Q: I am planning on installing laminate floors in my kitchen and have been doing a lot of research on how to perform the installation and the products involved. I want to say thank you to your web site as it has provided me with the most valuable information thus far.
I have one question, my molding in the kitchen has a quarter-inch round molding from the floor to the molding on the wall, can I just remove the quarter-inch round molding and bring the laminate close enough to the other wall molding, then replace the quarter-inch round molding to cover the gap between the floor and the wall molding?
Albert
A: As you might have seen in the installation videos Westhollow has put out, typically what you will do is use a pry bar to remove the molding along your walls (be careful if you wish to reuse them) then install the floor and reinstall them. So simply put – yes you can.
If you have a base molding of some form, then quarter round installed beyond that, I would suggest getting all the way to the wall where possible, but as long as you leave a proper expansion gap, cover it in anyway which looks best to you. Look at the molding currently on your wall and if it can be removed so you get all the way to the wall and do not have any molding in the way. In the end if you have a proper expansion gap from the molding, then cover with quarter round, you should be fine.
