I am decorating the bedroom which has fitted wardrobes along one wall, they are ontop of the existing laminate flooring, I want to renew the laminate flooring without the hasle of removing the wsrdrobes, would it work if I cut the existing flooring at the edge of the wardrobes and fit new laminate flooring butting it up to the edge of the wardrobe so leaving the original flooring under the wardrobes. Just wanted some opinions before I attempted it.
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I am pretty sure the laminate under the wardrobes goes right up to the wall
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So are you saying I need to remove the plinths and cut the existing laminate flooring beyond the plinth and leave a 10mm exp gap for the new flooring, what about the bottom of the wardrobes which run right angles to the plinths , how would I remove the flooring from under there or would it just break off after cutting the laminate at the edges
Thanks for your help I will have a look tomorrow but I think the laminate flooring was fitted before the wardrobes
I have seen through the bottom of wardrobe that the laminate flooring and as I suspected goes all the way to the wall, I think the best option would be to cut the existing laminate flooring flush with the wardrobe plinth , then fit new laminate flooring leaving expansion gap and fit another plinth to the exisiting plinth to cover exp gap, not keen on beading to cover gap.
Have you any tips what tool is easiest for cutting the existing laminate flooring flush with the wardrobe plinth, I was thinking of using a sharp stanely knife
The plinth is sitting on top of the laminate flooring
you will need a saw with an offset handle or an oscillating saw if you have enough room
example here
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example here
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Using a cordless Reciprocating Saw with a four position blade clamp will cut tight to the plinth - or, as suggested above, a multi-cutter might just manage. Thing is you need practice to learn to use these tools esp the recip saw.
You could even run a cordless circular saw quite close to the plinth.
Whatever, a length of stained beading would cover quite a bit of wobble.
FWIW: i've used a hand saw to do what you propose, bending it in at an angle, & chiseling out the naughty bits.
You could even run a cordless circular saw quite close to the plinth.
Whatever, a length of stained beading would cover quite a bit of wobble.
FWIW: i've used a hand saw to do what you propose, bending it in at an angle, & chiseling out the naughty bits.
ree i think its restricted acssess as in under a unit
with perhaps 75 to 100mm in height to work to so a recip saw wont work as you need flush cutting as in blade fully to the edge touching the plinth which you wont get with a recip saw because the blade is away from the edge off the machine regardless off orientation
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