Help needed with floating floor!

[Tash]

Hi Everyone,

I am about to start laying a floating floor and I have one huge question! How do I lay the floating floor neatly and nicely around the door frames without taking those areas apart and sawing off an inch or two at the bottom for the timber flooring to sit snuggly underneath???? I have removed the skirting boards to have the flooring look nice and "finished" along the wall, but please, how do I work around the door frames without it looking cheap and nasty?

I hope I have explained myself well enough for all of you to understand, I am quite the novice and find it difficult to articulate what I mean when it comes to renovations.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Tasha

[Tash]

Hi it's the novice once again. I have just read a few posts about "beading" and finishing timber floor edges with said product. Any help on what beading is and what is does would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Tasha

[jasonbrisbane]

5 seconds with google found this

http://www.aspen-laminate-wood-flooring.co.uk/pergo_accessories.htm

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=beading%2Bfloating+floor&meta=

remember google is your friend:)

[Tash]

Thanks for your help.

[Scooterscum]

gidday Tasha
You could aso try doing a search on this forum. Floating floors have been discussed quite a bit in the past and I have found these discussions very helpful.
regards Simon

[alexeib]

What you guys do with door jumbs is undercut them:
- you get a piece of scrap flooring (the same thickness as the rest of the floor);
- you get yourself a sharp fine saw (I found those japanese imitations work very well);
- you place saw on top of scrap piece and you gently and paitiently saw architarves/jumbs so that the floor slides underneath them.

[Jacksin]

What has always interested me about floating floors, is if they are to be left free of walls, jambs, skirtings etc to allow for movement, what happens when you put heavy cupboards, robes or fridge on it?
Jack ;)

[beejay1]

What has always interested me about floating floors, is if they are to be left free of walls, jambs, skirtings etc to allow for movement, what happens when you put heavy cupboards, robes or fridge on it?
Jack ;)
Absolutely nothing happens. When its down it stays put and no amount of dragging furniture around will move it.The movement you are talking about is simply expansion and contraction caused by temp changes.
beejay1

http://community.webshots.com/user/eunos9

[arms]

how do I work around the door frames without it looking cheap and nasty?

hi ,the easiest way i have found to trim door frames is to use a biscuit joiner as a saw and simply pack it off the floor to the desired height and slide it across the floor ,which will cut the jambs so that the floor can sit under them

[Scooterscum]

how do I work around the door frames without it looking cheap and nasty?

hi ,the easiest way i have found to trim door frames is to use a biscuit joiner as a saw and simply pack it off the floor to the desired height and slide it across the floor ,which will cut the jambs so that the floor can sit under them

A biscuit joiner - what a brilliant and yet simple idea!! (No wonder I never thought of it!!)
Thanks Tom, that tip is going to make my job so much easier when I get around to doing my floors.

Thanks again
Simon

[Kris.Parker1]

I'd be more concerned about the getting from one room to the other without falling in the water let alone trying to balance furniture on it....

Ha ha

:eek:

Cheers

Kris

P.S. Couldn't resist...

[Gaza]

forget the biscut joiner, what you need is under cut saw. This is a special saw that is fully adjustable with 7in blade on it.

will post photo tommorrow...

[Kris.Parker1]

...any help on what beading is and what is does would be greatly appreciated

Tasha,

Beading is usually a thin and narrow wood finishing that covers over joins in wood to cover joins in order to highlight or hide those joins.

It is also used as a projecting narrow molding with 180-degree radius often used to outline a door or panel on a door, etc...

It can be also used to put accents on furniture, the most common place to see what beading is if you looked at a wood cupboard, a lot of these have beding to highlight patterns, etc.

Hope that helps.