âNonetheless they will have need of wood,' said AulÃ«.â. Although Ents were Shepherds of the Trees and their duty was to protect the forests from Orcs, Dwarves and other perils not the Children of IlÃºvatar who would need wood and would use it with little care of what the Ents thought.
For small areas, you could cut laminate flooring with a circular saw or a jig saw. In order to do that, you should use a smart setup, as to cut the planks straight and to avoid chipping their edges. Therefore, you have to use another laminate flooring board or a straight edge to guide the jigsaw or circular saw.
Place a drop cloth, tarp or plastic around your work area. You may want to have some newspaper on hand to help absorb sloshed water, drips from the sponge or wet bottoms of buckets. While you clean sooty bricks, some soot and ash can dislodge from the fireplace. If you don't put down a protective layer, you will have additional soot stains on your carpet to clean.