Tile Higher Than Hardwood Floor

We are installing engineered hardwood floors against porcelain tile floors.

Tile higher than hardwood floor.

The kitchen opens onto the living room with the transition being about 12 feet long and there is also a doorway into the dining room that i have to transition. In most cases tile is significantly cheaper than a traditional hardwood floor. Homeowners looking to refurbish a property in a humid climate for example. The engineered hardwood with the underlayment which is being installed on our concrete subfloor will be 3 8 or 9 525 mm higher than the existing tile floor.

A marble or granite strip that abuts to the tile floor this strip then adjoins to the lower floor with a hardwood trim piece. The tapered edges should be no thiner than 1 8 thick to avoid splintering. With the tile edges not being exactly even. A single transition strip that acts as a ramp from the lower hardwood floor to the higher tile floor.

This strip can either meet the tile floor directly or can have a lip over style. And be nailed into the hardwood. But there are other advantages too. Hello i have installed a heated tile floor in the kitchen and it seems that i have a 1 2 height difference between the tile floor and the 3 4 wood floor that we want to install.

Tile is 1 2 higher than the wood floor. For reference the total thickness of the hardwood with the underlayment is 5 8 or more exactly 15 mm. The easiest design is to have a mill shop create this transition.