"Mark Trueman" wrote in message
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Hi,
Currently our front room and dining room are joined (by a 1.5 m
archway) and have the same laminate flooring running through. We are
going to change the front room laminate to new laminate this weekend,
but leaving the dining room laminate in place. I have 2 questions about
this process.
1. Whats the best way to cut the laminate where the 2 rooms join. I was
thinking of just using a tenon saw to do a deep score and then snapping
the laminate (if i cant saw all the way through), but any other ideas
would be great. The subfloor is floorboards by the way. I suppose a
router could be used, but i dont have one.
2. Where the new laminate and the old laminate join we want to have as
seamless a joint as possible, but there has to be some kind of strip to
cover the join (as i assume i need an expansion gap here). We dont want
one of the metal ones, and thought maybe a bit of beading stained and
varnished would suffice. Is this going to be resistant enough to foot
traffic. Any other ideas as to a non-intrusive mechanism for joining
the new and old flooring (one is dark oak and one is light beech)
Many thanks
Mark
You can get, from lamiinate floor suppliers, jointing strips in various
guises, carpet to laminate, laminate to laminate, laminate to lino, etc.
They come in colours to match the flooring, but in your case you would have
to decide which to match! If you are going to use one of these strips then
the cut doesn't have to be that good as there is quite a big 'overhang' on
the laminate surface. If I was doing it I would try to avoid snapping it as
this may damage the flooring you wish to leave down. If the floor is a
'clic' type can you not lift it, cut to suit and relay the piece? Otherwise
I think it would have to be a carefull pproach with a suitable tool, tenon
saw, stanley knife, etc. (you decide). If possble put a straight edge on
the florr to use as a guide and also act as protection for the floor to be
left down.
HTH
John
P.S. To see a jointing strip go to
http://www.quick-step.com/accessoires.aspx?ID=1 and click QS Incizo under
Profiles. I have used this before and it worked a treat although not
particularly cheap. There is a dealer locator on there aswell. Also look at
http://www.birbek.com/mall/WoodFloor...duct-27441.stm for
a cheaper alternative.