Transition strip, tiles to carpet.

john-306

I've just done my bathroom update, new 6mm tile backer boards, underfloor heating, 10mm tiled floor.
Problem now is the tiled floor of bathroom is about 24mm above the carpeted landing, it doesnt really look too bad as the landing carpet/underlay is quite thick anyway, but the old transition strip wont fit and a couple of local tile shops had some trims in stock, but none would bridge 24mm even the "z" bars.
Any ideas please?

Ruski

I get mine made from hardwood from a friendly joiners workshop - you specify the shape and give him a fiver :-))

Avoriaz

How about a wedge shaped piece of wood tapering from 24mm on the bathroom side down to close to zero on the landing side?

You could get a nice piece of hardwood and stain it if necessary.

As Ruski suggests above, a decent joinery shop will make you up anything you want for a small fee.

cattie

I had mine done by a carpenter that was here doing other work for me. So getting one made by a joiner would be the best way forward.

john-306

Thanks, A wood strip might be the option to go for if I can't get a metal type strip that goes from 24mm tile to carpet, but the metal type would be my prefered, anyone know one that big?
Thanks for options so far.

keystone

The main problem John old son is that the floor level in the bathroom is just far too high. If its an inch above the carpet then it has to be 1½ inches above the floorboards. The tiler that did it for you needs shooting. Oh - hope it wasn't you?

Cheers

CashisKing

Sounds like a bad job 14mm is about the biggest

Ruski

inch and a quarter is not unusual - 3/4" wbp overlay then fix and floor tiles

If you HAVE to have a metal threshold then I'd suggest 1" aluminium angle profile to cover the edge of the tiles - but personally I'd stick to a hardwood threshold.

HTH

Russ

keystone

Ruski wrote: »

inch and a quarter is not unusual - 3/4" wbp overlay then fix and floor tiles

But its still too high in my opinion with 18mm over existing boards . Strip out existing boards 25mm wpb direct to joists and go on that. 7 - 10 mm ish better off before you start.

Cheers

john-306

keystone wrote: »

The main problem John old son is that the floor level in the bathroom is just far too high. If its an inch above the carpet then it has to be 1½ inches above the floorboards. The tiler that did it for you needs shooting. Oh - hope it wasn't you?

Cheers

Hi, no the 24mm height is from floorboard to top of tile, carpet/underlay is about 15mm from floorboard to top.
So not too noticible really, but the carpet gripper obviously needs to be on the floorboards so I'm still stuck with the 24mm gap.
And it was me, according to supposedly professional tiling websites the tile backer board is the proper way of attaching tiles, not direct to ply as wood expands and contracts potentially cracking tiles/grout.

keystone

OK so not so bad at all then and a 10mm step (which is what it is in effect) is par for the course. There is nothing wrong with tiling directly onto ply provided you use WPB ply of the correct thickness, the substrate is correctly laid and secured, you use the correct adhesive and the ply is primed first. Its the manufacturers of the cement boards that are putting this one about - vested interests y'see. I've never had a tiled floor failure in the 15 years I've been doing bathrooms and with the exception of a few that required a decoupling membrane on top of the ply I've never used cement boards yet. 'Spose I will one day though.

I have seen more than one failure where some muppet has tiled direct to chipboard or OSB though.

IIRC Topps do a Chrome or Brass effect transition bar that can take out up to a 15mm height difference so go with something like that.

HTH

Cheers