My Tile Is Higher Than My Hardwood
Contractor suggested shoe moulding on leading edge but i don t know about how that would loo.
My tile is higher than my hardwood. You will need a transitional device because the tile floor often is higher than the adjoining wood flooring. How can i make this transition. Finally the hardwood was installed by scribing each individual board against the tile. What profile would you recommend for this uneven transition.
Looking closer click on the photo to enlarge it you ll see that the tile is large about 1 foot by 2 feet and made of marble. The schluter reno tk profile provides a sloped transition between the tile and carpet and features a channel below the sloped surface to hide and protect the edge of the carpet. Notice the flush transition from hardwood flooring to tile. Once my tile is installed it will be higher than the adjacent carpet.
In the bathroom and kitchen ceramic or porcelain tile might be installed since tile is supremely moisture resistant. But there are other advantages too. Where the dining room meets the kitchen the tile in the kitchen is approximately 1 4 inch higher than the hardwoods. Both features require a stiffer floor than most homes have.
I have almost exactly the same situation at my house. Most man made tiles are around 1 4 to 3 8 inch thick. Of particular interest is the feature board that was used to separate the tile and the hardwood floor. This is easily checked when you are ordering material.
Naturally this depends on which hardwood and which tile and condition of your floor but this is a good rule of thumb for the colder climates. The tile ends are not exactly even and the hardwood and tile are not exactly square to each other. Had planned on using marble beveled threshold but there is still a big height gap. The next example involved a prefinished hand scraped floor glued down on concrete.
I just finished installing hardwoods in our dining room. Homeowners looking to refurbish a property in a humid climate for example. Remodeling master bathroom and the new heated floor and 18x18 tile are much higher than the master bedroom hardwood floor. The labor for tile is much higher than the labor for hardwood so when you add labor and materials together usually hardwood is less expensive.
Natural stone tiles on the other hand are much more difficult to work. I made my own oak transition piece 3 1 2 inches wide 3 4 inch thick back cut with a 3 4 inch wide 1 2 inch deep dado to cover the tile.