Glue down wood herringbone flooring.

[m3jappa]

I am wanting to do this and am pretty confident in installing it, id want to do a double border around the perimeter.

most of the room is fine as the skirting will sit on the wood floor.

Issue i've got is I can't find a matching trimto use against a bifold and a fireplace hearth what do I do? pretty sure it can't be butted up as needs a few mm for expansion so a trim is necessary?

Only thing I can really think is to just use a contrasting trim, say black, but a bit concerned might look crap.

So any ideas?

[wolfracesonic]

I think cork expansion strips are the usual go to in this situation.

[119]

That’s what we had on one of ours before we ripped it up and put some proper engineered boards down.

Assuming it’s parquet the OP is on about!

[J6542]

Against the door use a piece of trim the same colour as the doors. Depending how it finishes against the hearth you may be able to seal the expansion gap with a colour matched silicone

[OutInTheShed]

When we had glued-down proper parquet, it was glued down to the same thing the door thresholds were screwed to, so not much need for expansion.

To be fair though, that was an old house and gaps were a normal feature.

[Another project]

Continue the border along the bifold door with a 4mm gap then finish with a silicone seal to match the doors.

[m3jappa]

If 4mm is ok then thats great, as suggested I will mastic the perimeter anyway.

[Danns]

Have posted this a few times before, depending on age / look of your house may be of help.

I went for sapele, managed to do this before I owned a planer thicknesser, bought wide enough thicknessed boards, ripped em down on the table saw. turned them on their side and installed (this way doesn’t matter if cuts aren’t 100% accurate as you’ll sand anyway.)

Far more cost effective than buying sapele strips.

(Have just thought tho, you may not be thinking of oak etc?)

[pidsy]

Had this laid in August across 3 spaces….







It’s Karndean - comes in big boxes of strips and squares - you then use those in a design you want like a very big jigsaw.

The house is over 200 years old so the rooms aren’t very square. Used Bona cork infill - comes in a sausage and applies like caulk.
Brilliant stuff - it’s still quite orange but the cork will fade over the next few months.