How To Install Quarter Round On Laminate Floor

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How to install quarter round on laminate floor. Place the tip of a finishing nail in the pilot hole. Strike the nail with a hammer until the nail sits just above the surface of the quarter round molding. I have one wood floor installer who insists on using quarter round plus the baseboard for my floor installation whereas my contractor and another floor installer say it s not necessary. Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects.

They should acclimate for at least 48 hours. Baseboard molding installations are very often finished off with an additional thin piece of molding called quarter round or shoe molding that covers the gap between the bottom of the baseboards and the floor. If you are installing the flooring below grade or in a room like a basement with high humidity or moisture lay down a vapor barrier before you install the flooring. The baseboard should be enough if the installers are careful about how they install the wood floor.

When you join the pieces together you will get a square 90 angle that leaves minimal gaps on the wall. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. Quarter round should always be fastened into the base boards and base boards should be fastened to the wall studs or adhered to the drywall. If you are installing a lot of quarterly buying a nail gun and compressor is not too expensive.

Meg the best floor layers take the baseboard off and put the wood or laminate closer to the wall not all the way though as there has to be space for it to expand and contract and then they put the baseboard back on thus the baseboard itself covers the raw edge of the flooring and there s no need for quarter round. Just a quick video to show you how you hide the seems of the laminate flooring that meets up to the base board. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions. Cut quarter round pieces at a 45 angle to form joints.

It s an easy installation that costs little and gives your floors a precise polished look. Make 45 cuts on the ends of 2 different molding pieces. Use this type of cut to form corner joints wherever walls meet. Cut both pieces in opposite directions.