Hi all...I'm hoping someone who's experienced this or one of the flooring experts can assist please.
We are having 600x600 matt porcelain tiles laid on our ground floor (slab) except for a formal living area on the RHS where we will lay carpet. I can't get my head around how to deal with the differing floor levels as everyone has a different fix. I've seen many examples of tiles butting up to carpet but not sure how to achieve a uniform floor level.
The tiles will be laid on a screed bed and the finished level will be 35-38mm higher than the current slab. The carpet people advise that the carpet sits approximately 20mm above the slab when installed so that's a difference of 15-18mm between the finished level of the tiles and the carpet.
One option presented is to continue the screed into the Formal living room allowing for that difference. However, the tiler says the carpet people should just lay thick underlay! The carpet people say this is not a serious solution and they told me to get a carpenter to lay particle board, or similar, to make up the difference. However, the chippy I spoke to says you can't just lay particle board on a slab...and round and round it goes.
Any advice on how to deal with this would help me sleep better at night!!
Pix