This transition strip is designed for joining a laminate floor to a tile floor.
Installing hardwood to tile transition.
Over lap moldings are designed to transition to other floors while still providing an expansion gap so the flooring can have freedom to expand and contact with indoor climate changes.
How is this done and what could be the consequences in regards to any expansion and contraction.
It was designer s ide.
Ceramic tile floors tend to be higher than laminate floors because tile is installed over cement board while laminate usually lies over a thin foam underlayment.
After all the common belief or concern that all wood floors needing expansion space.
This is the finishing part.
How to install flooring transition between tile floor and hardwood laminate engineered flooring without transition molding.
Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on.
My hardwood guy says without the t molding which is rounded on top the wood floors don t have enough room to expand and might buckle.
My tile guy says it s far better and more attractive to have a flat transition between the tile and the hardwood.
Installing hardwood against tile or stone floors.
This video is from one of the last projects where i am installing a metal transition strip between hardwood flooring and tile flooring.
My tile guy says my hardwood guy is just trying to sell more product.
Frequently installers are asked to install wood floors against tile or stone flooring without transition pieces.
Here is how to make and install a flat hardwood floor transition to tile.