How To Install Hardwood Flooring Around A Stone Fireplace

After the flooring is installed it will provide the best appearance possible.

How to install hardwood flooring around a stone fireplace.

Methods for using this tool calls for two cuts into the hearth. Leave boards that will lead to entryways behind the fireplace for installation last. Since most people don t have undercut saws you ll probably have to rent one. One at the finished vertical height of the floor so the flooring will slide under and the other flush with the subfloor.

Once both cuts are made carefully chisel out the area that has been cut. Make sure you have that diamond tipped blade. To install the flooring around a curved fireplace hearth lay a strip of cork around the perimeter of the brick base of the fireplace. In order to do this you ll need an undercut saw with a diamond tipped blade.

Lay the hardwood boards starting at the outermost edges of the mantel. Your goal is to focus on establishing the position and laying the boards that lead to the mantel and hearth area. Place a scrap section of hardwood flooring and a piece of the underlayment you will be using on the subfloor flush against the fireplace where it meets the floor. There are a few ways to do this and i explain all of them.

One of the best options for installing hardwood floors around a brick fireplace is to undercut the hearth if you have a raised hearth.