Do You Put Wood Flooring Up To Fireplace

I think it would look nice as we just redid the basement bathroom with the same flooring and it came out very nice.

Do you put wood flooring up to fireplace.

Miter the corners at 45 degrees. I m wondering if i can put wood vinyl plank in front of the fireplace 4 x6 area. Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps. It can be at a 10 to 15 degree pitch with the high side of the pitch being next to the hearth.

Mark the underside of the board where the wires hit and put tape on top of the board to show where to make the cut image 2. Tricky cut on a table saw though. It can get tricky if you re laying hardwood floors around a brick fireplace. The boards go over the subfloor you put the groove and tongue ends together tap them together and nail the boards to the floor.

Hardwood at fireplace hearths. It is also low profile. Both paneling and thin wood boards work well to cover the existing fireplace. Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1.

Depending on which you choose and its variety of wood your fireplace refacing supplies can range from less than 1. In this video i will show you how to install laminate or vinyl plank up to a fireplace. Does anybody have any experience with this. Carpet right up to the wall under the fireplace.

It s a nice finished basement with cream colored carpet but doesn t have much else going for it. Use push sticks and featherboards if you are up to trying it. There s a bit more to it but that s the basic process. Place a scrap section of hardwood flooring and a piece of the underlayment you will be using on the subfloor flush against the fireplace where it meets the floor.

Unfortunately inexperienced installers will handle it this way either because they do not know of other solutions or don t care to handle it any other way. If yours is a more traditional down near the floor thing or could ever be converted to wood i m sure you need a hearth.