Cutting Vinyl Tile Around Door Jambs

It s easy to end up with an unsightly gap.

Cutting vinyl tile around door jambs.

Rip cuts are long cuts down the length of the plank. Set the saw flat on top of the tile and simply work it back and forth to cut the casing at the tile height. With a couple of tricks and a fair bit of patience you can get nice results. Remove the cut scrap of door jamb or casing.

As an alternative you can use a multi tool oscillating tool with an undercut attachment. Notch cuts remove small pieces to fit flooring around door jambs pipes and similar. Demonstrated by master tile setter armen tavy. Cutting vinyl tile to fit around obstacles can be tricky.

Score and snap is the basic technique but it must be applied in three different ways. How to undercut and fit ceramic tiles around door casings and jambs. 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. Use a handsaw to cut through the door jamb or casing.

To use an undercut saw place a tile on the floor with a spacer beneath to represent the tile mortar and hold the tile against the casing. Crosscuts are short cuts across the plank. Here s how to cut vinyl tile around door jambs and how to cut vinyl tile to fit around a toilet around a corner or other obstacles.