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.
Installing hardwood around fireplace hearth.
Right next to a fireplace there could be some in floor heating wires that stick up from the subfloor and a curved hearth of the fireplace to contend with image 1.
Installing hardwood around a fireplace is not that complicated.
Some gas fireplaces are built with zero clearance fireboxes meaning you can put combustible materials right up to the sides front and bottom.
I am floating the floor over an underlayment and a wood subfloor.
Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple.
You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit.
It might even be best to start laying the flooring around the fireplace then working towards the rest of the room.
Hardwood at fireplace hearths.
Trimming a wood floor around a hearth.
How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace.
Undercut the hearth.
Suddenly the idea can seem complicated.
In this case a floor has to be custom fit.
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I am installing an engineered hardwood floor santos mahogany from br 111.
One of the best options for installing hardwood floors around a brick fireplace is to undercut the hearth if you have a raised hearth.
There are a number of ways to do this.
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.
As such they are not regulated by the same safety codes as wood burning fireplaces and each model has its own requirements.
The wood requires expansion gaps on all sides to.
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.
Gas fireplaces are considered gas appliances not true fireplaces.