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Gap between laminate flooring and door frame
We installed laminate floors ourselves and have a few problems. Instead of cutting the door frame and putting the laminate under it like you are supposed to do, he left a huge gap by the frame. I'd say that it's probably 3/8" on the inside of the frame and then about 1/4" in front of the door casing. Then he also cut the flooring in front of the dishwasher and there is a one inch gap for the whole length of the dishwasher. I have no clue what to do. I thought about installing a quarter round shoe trim on the inside of the door frame but that would look weird. Luckily I got home and saw what he did before he got to any more doorways!
Re: Gap between laminate flooring and door frame
Do you have any pictures?
This is probably wrong, but we laid laminate in a house that is about 75 years old, and was not even close to being perfectly square. We cut the pieces on an angle, but there was still a relatively large gap in one spot along the wall. We just caulked the gap with a caulk that matched the color of the floor.
It's not perfect, but it looks better than a gaping hole. Also, it was for a rental so we weren't *super* worried about it.
You really shouldn't caulk the gap, unless its a material that allows for expansion, like a laminate sealant, which comes in a tube just like caulk. The laminate is meant to expand & contract seasonally and it could buckle if it doesn't have that 1/4" allowance around the perimeter. The contractor was supposed to finish it with an end molding, which they really don't make for laminate. Most professionals take a laminate T-molding (meant to transition laminate to another same-height floor while preserving the expansion gap), and saw off one edge of it (one lip of the T). Now your profile looks like an upside-down L instead of a T. Let me know if that didn't make sense!
Thanks for all the advice so far! I'm going to try to find some of those T molding and if I can't then I will go with the quarter round molding.
What would you all recommend doing about in front of the dishwasher? I don't think that we could install any type of molding in front of it.