Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jul 23, 2011 9:24 pm What are the options for when the timber floor is higher than the tiles where they meet? Re: Tiles lower where they meet timber floor 2Jul 23, 2011 11:00 pm I think this depends on what gets installed first. If you install timber first, you'll need to use some tile "angles" to provide a "ramp" and therefore avoid a tiny "step" - that is, if you really really don't want a step. Sometimes a step is fine and people don't care. If you install tiles first, then it depends on what kind of timber floor you get. If it's full timber or parquetry, it's easy because they can make you a "feathered down" edge board that serves as a ramp down to the tiles. If it's engineered timber, there are ready made but not so good looking boards, but they can always find some kind of better matching fillets and moulds and customise. Because it's timber, it's easier to work with and shape into what you want it (than with ready made metal anlges), so it means that you could make any size! Unlike with tiles - it's harder to find exact size of angle that you need because they don't make them in all possible heights. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Tiles lower where they meet timber floor 3Jul 24, 2011 8:43 am Thanks lex What if the boards run "toward" tiles and not "across"? Is it the standard to have a horizontal board under the doorway? Re: Tiles lower where they meet timber floor 4Jul 24, 2011 9:02 am If your using conventional timber floor of 19 mm battens plus 19 mm timber you can change to 12 mm Slimwood and then use 12, 15, 18, etc mm plywood to get the exact height. OK to go a mm or two higher as they can sand the floors to meet. And put an aluminium angle between the timber and tiles to finish it off nicely. BTW, strange problem to have. Usually it's the tiles that are too high. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Tiles lower where they meet timber floor 5Jul 24, 2011 9:17 am I think it's all fine. For example, you may have one doorway where the timber runs parallel to the doorway, but then 2m away, you may have another doorway under the right angle to the first doorway and still in the same room (as we do) and then the timber would obviously run perpendicular to this second doorway. As long as you discuss the options with the installer and understand how would it look, I don't think it wouldn't look good, it's quite normal. I don't think that Aus Standards cover this detail. You may find some ideas in ATFA and other similar manuals. How big is the height difference that you will end up with?? If it's really small, maybe it might be a bit neater to do this with the tile angle, rather than timber. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Hi there, We’ve recently had plans approved to add a 1st storey addition to our existing house for a growing family in Sydney. With the current cost of building… 0 4275 I am looking to design an entry door to a lower ground basement that has 2200mm between the external entry height to FFL of the ground floor. This door will provide an… 0 11352 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15887 |