Picture Frame Fireplace Hardwood

For glue down floors your groove should be facing out preventing excess.

Picture frame fireplace hardwood.

Trimming a wood floor around a hearth. Laying hardwood flooring is relatively simple. The first example to the right shows a tiled hearth with a control chalk line that designates where the top of the picture frame will end. For best results the picture frame should be installed before the installation work nears the area.

Transitioning from hardwood to a hearth is tricky whether the hearth is level with the floor or raised. We picture frame every fireplace we do. Most often the wood picture frame surrounds a tile hearth. Hardwood at fireplace hearths.

How to install hardwood flooring around a fireplace. Accuracy is key so we measure and dry fit often. You place the boards on the subfloor fit the tongue and groove ends together tap them to fit. The fireplace will not be an issue.

Before we make our first cut we verify the hearth size with the tile contractor and ask how much space to allow for the grout which can add 1 8 to 1 4 inch between each tile.