Because this wasn t continuous like the first example step one of laying laminate in a doorway like this is to mark where the door threshold will be under the centre of the door when it s in the closed position.
Laminate flooring under bifold doors.
Make use of various t molds that are available for your laminate here.
The first thing you will need to do is put masking tape on your laminate flooring around where you will be installing the doors.
Look at the underside of the door bar you ll be able to tell where the floor needs to stop in order for the to fit over it.
With a bifold door installation kit all the hardware and screws you need are included.
Using the undercut saw and a scrap piece of laminate for backing cut the door jamb and adjoining trim away.
If there s a gap under your door casing and also a gap between two rooms under a door where two different installations of laminate flooring join you can install t molding to hide both gaps.
Place a metal washer over the hole in the subfloor.
Bifold doors open wide giving you access to more of your closet than you have with sliding doors through which you can access only half your closet at a time.
Use a washer that has a central hole wide enough for the screw and an outer diameter less than 5 8 inch.
Trim with a 1 8 inch gap after the flooring has been laid.
If you replace sliding doors with bifold doors and you have laminate floors installation is the same as on any hardwood flooring surface.
The tape will also be easier to draw on than your floor.
How to install trackless bifold doors on laminate flooring.
Measure the lip of the threshold s trim and leave enough clearance between the door and the flooring to install the threshold.
Once the floor is in put the doors back up if they drag which is unlikely saw a little off the bottom with a circular saw.
Remove the doors and the center glide and install the flooring.
This will protect your flooring while you drill the holes for the bracket.
This line will be your cut mark.