Installing Hardwood Around Fireplace Hearth

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Installing hardwood around fireplace hearth.

Hardwood at fireplace hearths. One of the best options for installing hardwood floors around a brick fireplace is to undercut the hearth if you have a raised hearth. Gas fireplaces are considered gas appliances not true fireplaces. As such they are not regulated by the same safety codes as wood burning fireplaces and each model has its own requirements.

Unfortunately inexperienced installers will handle it this way either because they do not know of other solutions or don t care to handle it any other way. In this case a floor has to be custom fit. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. The problem i am anticipating is how to hide the 1 2 inch expansion gap by the brick fireplace hearth and the built ins.

But don t let that deter you. Suddenly the idea can seem complicated. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth. How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace.

Undercut the hearth. Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated. It might even be best to start laying the flooring around the fireplace then working towards the rest of the room. Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple.

I am floating the floor over an underlayment and a wood subfloor. I am installing an engineered hardwood floor santos mahogany from br 111. Installing a floor can be difficult if there s a fireplace in the living room. The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to.

Some gas fireplaces are built with zero clearance fireboxes meaning you can put combustible materials right up to the sides front and bottom. The idea of installing hardwood flooring in a room with a fireplace is one that many homeowners find appealing until it s time to install the flooring around the fireplace mantel and hearth area. There are a number of ways to do this.