FLOORING PROJECT REPORT #4

I bought a special saw before beginning to install our new laminate floor. It has two handles, one at the end of the blade and one on the side of the blade. The blade on this saw is also double-edged.

It is called a "laminate undercut trim saw". It allows the laminate panels to slip under the door frames. I used this new saw today to trim six door frames (which means twelve door frame sides).

Very slow. Very tedious. Very uncomfortable. But this particular part of the project is now history.

Laminate undercut trim saw.

The base of this door frame needs trimming so that the flooring panel can slide underneath it.

The laminate panel is too thick to slip under the door frame.

The frame is trimmed by sliding the saw on top of a scrap piece of flooring material while cutting into the door frame.

Trimming complete.

The flooring panel can now slip underneath the door frame.