How to Fill in Holes Around a Door With Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring can be difficult to lay around doors.

One of the trickier parts of laying a laminate floor is dealing with the area around any doors in the room you're working in. If you've nearly completed your whole room and are left with a few gaps around your door frame, there are a few tricks you can employ to make the process a lot easier.

Things You'll Need

• Pen
• Hand saw
• Tape measure
• Laminate boards
• Jigsaw
• Door threshold
• Silicone sealant gun

Instructions

1. Lay a laminate board on the floor against the architraves of your door frame.

2. Mark your architrave with a pen just above the top of the laminate board.

3. Remove the section of architrave below the mark with a handsaw. You can now slot laminate boards into the gap you've created. This will be a lot quicker and easier than cutting your boards to fit your architraves.

4. Measure the holes in your flooring with a tape measure including the gap at the bottom of your architraves. Remember to account for any expansion gap you need to leave as directed by the manufacturer of your flooring.

5. Mark a laminate board with the dimensions you've taken and then cut it to shape with a jigsaw.

6. Slot your cut board into place using the fitting method recommended by the manufacturer of your laminate flooring.

7. Place a door threshold over the expansion gap between your flooring and your door frame. Secure this into place with a silicone sealant gun.

Tips & Warnings

• You can buy laminate putty to fill any smaller gaps in your flooring around a door.

References

• Homebase: How to Lay Laminate Flooring
• Ultimate Handyman: Working Around Door Frames