How to Fill in Holes Around a Door With Laminate Flooring

One of the trickier parts of laying a laminate floor is dealing with the area around any doors in the room you're working in. If you've nearly completed your whole room and are left with a few gaps around your door frame, there are a few tricks you can employ to make the process a lot easier.

Pen
Hand saw
Tape measure
Laminate boards
Jigsaw
Door threshold
Silicone sealant gun

Instructions

- 1
  Lay a laminate board on the floor against the architraves of your door frame.
- 2
  Mark your architrave with a pen just above the top of the laminate board.
- 3
  Remove the section of architrave below the mark with a handsaw. You can now slot laminate boards into the gap you've created. This will be a lot quicker and easier than cutting your boards to fit your architraves.
- 4
  Measure the holes in your flooring with a tape measure including the gap at the bottom of your architraves. Remember to account for any expansion gap you need to leave as directed by the manufacturer of your flooring.
- 5
  Mark a laminate board with the dimensions you've taken and then cut it to shape with a jigsaw.
- 6
  Slot your cut board into place using the fitting method recommended by the manufacturer of your laminate flooring.
- 7
  Place a door threshold over the expansion gap between your flooring and your door frame. Secure this into place with a silicone sealant gun.

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