New floor dilemma

[Rechar]

This is a problem thats be pestering my mind for a while, i was hoping a more experienced person could lend a guiding hand.

I have a room like this....

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• Rechar
• 18 Nov 2009
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The flooring is laid (against my advice without removing the skirting first to give no need for trim).

The door opens practically flush with the wall, however the wall (vertical length) needs an edging trim for a laminate floor. Obviously it i run it right upto the door Jamb, it will catch on the door.

I've considered Sanding down the edging to give clearance (generally ruins the edging be it plastic or MDF). Cutting a small portion out of the doors bottom corner (not the best with honeycomb doors), or angling the trim so it suddenly runs 90deg and into the wall...leaving a small untrimmed edge where the door opens.

How do you go about solving this problem correctly?

 

[Chri5]

I'd go with getting some soft wood- 4mm x 20 or 25 or 30mm (the measurements depend on the size of the expansion gap + 5mm).

Stain and oil it to match the floor and use it (via nail pins in to the flooring)instead of a scotia, quadrant or whatever you have used as the whole perimeter bead.

With a profile as low as 4mm you may get away without the existing door being trimmed to prevent it catching, if it catches there's only going to be a slight trim of the door required.

You can get 4mm strip via a wood yard, but they may have to cut it for you (most stock 6mm+ ). A few weeks back I bought 24m of 4mm x 25, some stain, oil, pins and a few 1mm drills (to pilot hole the strip and the oak flooring before pining) for less than £20.
Pre stain and oil the wood !

 

[Rechar]

luckily the door is just high enough to avoid clashing, so i've managed to have the trim fitted right up to the edge, certainly take what you said on board (apparently i did such a good job i've been roped into doing her sisters bedroom...charity sure takes its toll on the body!).

Thanks.