Floor Trim Around Hearth

I wouldn t be very happy with the thickness of your trim or the colour as it catches the eye too much.

Floor trim around hearth. How to trim laminate floor around a fireplace. Item 1524924 model lmqsu00603. One at the finished vertical height of the floor so the flooring will slide under and the other flush with the subfloor. A fire hearth is the focal point of any room.

I think a one piece slab would look good. The hearth being lower than the floor will call attention to the fact that a new floor was added. I guess a thin black bit of beading trim would look similar too. Methods for using this tool calls for two cuts into the hearth.

The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to. The hearth is often an aspect that really doesn t come into peoples minds as being important until the floor is fitted. An original hearth would be even with or higher than the floor. Floating floors will expand and contract with changes in the interior home climate.

My fitter has used a line of black filler which looks very unnoticeable. Once both cuts are made carefully chisel out the area that has been cut. My hearth is a similar set up black hearth and a wood floor fitted after hearth was put in. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.

With any wood type floor from solid wood laminate the way it looks around a fire hearth is massively important. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions. In this case i would add a new hearth.

One approach is undercutting the edges of the. You have options for trimming a laminate floor where it meets a flush or raised hearth at a fireplace. Floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects. A place where your eyes and your visitors naturally gravitate.

Concrete would work with a faux finish.