Install the last row of laminate flooring stopping 1 2 inch from the bottom edge of the patio doors.
Laminate flooring patio door.
There are different types of frames around sliding glass doors.
The 1 2 inch gap is for the doorway only.
The key to proper installation of laminate flooring is to understand how the floor needs to be finished where it meets surfaces other than a straight wall and doorways such as patio doors need extra care due to the possibility of water seepage than can ruin a laminate floor.
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Place a piece of threshold trim available at the flooring supplier next to patio doors or similar thresholds where you need to stop the laminate flooring.
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If the floor slopes up it will cause a hollow space underneath.
When installing laminate at sliding glass doors you want the floor to be level with the rest of the room.
Installing laminate transitions at sliding doors or any door opening that is lengthy can vary from one to another.
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Measure the lip of the threshold s trim and leave enough clearance between the door and the flooring to install the threshold.
You don t want the floor to slope down or up where the laminate meets the sliding glass door frame.
You simply describe the gap take a picture of it or.
Trim with a 1 8 inch gap after the flooring has been laid.
Note that you will leave the standard 1 4 inch expansion gap on either side of the doors.
If it slopes down your transition will not sit on the floor properly.
The bottom part of the frame on the floor is where the transition will meet.
This bottom part can make it easy or hard depending on the shape of it.