Cutting angles in laminate flooring beading : Nightmare!! Tips?

Draeger · 19 Jun 2010 at 20:35

Redecorating our house from top to bottom and have now almost finished the living room. Have laminate flooring down and attempted to finish that off today with the edging/beading strips around the skirting. In hindsight I should have just taken the skirting off and done it that way but I was lazy and didn't.

Anyway, tried cutting the beading for the first few 90 degree angles on the wall today and its been a nightmare. Never manage to get the angle quite right despite using a mitre saw that I have. Cutting perfect 45 degree angles with it doesn't quite work as the walls are always a degree or so out resulting in a gap at the join. I recall doing this in my flat before we moved to this house and back then it was a mare as well but I muddled through it.

Anyone got any tips on cutting this beading so the join looks half decent?. :confused:

Draeger · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:05

Tinders said:
I find making a paper/card template of the corner helps to get it spot on, as you say walls are never perfect angles anyway.

Thanks, how do you go about that method?.

mollymoo said:
Cut it at around 40 -43 degree and fill with a wood filler.

Cool, does the colour of the wood filler match up with the beading?. I take it you get it in different shades?.

Draeger · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:22

I can't quite work out how that bevel thingy works?. :confused:

Draeger · 19 Jun 2010 at 21:47

Ah right, gotcha now. Ta.

Wanted to get cracked on with the stuff tomorrow, wonder if anywhere high street wise like B & Q or Homebase does those bevels?.

Cheers for the info so far folks.

Draeger · 19 Jun 2010 at 23:24

Cheers chaps, excellent info. I will nip to Wickes tomorrow.

RobH, ta for the pics.