Hello,
From what I understand, parquet flooring should be laid under door frames. My question is, what do you do if the door frames are already in place? A click-together floor often needs to be angled in, making it difficult to slide it under a frame in certain situations?
From what I understand, parquet flooring should be laid under door frames. My question is, what do you do if the door frames are already in place? A click-together floor often needs to be angled in, making it difficult to slide it under a frame in certain situations?
If you can't, the entire door package must be raised if you want to fit the parquet under the threshold. If the door section is already there, you need to finish against the threshold with some form of trim.
Certainly, but the door leaf must also be cut
You can tap the current row back and forth to get the entire floor under the frame. It's also possible to plane the tongue and use glue to join it together. It depends a bit on the conditions.
I know, it's hard to explain in text. I had to "shadow" several times as an apprentice before understanding how it's all supposed to come together... but it works.
I know, it's hard to explain in text. I had to "shadow" several times as an apprentice before understanding how it's all supposed to come together... but it works.
Skip the threshold!L Liteavvarje said:
We don't have a single threshold in our house. What are they for?
That also provides a natural path for ventilation (under the door), avoiding complicated, unsightly vents.
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Oh no!S snowjim said:What have you placed in the gap between the floors? In my case, the gap is about 8-9 cm
I thought like this, but it can't work in this case
No maybe not but a consequence of possibly raising the threshold if the floor is to go under itK Kane said:
With a fine saw, you can cut the frame about 1cm. Then start laying the floor towards that door. Some floors, like Khärs click flooring, can be "laid backwards" as well, which might help. But if you have doors in multiple directions in the same room, it's naturally difficult to do this.
Can't you take down the door and the frame, and then put them back afterwards?
Can't you take down the door and the frame, and then put them back afterwards?
It feels like I have to remove the frames to lay the parquet, at least in my case which has door openings on all sides (hall). Cutting away the rabbet and gluing is of course an option, but the risk is high that glue ends up where it shouldn't be or that the level difference becomes incorrect since it lies on foam underlay.
You have a 5-10 mm gap against the walls, so you can slide the entire floor towards the opposite wall. Then place the floor against the frame and push the floor back to the "correct" position with a crowbar so it goes under the door frame.