Cutting Metal Floor Trim

Transition strips come in various sizes and materials with one of those materials being metal.

Cutting metal floor trim. Transition strips are used between rooms on the interior of a house. Cut the metal track across its width at the pencil mark with a power saw fitted with a metal cutting blade or with a hacksaw. 3 cut the transition strip using a hacksaw or a multipurpose tool equipped with a hardwood sheet metal cutting accessory. This d i y video use a schluter metal trim shows how to cut aluminum trim for an outside corner or how to cut trim 45 degree to install as a threshold on th.

They transition between two different flooring materials such as carpet to hardwood. An angle grinder fitted with an abrasive metal cutting disc works well to cut all kinds of metal including bolts angle iron rebar and even sheet metal. 4 remove any metal burs from the cut end of the track with a file. But the discs wear down quickly cut slowly and shrink in diameter as you use them.