Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Flooring strips 2Apr 30, 2014 4:08 pm Most likely at your old home the finished height of your two flooring surfaces were different, therefore they used a transition strip (or flooring strip as you called it) to sort even out the difference in the two surfaces. It also just ads a nice look to finish both edges of the different surfaces while protecting them from chips or un-raveling of carpet. Personally I think it's a must, I wouldn't want two different floors to join together without having something in between to finish one floor before the next starts. Is it possible that they just did that in the display home to save time and money? I know that's not the point in a display home, but I really can't think of any time I have seen two flooring surfaces meet without having a transition strip of some type... I guess to get around that, you would need to screed the sub floor (or if it is a major height difference install a new sub floor over the existing) where the tiles are going be installed to make the overall finished height the same as your carpet. Essentially you need to take the pile height of the carpet, subtract the thickness of the tile and that should tell you how much the floor needs to be built up. Re: Flooring strips 3Apr 30, 2014 6:54 pm Where we are renting at the moment has a flush transition (or close enough to flush) and it's terrible. The majority of transitions have frayed carpet to some extent and it's only 2½ years old. It looks nice enough where there's no fraying but it just looks really sh0ddy between our dining and family room where most of the 4-ish metres is frayed. There are three sections like this and the rest isn't much better - I have to keep trimming it otherwise we end up with huge long strands that you trip over. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'd think really carefully before getting transitions like this - a strip that covers the join might not look quite as nice but it's going to look better than frayed carpet. ~ Anne I used to be indecisive but now I'm not quite sure. Eeek - We're embarking on a knockdown rebuild! Click here for our build thread Our blog: kdrhome.wordpress.com Re: Flooring strips 4Apr 30, 2014 10:55 pm That looks awful, Slightly Random! However, in defence of flush floors, I have three such transitions - one 5m one, two 2m ones - and they all look fine, not a single fray. This house is about 10years old, was a rental for the first 8 and the carpet and tiles were both cat1. I'll get a pic in the morning to show it. Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Flooring strips 5May 01, 2014 3:07 pm Trim that back Slightly Random and head to that big local hardware outlet and get a strip to cover that up!!! That can't be easy to live with =) Re: Flooring strips 6May 01, 2014 6:43 pm Slightly Random Where we are renting at the moment has a flush transition (or close enough to flush) and it's terrible. The majority of transitions have frayed carpet to some extent and it's only 2½ years old. It looks nice enough where there's no fraying but it just looks really sh0ddy between our dining and family room where most of the 4-ish metres is frayed. There are three sections like this and the rest isn't much better - I have to keep trimming it otherwise we end up with huge long strands that you trip over. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'd think really carefully before getting transitions like this - a strip that covers the join might not look quite as nice but it's going to look better than frayed carpet. There's something wrong there I reckon. We have the same style strips between carpet and tiles and our carpet is much older and has worn threadbare in heavily trafficked areas but we have no fraying around the edges! Poor installation in the first place is my guess when its fraying like that and so soon too! 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6191 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15905 |