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Just finished a new kitchen and I need a threshold strip between a tile floor and a wooden floor. The two floor levels are not the same height but the height difference is not consistent. At one end the height difference is 2mm and at the other end it's 12mm.
The builder said he could get a threshold strip but that it would snap.
Or he could put down mastic to cover the join which sounds awful.
Any other alternatives?
Large wide metal threshold strip, maybe able to bend / twist to shape. Otherwise get a joiner to make a custom timber threshold strip?
I'd be inclined to go with a bespoke strip made by a joiner, anything off the shelf will most likely only handle one height difference.
That said, I did manage to find a wooden threshold bar where you might have been able to plane an angle in it from 2mm to 12mm, and then fill any gaps with a colour matched silicone or similar?
@eckinspain blimey it was years ago, I think it was B&Q. I can't remember what the overall height was, but it would have accomodated a good 5mm difference from end to end. My post was intended to say that you may get lucky and find something off the shelf, but it may be better to get custom make (it'll be worth it). I had tried various fancy (and expensive) things from the likes of QuickStep but they were rubbish, and then chanced on the wooden threshold. Don't think it was sold as specifically for uneven floors.
Thanks. I'd love to buy something from Quickstep just to feel a part of the team!
I might try a metal one and just flexing it.
Level up whichever one of them is on the piss? A centimetre drop across 30" is quite a difference, no?
I think I'd want some sort of gradient rather than an abrupt step, or you'd be forever tripping up over it. Chuck a mat over the join? (-:
@Cougar I just spoke to a company who said the same thing - try to stick some shims under the wooden floor to raise it to the same level as the tiles (or at least the same height difference across the width)
BnQ do an aluminium door trim for about a tenner. It's the one that the edges glue down onto the floor. It's meant to adjust to different floor levels but you could also bend it to work for your situation.
I just fitted one in our house it's suprisingly good quality for the price.
I think I’d want some sort of gradient rather than an abrupt step, or you’d be forever tripping up over it.
I tend to agree with this, but if the worst bit is hinge-side (is there a door?) it might be less of a problem. Generalisation; floor boards will be easier to tweak than a laminate floor
So the tiled floor is level and the wood floor runs off? What substrate is under the tiles? Is the other side floorboards on joists? That would drive me crazy...
They are possibly both wonky. I looked at the wooden floor (engineered wood) to see if I could lift it up and get shims underneath but the boards go under the door frame and I don't want to cut the frame to be able to raise the boards. It's higher at the hinge side so isn't too bad but over time the tiles will surely get chipped.
The wood floor area is a small one, maybe I can remove them all and then pack underneath them.