How To Cut Laminate Flooring Around Corners

Use the jigsaw to cut out the profile cutting on the waste side of the line.

How to cut laminate flooring around corners. Cutting laminated wood from the back minimizes chip-out but you want to drill from the front because a drill bit causes serious chip-out when it emerges. Plunge the saw blade into the laminate flooring. Use a T molding at a 45 degree angle between the wall corners to essentially miter the entire hallway like a picture frame.

The distance from the end of the last board to the beginning of the corner and the distances from the corner to the tongue-edge of the board. Grab your piece of paper. The problem is that the bottom step of the stairs is curved at the corner.

Place the tile on a stand or hold it steady with clamps. Let go of the blade guard and allow it to snap into place. Use a pencil or chalk to mark where the line you want to separate the board.

Make sure it is big enough for your object. Sawhorses and a piece of plywood would make a pretty ideal workbench for this task and would be the easiest and most convenient method in my opinion. I am laying laminate flooring in my hallway.

For cutting around odd-shaped obstacles use the profile gauge to replicate the profile of the obstacle. Youll see this more from the living room but it gives more symmetry from the perspective of the hallway itself. Hold a piece of paper around the pillar or pipes and trace around the objects.

Hold the gun at a 45-degree angle and position its tip at one end of the gap between the floor and the wall trim. I dont think a herringbone turn is possible with most laminates due to the disparate tongue and groove. Make a paper pattern to help you make curved cuts and avoid wasting laminate flooring.