Installing Hardwood Floors Under Baseboard Heating

Slide the boards in the last course under the heaters and into the gap between the second last course and the wall.

Installing hardwood floors under baseboard heating.

Otherwise you can install the laminate under the heater cutting the pieces according to the wall. If you don t have enough clearance you will need to notch the pieces around the baseboard heater. Leave a 1 4 inch or larger gap between the existing baseboard and the new hardwood flooring you are installing. Here s how to install click lock engineered hardwood flooring.

This gap is needed to give the hardwood room to move with changing humidity. 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. Pry them into position with a laminate flooring pull bar.