Flooring Threshold help

last year

Hi all

So we are at loggerheads a little with our flooring company.

They installed flooring throughout our downstairs, but at the time we didn’t know our living room plans. Now we want the same herringbone flooring throughout but there is a problem. There is a door frame that is preventing a “flow” from hallway to living room.

A carpenter we use said it’s possible to cut around the door frame and remove the threshold, keeping the frame in place.

The flooring company say the whole frame needs to come out.

Has anyone got any ideas/suggestions? The flooring is all paid for so we must use them, but annoyed we sent them all photos explaining what was needed and they turn up today and then say they can’t do the job.

Thank you

Comments (3)

Daisy England
last year
I agree with the carpenter
Cherub Pebble
last year
What needs to be done is for part of the frame at the bottom to be cut away to allow for the flooring to fit under it. My husband has done it in a few houses when laying laminate and used a reciprocating saw to cut the frame. There is no need for the whole frame to come out. I think the reason the flooring company won't want it done that way is that it may be quite difficult and sometimes time consuming to cut out and to slide the flooring under the frame especially if it needs to interlock with other pieces. If you tell them you want it that way and offer to pay for the extra time it will take to do then perhaps they will agree?
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Chris Blowers
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last year
Thank you daisy. Our chippy ended up coming over and cutting around the frame which was great!

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