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. 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. I use a hook bill to do this. Also tuck the carpet into the ends where the carpet meets the jambs.

Use your utility knife to cut the carpet to the size of the room adding an extra 4 to 6 inches on each side. Place a straightedge on top of the carpet and cut along the line using a utility knife to trim off the excess. If you nail one down always nail it to the subfloor and not to the pergo flooring. 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.

Just push the edge of the carpet down into the gap all the way across the door and trim any strings off.