Do You Put Wood Flooring Up To Fireplace

Tricky cut on a table saw though.

Do you put wood flooring up to fireplace.

Installing hardwood moldings around fireplace hearths has never been an attractive solution for covering up those gaps. 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. There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them. Does anybody have any experience with this.

It is also low profile. Depending on which you choose and its variety of wood your fireplace refacing supplies can range from less than 1. 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. It can be at a 10 to 15 degree pitch with the high side of the pitch being next to the hearth.

Hardwood at fireplace hearths. Carpet right up to the wall under the fireplace. Note this was a dedicated gas unit not something that could be converted to wood and was installed in the wall about 18 24 above the floor. It is easier to do if it is a new install than cutting into existing flooring.

There s a bit more to it but that s the basic process. I m wondering if i can put wood vinyl plank in front of the fireplace 4 x6 area. It s a nice finished basement with cream colored carpet but doesn t have much else going for it. The boards go over the subfloor you put the groove and tongue ends together tap them together and nail the boards to the floor.

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. I think it would look nice as we just redid the basement bathroom with the same flooring and it came out very nice. Miter the corners at 45 degrees. Use push sticks and featherboards if you are up to trying it.

Both paneling and thin wood boards work well to cover the existing fireplace. It can get tricky if you re laying hardwood floors around a brick fireplace.