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Curved edging for laminate floors
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Emma Pyne
Apr 3, 2001, 4:56:45 AM4/3/01
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Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help me. I have recently put down a laminate floor in
my house but now want to do my hall. The problem is that in the first room I
did, the walls were all straight and therefore I just used straigh edging I
bought from Ikea. I now want to do my hall and most of the walls are
straight but by the front door, the walls are curved and I have no idea how
to edge this area. Please let me know if you have any ideas, I would really
appreciate it.
Thanks
I wonder if anyone can help me. I have recently put down a laminate floor in
my house but now want to do my hall. The problem is that in the first room I
did, the walls were all straight and therefore I just used straigh edging I
bought from Ikea. I now want to do my hall and most of the walls are
straight but by the front door, the walls are curved and I have no idea how
to edge this area. Please let me know if you have any ideas, I would really
appreciate it.
Thanks
Dave Plowman
Apr 3, 2001, 6:48:45 AM4/3/01
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In article <9ac36h$h52$1...@news.liv.ac.uk>,
Emma Pyne <emma...@liv.ac.uk> wrote:
> I now want to do my hall and most of the walls are straight but by the
> front door, the walls are curved and I have no idea how to edge this
> area. Please let me know if you have any ideas, I would really
> appreciate it.
Emma Pyne <emma...@liv.ac.uk> wrote:
> I now want to do my hall and most of the walls are straight but by the
> front door, the walls are curved and I have no idea how to edge this
> area. Please let me know if you have any ideas, I would really
> appreciate it.
Cork strip between the flooring and skirting?
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Dave Plowman dave....@argonet.co.uk London SW 12
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ian_c...@my-deja.com
Apr 3, 2001, 9:25:33 AM4/3/01
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Hi
I'd consider a bead of silicone sealant. Maybe white to match the
skirting, maybe clear to just fudge the issue.
I'd imagine the hall is sufficiently narrow that the expansion will be
small enough for the silicone to cope with the movement.
HTH
IanC
steve
Apr 3, 2001, 11:06:42 AM4/3/01
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You could try parallel cuts close together on the back of the edge moulding
so that you can curve/bend it to fit the shape of the wall. This was done on
the back of a bit of skirting board I recently ripped out from a curved
wall.
so that you can curve/bend it to fit the shape of the wall. This was done on
the back of a bit of skirting board I recently ripped out from a curved
wall.
Steve
Stuart Noble
Apr 3, 2001, 10:01:08 AM4/3/01
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Emma Pyne wrote in message <9ac36h$h52$1...@news.liv.ac.uk>...
>I wonder if anyone can help me. I have recently put down a laminate floor
in
>my house but now want to do my hall. The problem is that in the first room
I
>did, the walls were all straight and therefore I just used straigh edging I
>bought from Ikea. I now want to do my hall and most of the walls are
>straight but by the front door, the walls are curved and I have no idea how
>to edge this area.
For arkward shapes I use 2mm mdf as a template (cuts more easily than
hardboard). Join the required number of panels, mark, and cut with a jigsaw.
Chris Johnson
Apr 6, 2001, 5:00:51 AM4/6/01
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If its just that the wall is not straight lay the floor straight along the wall
and measure the largest gap. Get a piece of wood a couple of cm bigger and run
this along the wall resting on the laminate with a pencil fixed to the wood to
mark a line on the laminate that is parallel to the wall. Then cut along the
line.
Then fix the floor.
and measure the largest gap. Get a piece of wood a couple of cm bigger and run
this along the wall resting on the laminate with a pencil fixed to the wood to
mark a line on the laminate that is parallel to the wall. Then cut along the
line.
Then fix the floor.
Chris J
Dave Plowman
Apr 6, 2001, 6:17:12 AM4/6/01
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In article <3ACD85C3...@hotmailmypants.com>,
Chris Johnson <cjohnson_...@hotmailmypants.com> wrote:
> If its just that the wall is not straight lay the floor straight along
> the wall and measure the largest gap. Get a piece of wood a couple of
> cm bigger and run this along the wall resting on the laminate with a
> pencil fixed to the wood to mark a line on the laminate that is parallel
> to the wall. Then cut along the line. Then fix the floor.
Chris Johnson <cjohnson_...@hotmailmypants.com> wrote:
> If its just that the wall is not straight lay the floor straight along
> the wall and measure the largest gap. Get a piece of wood a couple of
> cm bigger and run this along the wall resting on the laminate with a
> pencil fixed to the wood to mark a line on the laminate that is parallel
> to the wall. Then cut along the line. Then fix the floor.
Haven't got any laminate floors, but thought the edging was supposed to
allow movement?
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