done you can cut the laminate piece to length if only one piece is need for the row or install subsequent pieces to complete the row.
Trimming laminate should start at the fireplace with a custom cut that follows the contours of the fireplace stone or other material.
That s because limited exposure to a flame won t harm a plank.
You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace.
I cannot run baseboard along the bottom edge of the fireplace and i think quater round would look kind of funny between the rock on either side of the fireplace rock will be installed beside and above the fireplace on either side of the fireplace the 1 4 inch gap between the wall and the laminate flooring will be hidden by the rock.