Forum Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 7May 20, 2010 9:51 pm Another thought..... What thickness exactly are the porcelain tiles? Perhaps in the areas where the tiles meet carpets, the last row of tiles could be laid so as to ramp down. That way, the lower end would be only the thickness of the tiles (I would have thought 20 to 25mm) So then the carpet would meet it nicely. You'd have to check with your tiler. Edges may need to be machined to provide the correct angle at joints etc. But a slight ramp over 600mm would be pretty discreet. Ash. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 8May 21, 2010 12:48 pm Thanks Ash, namtrak & Felistopher ![]() After following up on your suggestions I now have a much better idea of the alternatives available. I've spoken to our carpet layers and they say they can either use the MDF wedges or custom build a ramp from a compound, mixed with water, and feathered. However.... Unless I raise the entire floor level, what do people usually do with skirtings in the transition area, where the tiles and the carpet meet? Won't those skirtings 'float' and look a bit odd? Ash, I have spoken to the tiler and they confirmed the finished floor level will be between 35-40mm *above* the slab. This is because of the depth of the screed bed required for large format porcelain tiles. The surface must be *completely* level otherwise the tiles will be out-of-whack when laid. Ceramic tiles, esp smaller ones, can be glued directly onto a slab but unfortunately we can't get away with this. Once again...feedback much appreciated!! Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 9May 21, 2010 7:21 pm ![]() Unless I raise the entire floor level, what do people usually do with skirtings in the transition area, where the tiles and the carpet meet? Won't those skirtings 'float' and look a bit odd? Pix Are you saying that the skirting is not already fitted in the tiled area?? If that is the case, the skirting may need be cut down by the tile/screed height, in the tiled area, to keep the skirting the same height through transitions in the house. Or approx. 40mm higher skirtings in the carpet area to achieve a better result. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 10May 22, 2010 9:04 am The skirting is tacked on in the area to be tiled and also in the area to be carpeted. The latter was a mistake by the chippies and we are working to fix this so that it will be fixed. We wanted the skirting tacked on in the tiled area so that it can be removed while the tiling takes place and fixed permanently afterwards. We just prefer the look of skirting on top of the tiles rather than tiles butting up to the skirting with a grout line in between. As carpet sits against skirting we've come to the conclusion we're going to have to live with skirting in two adjacent areas that *looks* like it's a different height...however, we still have the problem of how to overcome the disparity in the skirting levels in the spots (in four areas) where the carpet and tiles meet. Any ideas or is this all getting just waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to boring and hard? LOL (it is for me) /me wishes someone could just wave a magic wand and solve this! hehehehe Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 11May 22, 2010 10:13 am Lay plywood to rest of area, can be direct fixed with glue. Small cost for best outcome Landscape Design & Construction http://cherub.squarespace.com/ Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 12May 22, 2010 5:12 pm Hi Cherub, If we do that, how do we reconcile the different heights of the skirting between the two areas? Remember, the skirting will be fixed on top of the tiles and on top of the plywood and carpet is laid in front and up to the skirting in this area, not beneath it. Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 13May 22, 2010 8:40 pm IF you put the ply in the carpet areas[ to bring the floor up to the tiles], the skirting can adjusted be up to 10mm above that for the carpet. This should be enough to keep the skirtings the same height through the transitions. Plus the skirting could be cut down in the tiled area if need be. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 14May 24, 2010 11:32 pm Thanks everyone. The SS came up with a solution that will work ![]() No point in cutting down the skirting in the tiled area (90% of the ground floor) because we paid extra for the increased height ![]() Thanks for all the suggestions -- this was really making me crazy! Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: Help Please-Different Floor Levels Between Tiles and Car 15Jun 15, 2010 11:06 pm ![]() Ceramic tiles, esp smaller ones, can be glued directly onto a slab but unfortunately we can't get away with this. Pix Can anyone else confirm this? Can you lay ceramic directly on the concrete bed? If so, what sizes? 400x400? the following is from NCC 2015 (b) Slabonground — finished slab… 7 553 ![]() I can do picture and size but i dont know how old they are as i have no spares 4 484 Over the weekend I had a go at doing this myself and have lifted one tile so far! In case anyone wants to try this themselves, here's what I… 4 2129 |