Laminate Flooring into a curved Bay?
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The GF has decided she shall be having a laminate floor in the living room.
Who am I to argue?
Anyway ignoring the pro and cons of laminatehow on earth do you lay it into a curved bay window?
I guess I can trim /cut the actual slats of wood / laminate fake wood to a rough shape that would be covered by the "edging" but how on earth do you make the edging curve round?
Any advice before I bugger it up?
Who am I to argue?
Anyway ignoring the pro and cons of laminatehow on earth do you lay it into a curved bay window?
I guess I can trim /cut the actual slats of wood / laminate fake wood to a rough shape that would be covered by the "edging" but how on earth do you make the edging curve round?
Any advice before I bugger it up?
Edited by Dan_1981 on Friday 3rd September 15:02
Dependes what the edging is made off. I once had to edge round a curved shower base , the edging wasn't wood it was some kind of plastic.
SO I ended up heating it gently with a blow torch and bending it into position, then fixing it with no-more nails as I obviously could nail into the shower base.
SO I ended up heating it gently with a blow torch and bending it into position, then fixing it with no-more nails as I obviously could nail into the shower base.
convert said:
Does it have skirting board already in the bay?
If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
You also get machines for trimming the bottoms off doors and skirting boards without removing them to allow you to put laminate under them. Presumably some sort of router type device. Remember seeing them a while ago when I was doing laminate into a curved area. I ended up making some pretty sweet hand curved skirting board to go above it, but it was a labour of love and took ages.If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
Nevin said:
convert said:
Does it have skirting board already in the bay?
If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
You also get machines for trimming the bottoms off doors and skirting boards without removing them to allow you to put laminate under them. Presumably some sort of router type device. Remember seeing them a while ago when I was doing laminate into a curved area. I ended up making some pretty sweet hand curved skirting board to go above it, but it was a labour of love and took ages.If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
Oh dear this sounds complex!
Yes the skirting is down, and I wasn't wanting to take it up.... the arcatrave round the door looks pretty simple, lop a bit of the bottom and slide the laminate under.
Infact actually putting the laminate down into the bay shoudl be ok as long as i can cut a smooth enough curve, its the cover up beading thingy stuff that i'm worrying about....
Yes the skirting is down, and I wasn't wanting to take it up.... the arcatrave round the door looks pretty simple, lop a bit of the bottom and slide the laminate under.
Infact actually putting the laminate down into the bay shoudl be ok as long as i can cut a smooth enough curve, its the cover up beading thingy stuff that i'm worrying about....
Dan_1981 said:
Oh dear this sounds complex!
Yes the skirting is down, and I wasn't wanting to take it up.... the arcatrave round the door looks pretty simple, lop a bit of the bottom and slide the laminate under.
Infact actually putting the laminate down into the bay shoudl be ok as long as i can cut a smooth enough curve, its the cover up beading thingy stuff that i'm worrying about....
It does sound complex , but if you proceed with the cover trim " solution " you will hate it forever more .Yes the skirting is down, and I wasn't wanting to take it up.... the arcatrave round the door looks pretty simple, lop a bit of the bottom and slide the laminate under.
Infact actually putting the laminate down into the bay shoudl be ok as long as i can cut a smooth enough curve, its the cover up beading thingy stuff that i'm worrying about....
There have been some truly awfull examples of cover trim installs posted on here, I am surprised anyone even considers it an answer.
You know it makes sense
Simpo Two said:
It's the trim he's worried about, not the laminate.
Is the trim bendy enough to force in and glue/nail to the wall?
If not how about cutting the laminate to 5mm away and then filling with a large bead of sealant?
Misread the op, just bend the trim to suit, as mentioned the trims are not the best looking option but for a diyer its allot easier than to take the skirting off in a bay.Is the trim bendy enough to force in and glue/nail to the wall?
If not how about cutting the laminate to 5mm away and then filling with a large bead of sealant?
convert said:
Does it have skirting board already in the bay?
If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
This is he way I did it. Plus the trim looks tacky like a DIY job, under the skirting is much neater. But beware taking off skirting boards probably means some plastering if its an old house as it will be nailed on with square or rectanhular section nails that like to pull off chunks of plaster.If so , why not remove skirting board, trim the bottom so that the laminate will fit under it, and then once the floor is laid re-fit the skirting...
Was worth doing it well because otherwise you look at it every day and wish you had done it properly
ALWAYS remove the skirting.
A cheap and cheerful 'laminate' floor will look like a quality pro job with skirtings on top.
A £100 m2 solid wood floor with trims will look like a bodged DIY disaster.
Yes it takes more time, effort and money but the floor will be there looking st for years.
A cheap and cheerful 'laminate' floor will look like a quality pro job with skirtings on top.
A £100 m2 solid wood floor with trims will look like a bodged DIY disaster.
Yes it takes more time, effort and money but the floor will be there looking st for years.
The Fein Multimaster has been the tool of choice for taking off the bottom of skirtings to fit laminate under. Their 25 year patent has run out, so copies are being made - including one by Bosch for about £70.
I haven't tried it, but Bosch make reasonably good tools for hobby usage, and no doubt the accessories will be cheaper than Fein.
I haven't tried it, but Bosch make reasonably good tools for hobby usage, and no doubt the accessories will be cheaper than Fein.
As the poster above said there is a Bosch tool, which is similar to the Fein saw. It's called the PMF 180E. It works extremely well. One thing you need to make sure you do is to leave an expansion gap. Which is why if you do go under the skirting board, you give yourself plenty of room for error and you can (should really, unless you filler the gap between skirting and flooring) still use the beading. Most beading has a good degree of flex in it so you can break the curve up into two or three 'parts'. Also you can try heating or cutting (fine!) lines into the back of the beading.
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