Finish Wood Floor Around Fireplace

Wood floors around a fireplace make the living space warm and inviting.

Finish wood floor around fireplace.

Tape thin plywood or cardboard to floor around hearth to protect floor from scratches and debris. It can get tricky if you re laying hardwood floors around a brick fireplace. There s a bit more to it but that s the basic process. Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised.

David sacks lifesize getty images 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. This is a good time to consider building or buying a new mantel. The best method to finish a wood floor at an in situ fire hearth is largely not for the faint hearted but it is for those that require the neatest detailed looking finish. Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.

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. This process is very similar to undercutting a door lining frame. The boards go over the subfloor you put the groove and tongue ends together tap them together and nail the boards to the floor. Step 3 remove old hearth photo by brian wilder.