Laminate Flooring Transition To Floor Of Different Height

They are strikingly different in color yet the lighter flooring has a variety of colors pulling in some of the deep color of the darker wood flooring.

Laminate flooring transition to floor of different height.

Posted by 5 years ago. A typical 4 in 1 transition includes a metal channel for mounting the system with a t molding which fits into the channel and is used alone if you are joining floors that are the same height. I did that between a tile floor and carpeting. Transition between 2 floors of different heights.

One way to bridge the gap between two materials is with a t strip named so because of its form. T molding transition strips have two lips to cover the edges of both surfaces when flooring products differ no more than about 3 8 inch in height. They are on different levels so there is a clear place to stop one and start the other. The strip is supported on both sides by the lips and held in place with nails.

You can deal with it easy enough using a belt sander and a piece of matching hardwood. Making a transition to a different style of laminate flooring isn t much different than running one type of flooring through it provided the floors in both rooms have the same thickness and. A 4 in 1 transition strip is the swiss army knife type of transition strip with interchangeable parts that work for different types of floors. The leg of the t doesn t touch the floor.

The differences in height between the two adjoining floors is typically not more than 1 2 inch at most. Transition strips do not bottom out. If you have a table saw and a sander it is easy to make one yourself out of some hardwood.