I just use a bead of color matched caulking to fill the gap and skip the 1/4 round, making sure to only fill the gap and not have it all over the flooring or vinyl frame.
I agree with Joe. Use painters tape on the floor and door frame allowing just enough space to allow the caulk to fill the voids. Wet your finger tip, smooth the caulk, pull the tape and your wife will be amazed how handy you are.
Thanks—and believe me, I'm a big fan of caulking and puttying, since it's so much easier than, you know, measuring.
Unfortunately, since this is a floating floor (planks cemented to each other, and occasionally to me, but not to the subfloor), I can't go filling in my carefully-planned expansion gaps where it meets the wall.
It's especially true on this project with unusually long runs of flooring (don't tell the flooring co.), and the sun shines on it part of the day (the floor I mean, not the flooring co.—well, I guess that's true too), and here in Canada we have actual seasons, unlike L.A. where I grew up, where the only season I remember is drive-by shooting season.
That sounds like a challenger to me... Check out the video on this site, I will accept an apology:trophy:
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http://www.surfaceshields.com/products/adhesive-tape/carpet-installation-tape#
My good dude, sorry I didn't take you seriously, but I'd never heard of such a thing—and as you didn't link to it right away, you left me thinking it'd be just the kind of gag my friends would play on me, to see if I'd go out and buy a bunch of this:
...hoping Staples might give me a contractor's discount. (BTW, I've shown the multi-lingual version of the tape here for the benefit of my fellow Canadians, as it's well known that everyone in the U.S. speaks English only.)
And here's something interesting, Neal: When I looked for a dealer for your trim tape, the first place I found was
Tools4Flooring.com in Earth City, MO. And according to Wikipedia's
Earth City, MO page:
Wikipedia said:
Earth City received the distinction of being the first city in Missouri that was home to more Canada geese than human beings by Missouri Field and Stream magazine in 2007.
I found this remarkable because:
• Outside of Toronto and Montreal, Canada geese
always outnumber the people here.
• There's a special Missouri version of Field and Stream?? Does each state have one, 'cause there's so much game to shoot down there? If so, there's your justification for needing all the guns, eh? (Assault rifles too—you can't fool around if you want to take down those tough Canadian geese.)
So thanks, I'll ask around locally for that tape.
Meanwhile, I just realized there's an actual Flooring sub-forum. So Admin, if you want to move this thread there, you won't offend me... I'm married, and used to not getting anything right on the first try (or second, or third...) Cheers, A.