How to transition between bathroom tile flooring and laminate flooring of hallway?

[Megha]

Hi All,

During the Christmas holidays, we decided to remove the carpet and do the laminate flooring in our house. We could do this in two rooms only and hallway only.

My doubt is, what should I install at the transition of the bathroom which is tiled, and the hallway where we installed the laminate flooring planks. We have kept the space of half the plank still open.  Can someone please advise how should I close this?

[DIYgals]

Hey @Megha 

There are a few different types of trims such as this one: Roberts 1.65m Silver Senior Ramp Floating Floor Trim  to transition to different floor types and levels to finish the job off.

Good luck!

[EricL]

Hello @Megha

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's wonderful to have you join us, and thank you for sharing your question about floor transitioning.

It's fantastic that you've received excellent advice from @DIYgals. Their recommendation is spot on and it's exactly what I would have suggested. Make sure to take measurements of the gap before proceeding to your local store. I suggest speaking to the store's flooring specialist, I'm sure they'll be able to help you with choosing the right size for your door. It sounds like you've just recently updated your flooring. Would it be possible for you to post a photo of the new flooring? I'm sure our members would be interested to see what it looks like. If you have any other questions we can help with, please let us know.

Please keep us updated with your progress, we look forward to seeing your flooring project complete.

Eric

[Megha]

Thank you @DIYgals . I will go to bunnings tomorrow to get this Floating Floor trim. Thank you so much for your help.

[Noyade · Accepted solution]

I'm learning new things every day on this site.

So, the Magic Plugs (ribbed plastic?) are positioned into the trim and mallet-ed (new word?) into pre-drilled holes?

I've only ever seen the 'channel' method.

What my eyes are seeing?

[GhengisKhat]

Like your art work @Noyade. I’m in middle of replacing a trimm between water damaged laminate and tiles. Your art helped my understanding of Magic Plugs enormously. I have to glue some of the separated laminate layers before I tap in the plugs. Then ABRACADABRA all done. Fingers crossed GhengisKhat.

PS could you sign a copy so I can frame!

[MitchellMc]

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @GhengisKhat. It's brilliant to have you join us and pleasing to hear the info in this discussion has assisted you.

@Noyade's sketches are amazing! I'm a massive fan of them myself. It might be nostalgia, as both my parents were graphic designers/architects, and his styling is very similar to how they would sketch out ideas.

I thought I'd throw together a basic rendering of his sketch. Interesting to compare. His sketch wins out for me; you just can't beat a hand-drawn design. If I could draw that well, I'd be doing them by hand too.

Looking forward to hearing all about your projects around the house and garden. Feel free to shout out anytime you need assistance or have something to share.

Mitchell

[ivanp]

Hi Mitchell - quick questions please.

Is the quad shown up against the tile aluminum tile plate a required item ?
I have existing tiled hallway and am installing floating floor (10mm) in a bedroom, the tile retainer or plate or whatever you call it is 15mm in height from the concrete floor of the bedroom and has been in position for a very long time (years)

So must I install the quad as shown in order to support the tile retainer plate ?

[MitchellMc]

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @ivanp. It's amazing to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about floors trims.
 

You don't need to install a quad or the transition strip, but they help hide gaps between the two floorings and prevent trip hazards. The 5mm exposed section of aluminium trim is likely low enough not to be much of a trip hazard but could be the occasional toe stubber. It would be best to install a transition strip to help prevent any possible issues. Even installing something like the Roberts 3.3m Plank Cove Trim - Light Bronze which is like a little ramp, would make the aluminium strip less aggressive.

The other option you could consider would be placing a small amount of packing under that board to raise the edge up a few millimetres. Not great practice, but likely a method commonly used.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell

[mich1972]

Great information from everyone on this post. Thank you Eric for telling me. 
@Megha  How did you go with your flooring ? May I ask if you have an update on it please 😊