Installing Hardwood Floors Under Baseboard Heating

Slide a scrap piece of laminate under the baseboard heater to see if the laminate will fit under it whole.

Installing hardwood floors under baseboard heating.

Pry them into position with a laminate flooring pull bar. If you don t have enough clearance you will need to notch the pieces around the baseboard heater. This gap is needed to give the hardwood room to move with changing humidity. Otherwise you can install the laminate under the heater cutting the pieces according to the wall.

Here s how to install click lock engineered hardwood flooring. Leave a 1 4 inch or larger gap between the existing baseboard and the new hardwood flooring you are installing. Use 1 2 inch spacers to assist in maintaining the 1 2 inch expansion gap between the first row of flooring planks and the wall.