Installing Laminate/ Luxury Vinyl under door jambs and going into different rooms

We recently had to install some Coretec Plus XL luxury vinyl and thought this trick could be useful for some people installing laminate or luxury vinyl flooring for the first time

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[philiplund]

I am going from a small furnace room to a laundry room and this piece under a door jam has held me up. I have tried tapping to no avail looked at multiple videos. I did not want to leave the small gap as it is right in the middle of the space. The flooring is absolutely beautiful and high end.... so angling is the only way to LOCK it in. This was a great idea and the rest of the floor is going in perfectly so it will be locked tight right to left and front to back.
LOVE your trick! very small space 180" x 90". THANK YOU

[lauriescott]

MANY THANKS for this wonderful video. We were totally STUCK until we saw it!! You saved our flooring project!! Keep up the great work!

[ZoeEveArt]

Products like Supercore flooring and Mannington Adura Max have instructions to shave down the profile little by little until you get it to where you can slide the lock together in addition to using "seam sealer" to permanently bond that area together. It works great! Great video.

[jenniferPruski-bgun]

Thank you. First time installer. I got stuck at the door jam and couldn't get it connected. You gave me the solution. Again, thank you!

[jimbob]

Man some people just don’t know what there talking about. This is exactly what I do on some products as not all of them are the same. Some have to be planed down just like you showed, others just tap right in. One tip though is you really only need to plane about 10 inches next to the casing because you can still angle the remaining part to lock it in as usual

[SamiDurm]

I never remove the lip. All you had to do was, tap the board into place with a tapping block.

[simonriddick]

I did my whole house with laminate and removing the locking system is key in some very tight areas. I don't know of any other way in some tight spots. I had a closet to the left of me door in front of me and door to the right of me. It was really complicated to get everything to fit under the jambs and with a lock it would have been impossible.

[lynnezellhoefer]

You made that understandable without rambling! Thank you for the info! Quick and to the point but still understandable for anybody at any level.

[margaret]

Thank you so much for this video!!!! You completely saved our installation with this.

[gt]

Your giving out gold with that small plainer!

[MrYoucandoityourself]

Hi, Maybe this idea works for you but I would connect two boards under the door frame. In this case, you don't need to cut off the lock. Anyway, it's good when you share your experience. Thanks.

[junkyarddawgs]

When you have a damaged plank in the field and it needs to be replaced what do you do .You cut of the locking mechanism, because there is no way to get it to lock in with the other planks and what do we do next we glue it down and put weights on it until it dries. Glue is perfectly fine as long as it is the right glue. There is always more than one way to skin a pig, just have to figure out what works best for you!!! Just saying!!!! I use my 20 ton hydraulic jack as a weight and 12 ton. I've got a few of them!!! Nice informative video!!! Keep up the good work and don't let these know it alls get in your head.

[patrickmurphy]

Wow! I’ve been looking for this answer, you’re the best

[shawnmoore]

That's cortec flooring you should be able to click it together with no problems and not half to compromise the clicking system. Especially that board you just did, it should have been no problem to click it together. Also, why didn't you remove the baseboards before you installed the lvp?

[mikelovelace]

If your dead set on removing the lip, why don't you just remove the inch needed at the door jam ? This would leave the bulk of the lip in place and the integrity of the joint requires no glue

[koubasaki]

I watched a flooring installer to the same thing but i managed to mate the flooring once under a door jam by just tapping the end in with a block and hammer.

[Nick-cytn]

Removing the lip and gluing is fine it actually makes a stronger join than just the locking system

[cherylvalenti]

Thank you som much you were the only one that showed me what I needed to do

[MrRazor]

Sorry but I strongly disagree with removing the lip. I've been an installer for 25 years, and feel that there's better ways than compromising your joint, especially on such a large run.