Slide a scrap piece of laminate under the baseboard heater to see if the laminate will fit under it whole.
Installing hardwood floors under baseboard heating.
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This gap is needed to give the hardwood room to move with changing humidity.
If you don t have enough clearance you will need to notch the pieces around the baseboard heater.
Leave a 1 4 inch or larger gap between the existing baseboard and the new hardwood flooring you are installing.
Use 1 2 inch spacers to assist in maintaining the 1 2 inch expansion gap between the first row of flooring planks and the wall.
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Slide the boards in the last course under the heaters and into the gap between the second last course and the wall.