Decorating & Renovating
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Transitions between various flooring
I hate those transition pieces that go between rooms to cover the gap between two different floorings of different heights. Is there a decent way to avoid this? We have a large area where kitchen tiling will meet our hardwood flooring in the living room. Everyone recommends those wood stick transition things. Ugh. Any recommendations appreciated!
Re: Transitions between various flooring
Same here.
This is what we plan to do with our HW to bathroom floor transitions. We are going the extra mile to ensure the floors are as level as possible by really beefing up the subfloor under the HW (we have electric floor mats and Ditra under the tile which makes the height so much higher). What hasn't been mentioned is that there should be some type of expansion joint in that location. So basically between the tile and the wood piece running across the door jam we're using a caulk that is color matched to our tile grout. This allows the HW to expand and contract without buckling from hitting the stationary tile.
HTH
No matter what height your floors our you have to have a piece of wood (or something) that goes across the threshold. The only way to avoid the look is if your floors happen to be running that direction but odds are you have doors in both directions so it won't really matter because at least some will run in a different direction. Besides the directions of your HWs should be determined by the direction of your floor joists (they should run opposite).
If your floor is a different height you need what is called a reducer (note there are many different names for it) in the same species of wood your HW floors are and stain it to match.
Here is a pic of tile to hardwood. The wood transition piece does NOT stick up above the level of my hardwood.