Laminate Flooring - finishing edges?

AuntyJean

We have laid laminate flooring abutted to the skirting boards (couldn't take them off or we would have had to replaster everywhere!).

Used edging strips (and spacers) which we nailed to the skirting (as the floor is concrete) but have a problems round door frames as they are really fiddly. This means there is no way we could mitre the edging strips and anyway, the doors wouldn't close if we did.

So, has anyone any ideas as to how to neatly finish edges where there is still a gap between the woodwork and the flooring? Is there some sort of sealant you use (if so can you buy it in shades of brown)?

We also have a solid wooden door divider about 8 inches wide which the lamite abuts to but not evenly - any ideas how to cover the gaps and still allow room for door to close?

All advice appreciated.

voodoozoe

B & Q had some sealant type stuff for if you chipped the laminate or knocked a chunk out of it and it had all the "wood" colours like beech, maple etc. When we did ours OH cut little laminate pieces with a jigsaw for the bigger gaps then sealed the smaller gaps with the stuff. You may get the stuff cheaper somewhere else though (floors to go etc.?).

Hope this helps...good luck!!!!!

martindow

How about rope? The usual thing with door frames is to cut the wood at the bottom so that the flooring can slide under and hide the gap. We have got an old house with very wavy walls so the usual strips of wood would not have worked. We were recommended to use rope. We bought a reel of 15mm natural rope from a ships chandler and ran that around the edges with a blob of instant adhesive every few inches. The natural colour blends quite well and I think looks better than artificial looking edging strips. It needs vacuuming as dust tends to accumulate against the wall

gerryfitz

Just fitted a 'washed beech' laminate floor for my daughter.

The door frames were a pain.

We cut them from a paper template and filled the gaps with sealant (cream coloured) from B&Q, worked fine.

bockster

another method i have seen, is to lay the edging strips, not just to the end of the skirting, but on past the architrave and mitre back into the door frame, thus effectively squareing off the shape of the architrave and then filling the void created with the correct coloured sealer. didn't look too bad. hope i've explained that o.k.