Wood And Tile Transition

The wood floor will be 1 4 higher than the tile and there is a 15 foot run needing a transition.

Wood and tile transition.

The answer to height differences is to use a floor transition strip that ramps up or down from tile flooring to wood flooring. Transition strips typically made of wood or lightweight aluminum can easily be cut to length with a regular miter saw or hacksaw. Wood and tile transition. See more ideas about tile to wood transition house design kitchen flooring.

I plan to simply sand down the wood to meet the height of the tile and apply a finish to match then fill the gap with a sanded flexible grout. Notice where the wood transition meets the tile here the wood is not cut to a feathered edge but kept to about inch thick. This makes the edge stronger. Matching laminate transition pieces were impossible to find at the time and there was a pronounced height difference between the two types of flooring.

The hardwood strip is unfinished and can be stained to match the color of the laminate flooring. The white molding covering the line between the wood and the gray kitchen flooring material ties in the color of the island and feels better to me than if the molding had matched either the gray flooring or the wood. Letting tile and wood run into each other like in the picture above is a great way to blend two spaces and create some cohesion. While this is a modern take on tile to wood transition ideas it s interesting and can be used in a variety of spaces.

Apr 11 2017 explore tammy quapaw s board tile to wood transition on pinterest. The reducing transition also overlaps the tile which helps with movement since wood and tile expand at different rates. 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. 20 great examples of transitions in flooring.

The transition piece used on the above picture is a creative use of standard molding to create a perfect transition from ceramic tile to the wooden floor.