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. Place a nail set on top of the finishing nail and hit the nail set with the hammer to drive the finishing nail just below the surface of the quarter round molding. Cut both pieces in opposite directions. They should acclimate for at least 48 hours.

If you are installing a lot of quarterly buying a nail gun and compressor is not too expensive. Strike the nail with a hammer until the nail sits just above the surface of the quarter round molding. Cut quarter round pieces at a 45 angle to form joints. Just a quick video to show you how you hide the seems of the laminate flooring that meets up to the base board.

It s an easy installation that costs little and gives your floors a precise polished look. 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. Lay out the unopened boxes of laminate planks in the room. When you join the pieces together you will get a square 90 angle that leaves minimal gaps on the wall.

Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects. 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. This will allow them to acclimate to the room s temperature and humidity. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions.

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. Installing the quarter round the easiest method for installing quarterly round molding is to use a nail gun which requires a compressor. 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. Make 45 cuts on the ends of 2 different molding pieces.