I decided to under cut my fireplace to install laminate flooring. It turned out okay all things considered.
I only broke out one brick on the corner to make room for other big pieces. It should be easy to grout back in with a squeeze tube.
Holy fuck….run floor up to brick, leave1/4 gapSilicone base shoe to flooring ….jesus dude
If you don’t want to use adhesive angle your trim nailer and shoot the base shoe to the floor thru the gap.Not happening now…It still needs base shoe anyway. Sheeez …you could have also used a door way transition as trim….nope you chose the hardest most fucked up way possible.
Not picking on you op it looks goodBut damn brother talk about an easy deal made hard and messy.
I like seeing people make the effort to make things look nice, instead of just slapping on some quarter round.
>>2790023Youre a fucking idiot it needs trimmed even after that shit show. Never in 40+ years have I EVER seen anyone under cut brick EVER
>>2789975Smart move bud. Allowing an 1/8” gap for movement and finishing with a quarter round makes far too much sense, you did the right thing.
>>2789975lol
It's never going to look quite right unless you add a little trim over the top. Mainly because the brain sees 'brick above wood' and knows that shit doesn't make any sense structurally. You need to re-introduce the impression that the brick continues downwards to ground, and adding trim at this edge is the only good way to achieve this now.
>>2790042>>2790023>>2789975Samefagging cringefest leave diy now never to return.
>>2790052Stupid newfag, each time your shitty laminate floor creaks due to improper expansion gap think of my fat cock sliding in your mothers anus
That looks like shit and no hearth is probably not to code
>>2790064Being this stupid….is there an adult there with you Lester ?
Had to show this one around the shop this morning Great laughs to start the week off
Hey OP cant wait to see you undercut the bath tub
OP would respond but hes still cleaning the dust from the whole fucking house>>2790118Derp derp
>>2789975if that's a working fireplace, it needs min 16 inches of tile in front of it for the occasional flying ember
>>2789975how do you even have the skills to do this and still come up with this shit?
>>2789975>OP doesn't ask how do I laminate>OP doesn't ask how do I brick>OP doesn't ask what is that wood that goes around edges>OP uses tools>OP does a project>project looks nice>/diy/ loses it's fucking mind
>>2790158My guess is a diamond blade on a side cutting grinder…the dust had to be off the chart
>>2790164>OP defends herself again
>>2789975>>2790023>>2790042>>2790164Same fagging continues
>>2790118It seems to be an american thingI saw someone on /out/ put a wood burner on top of beige fucking carpet
>>2790186Yeah fuck you its an idiot thing nigger
>>2790192An idiot thing only americans seem to do
>>2789975Based retard. Looks nice.
Ok here. Not same fagging like some retard hopes. I'm doing the whole upstairs in one piece floating floor, no transitions. I'm not going to use trim on brick, then I'd have to grout/caulk that to the brick and it would never look good. Maybe I'll do something different on my basement fireplace.
>>2789976>>2789977Caulk that hole boy. You won't want to regret having fleas under the floor.
>>2790157That must come from some sissy code book. You ever actually ran a hot fireplace before? If a spark is flying, you best believe it'll kobe bryant past 16 inches
>>2789976>>2789977looks goodfuck them haters
>>2790302>whole upstairs in one piece floating floor,anything other than carpet upstairs is woeful lol.>americans wear shoes indoorsi love sitting in my house hearing cunts stomp and clatter around upstairs lol>>2789975you know what fair play for doing it, no idea what cunts are on about dust or whatever clearly you are going manual mode making a reasonable job of it.>>2790047this is my only concern, personally i would look at it and think hold on...>>2790157looks like ops brick is what the hearth sits on. there is already some tile up there and then an odd looking trim (odd looking because theres only breaks for the corners lol is it plastic?)i would have just tried to mirror the top edging on the bottom.
>>2790322>anything other than carpet upstairs is woeful lolFuck that the house has carpet upstairs when we bought it. Dog piss soaked carpets. The corner trim on the brick is foam, presumably for "safety". We have 2 small kids so I'll keep it on for now.
>>2789975Why do you want to make it look like firebrick is bearing on wood?
>>2789975thats some good meth, nice job!
>>2790411You win the internet today
>>2790026Quarter round in any house is shit tier nigger work it's fucking ugly brother
>>2790448I so agree you’re on point
>>2789975Diamond blade on a jamb sawt. Hardwood floor guy
>>2791407Used a diamond blade on my angle grinder. Almost finished the room now, just wrapped the otherwise of the fire place. I have 4.87 rows to go, feels good not having a tiny piece at the end.t. OP
>>2791407is this as sketchy to use as a toe kick saw?
>>2789975>Posting on /Diy/>Not poorly rebuilding your entire fireplace to fix an easily fixed, often encountered problem You're doing it wrong, OP
>>2789976>That gapYou should have lowered the whole fireplace, anon
>>2790448this 100% quarter round anywhere looks like absolute dogshit. OPs work looks clean and nearly seamless. fuck all you autistic collars who think "bUt BrIcK sHoUlDnT bE oN wOoD" fuck you it looks way nicer than transition and caulk.
>>2791525Thanks some of these retards don't even own tools let alone a house. Ive been doing it piecemeal after working my full time job. Wrapped the otherwise of the fireplace yesterday, I chipped the board a bit but plan on building a book shelf there anyway. Just 1 full row and a partial left to do.
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Nice try queer
>>2790157Just get a steel mesh ember guard . Problem solved
>>2792566He shouldn't have tried a project this scale for his first diy. Obviously. >>2792559There's always next time OP! Bonus marks for the dedication without a pussy assed question uttered. You f'ed up all by yourself and I'm proud of you.
>>2790026As flooring installer with over 20 years of experience, I always undercut the hearth. It looks better and is fairly simple to do with anyone of 3 methods. 1. An undercut saw2. A grinder3. An oscillating saw
>>2789975Nice job anon. Looks very professional. That is the proper way. I usually use my oscillating saw with a shop vac attachment. They make a special saw for undercutting brick and stone, but the price is absurd, and I have yet to find one at any tool rental places.
>>2792566>>2792570Are you that same faggot from earlier samefagging about the quarter round? Upset because any retard can do your job and better than you at that? Sorry nigger turns out installing laminate floors and baseboard isn't actually a skilled trade and you are equivalent to a Mexican roofer in respectability and skill
Shloppy work….only retards would do this
>>2792942>>2792903>>2792570Not involved in any of this shit. truthfully I have seen laminate fuck ups cause huge gaping holes down the line, but I cant fathom why anyone would be this tilted over something like this. Plenty of houses built the normal way have weird shit like this anyway.
>>2792559looks good to me op even if i think you are kind of crazy. better than 90% of the threads on here
>>2789975Good job OP, quarter round is for lazy people
Still samefaggingNarcissist cannot handle any form of criticism >>2793234Its called base shoe idiot. Quarter round is an entirely different thing
>>2792559*notices cute Pokemon horsie
>>2792940Oh no no no no! He'll sit down in front of the warm fire, ready to catch any flying ember and all the time being reminded of how he permanently f'd up with making his fireplace look like it stands on laminate by that creeping saw cut.
One of the guys at our union hall posted this picture on the bulletin board.Its been the talk of the shop for days. It really is hard to believe. Especially to also brag about it.
>>2793889which union, the guys who lay bricks or the guys who install floors?also were you the one who posted it?
>>2793898Go back to fagbook boy this isnt a chat room
>>2789975Looks good OP, Much tidier than scotia beading.>>2790302> I'm doing the whole upstairs in one piece floating floor, no transitions.I'm a bit concerned about this.I work in flooring in the UK and see builders and DIYers do this all the time, I also see the failures as different areas have different temperatures and humidity, so the laminate lifts at the ends and fails.
>>2792940anytime I walked by and saw that gap I would feel shame for what I'd done, good on OP for overcoming that
>>2793889>Its been the talk of the shop for daysMore than likely the union guys are amazed that someone actually did some work rather than just standing around at the union hall patting each other on the back.
