Scribe Cut Flooring

Cutting flooring to match a curve can be painstaking and the signature of an expert floor installer is evident in transitions to curved and irregular.

Scribe cut flooring.

Scribing is a technique used when you re installing laminate flooring against an uneven wall. Fit a shelf to a corner that s not square. How to cut flooring around curved walls. Walls are rarely straight or true.

The block is simply a scrap of the flooring being installed in this case 2 1 4 inch wide oak with finger holes drilled in it for holding it during the scribe. Cutting your scribed piece may sound like the easy part but there are some tricks that will help give you the ultimate fit. Saw along the line. Roe osborn senior editor at jlc responds.

Keep moving the scribe tile to transfer the outline of the wall. Slide the shelf into the corner keeping the long back edge tight to the wall. If not your scribe marks will be incorrect. How to scribe and cut irregular shapes for a perfect fit michele m.

Cut and trim along the penciled lines then set the cut tile into place for a perfect fit. Even the slightest deviations along their length can become noticeable if a new floor does not match the walls imperfections. If the shelf fits between two walls cut it about 1 2 in. Run a pencil along the wall to scribe the line.

For more on tile consider. In installing strip flooring training the trades jul 18 the final photo shows a scribing block made by howard brickman a wood flooring specialist. Most walls aren t perfectly straight but having a straight first row with a uniform expansion gap is critical when you lay flooring. Too long and set it in at an angle.

How to scribe flooring to the wall. Give yourself some wiggle room by cutting beside the line.