What transition piece between tiles and laminate?

[Chrissymaria]

 

 

I have a height difference between 2 floors, the bedroom has laminate flooring and the bathroom has tiles, i want a transition piece due to the big height difference of 50mm, what products can I use? I dont want any rubber like ramps, something that looks like it matches with the floor

[EricL]

Hello @Chrissymaria 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your flooring.

If you have the proper tools such as a table saw, you can create a timber ramp out of a piece of 240 x 42mm 0.9m Merbau Domestic Use Stair Tread. Being Merbau it should blend in with your timber floor. A bit of cut timber will need to be added so that it reaches the 50mm mark so that it is in line with your tiled floor. If you don't have the necessary tools, I suggest engaging the services of a handy person to cut and install the timber ramp for you.

Let me call on our experienced members @Dave-1, @Nailbag and @AlanM52 for their recommendations.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[AlanM52]

Hi @Chrissymaria,

The first thing that came to mind was Laminate Flooring because I have a carton of that in the workshop - very handy.

Cheers

[Nailbag]

Hi @Chrissymaria 

Anything other than quad will stick out too far into the doorway and become a trip hazard. This leaves very little off the shelf options having such a large difference in height as nothing is close to 50mm. My only suggestion is staining Tasmanian Oak 27mm x 27mm rounded quad which still leaves quite a step. 

Otherwise you could consider spray painting a custom bent aluminium 50mm x 30mm. Any deeper and it will leave an open sharp edge. 

Nailbag

[Dave-1]

Good Morning @Chrissymaria 

50mm is a high transition piece, mmmm thinking of ways around it.

My first stop was here Pine Mouldings 

Then I was doing the addition for height with these two

Porta 40 x 5mm 2.4m Clear Pine Rounded Edging Bead 

+

Porta 23 x 18mm 2.4m Insert Mould Clear Pine 

= covering the height of the 50mm  at least.

The flat piece would be glued against the aluminium (round edge at top), then the contoured piece glued to the floor. No glue between them to allow for house general movement. I would either seal them or more likely oil them heavily with a clear oil (it will darken the timber) as its next to a presumed wet area.

You dont have to use the two types I am suggesting But the idea is there, I have made up my own cornice in the same way. Time is free, material is fun to play with. Just depends on how smooth a transition you are after.

Dave