Finish Carpet In Doorway

But when the last few floorboards of your laminate floor need to be laid under the door jambs or through the door lining or door frame it seems impossible to get them in without.

Finish carpet in doorway.

Smooth out the carpet over the doorway and feel it with your hands to locate the area where it meets the other type of flooring. Use your utility knife to cut the carpet to the size of the room adding an extra 4 to 6 inches on each side. If you nail one down always nail it to the subfloor and not to the pergo flooring. Just push the edge of the carpet down into the gap all the way across the door and trim any strings off.

I use a hook bill to do this. If have to butt pergo against an existing metal track for a sliding door leave a 1 4 inch gap between the doorway and the floor and fill the gap with acrylic latex or silicone caulk. Also tuck the carpet into the ends where the carpet meets the jambs. Lay your carpet down and make sure it is centered and lays directly against the doorway.

After the carpet is stretched onto the tack strip and cut to the correct size it needs to be tucked down into the gap.