Hardwood To Tile Transition - How To Make The Transition. By Todd Fratzel on Flooring.
Floor Transitions. I’d like to share some thoughts on how to transition hardwood and tile floors. Hardwood Flooring has become a very popular DIY project for many home owners.
Also every DIY program on television has featured numerous programs on installing your own hardwood and tile floors. So you might ask why I’m focusing on the floor transition? The answer is simple, I’ve seen so many DIY flooring projects in homes that look really great except for one detail, the floor transition looks awful. Recommended Reading. Complete Flooring (Stanley Complete) (Paperback)Whether you’re installing solid hardwood, engineered hardwood, laminate, or tile the issues are all the same. You really need to plan the floor transitions before you start any flooring installation. There are several basic issues that arise at the floor transitions.
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You can find many of these transition pieces at: Online Floor Transition Pieces. Elevation – The final floor elevation of each type of material is a major issue that needs proper attention in order for your new floor to look great and not become a maintenance issue. Location of Transition - The actual location that you stop one flooring type and start another within a door opening, cased opening or room separation is a very important aesthetic consideration. Special Transitions – Stairways can pose some interesting transitions that need special attention and transition pieces. Elevation. Elevation changes are fairly common in remodeling projects when sub- floors can’t easily be adjusted for different flooring thicknesses. As you can see in the adjacent photo, the use of a transition threshold molding is the easiest way to take care of this problem.
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This can occur if you install a hardwood floor over an existing floor adjacent to a flooring material that will not be changing.
With a little work and the right tools, installing T&G flooring is well within the grasp of the savvy DIY’er.
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