Tile Meets Hardwood

Let s use the example of 3 8 inch which is a common grout joint spacing for ceramic tile.

Tile meets hardwood. But when tile and carpet meet there number of tile to carpet transition options increases. Here s what you need to know about each one to overcome the challenges of carpet to tile transition. This strip can either meet the tile floor directly or can have a lip over style. Anytime a hardwood edge meets a tile edge this small crack will not only be natural but necessary to achieve a smooth transition.

The most common method and one you ve probably used countless times before is the tuck in carpet transition to tile. Match hardwood floor with tile height. Will it look to chopped up. Wood floor will be about 1 8 in.

I have tile in the entire house but would like to put hardword in a very small kitchen. Below entryway tile floor. The opening to kitchen is 40. I want to run a single course parallel with tile which will be 13 feet and then butt the floor to this.

Whether the tile is in a bathroom kitchen or around a fireplace where the wood butts up to the tile there will be a grout line that needs to be filled. The parallel course will have a 1 2 in. Would that look ok since the kitchen is small. Considering solid hardwood flooring does expand and contract during seasonal changes or fluctuations in relative humidity many installers will provide a gap between the stone or tile that matches the grout joint spacing.

A single transition strip that acts as a ramp from the lower hardwood floor to the higher tile floor. The video segment below looks at removing an older vinyl floor in a great room area that also had carpeting. The segment also focuses on not using the more common t molding to transition the two areas. The hardwood flooring end cap does a very nice job of framing the wood flooring while also meeting the tile cleanly.

There will be unlimited scenarios with matching any new hardwood floor to an existing tiled area. The floor will be perpendicular to the joists. When transitioning to ceramic tile for example you could leave a gap between the hardwood and the tile and grout it. The look is finished off with a sharp consistent grout line to create a classic finish without the use of fancy.

When the tiles are thinner than the hardwood however a reducing strip is a. However not planning the transition can result in a final product that doesn t meet your expectations or a floor assembly that s destined to fail.