Engineered Wood Flooring Cutting

Be mindful that by wood flooring in this post i am referring to cutting trimming solid hardwood engineered floating click lock and laminate based flooring systems.

Engineered wood flooring cutting.

You may make a mistake or two when trimming but that s what the 5 10 overage on the order is for see the engineered wood flooring price guide for details finishing the job. When you run into columns or doorways cut the planks to fit on both sides taking care to maintain the expansion gap. A table saw is particularly useful for cutting the length of either solid wood or engineered floorboards accurately. A jig saw will enable you to cut custom shapes into your wood flooring planks.

In this diy how to cut wood flooring video we ll show you over a dozen difficult cuts and how to cut wood flooring around doors cutting wood floors and ho. You may have to cut the first board using a circular or miter saw with a blade designed for engineered wood flooring. Solid hardwood flooring returns a high resale value feels warm underfoot during the cold months and can easily be refinished. And in the broadest sense using a saw blade with fine teeth rated to cut wood laminate floors will give you a better looking cut that one with less teeth as a general reference.

In the trade the term for this is rip cutting. Lay a piece of scrap flooring next to the jamb so you know how high to cut in order to remove it.