How To Install Laminate Flooring Around Sliding Doors

Note the location of your bottom pivot plates and mark the location on your laminate flooring.

How to install laminate flooring around sliding doors.

Remove the doors and install your bottom door mounts in the location of the bottom pivot plates on both doors. You don t want the floor to slope down or up where the laminate meets the sliding glass door frame. Step 1 install the flooring ending one half inch from the edge of the front door. Preparing concrete at sliding glass doors to install laminate flooring.

The best option for covering gaps in laminate flooring is by using custom pieces. 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. After cutting the long pieces at the correct thickness i glue them in front of the sliding door frame with construction adhesive. This line will be your cut mark.

If the floor slopes up it will cause a hollow space underneath. 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. When i find the thickness i need i cut down the laminate planks the long way and use the long pieces. 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. Drill through the laminate flooring and into your subfloor. The small pieces i m using are cut off the ends of the laminate flooring. If it slopes down your transition will not sit on the floor properly.

I use my table saw to cut the strips. When installing laminate at sliding glass doors you want the floor to be level with the rest of the room. Make use of various t molds that are available for your laminate here.