Flooring between two rooms having differing levels

richy999

I plan to put new identical flooring, either vinyl or floating (laminate) from the hallway, thru the kitchen in into the extension.

There is a slight step up in the doorway sized opening from the kitchen to the extension (approx. 3-4 mm) and either the extension floor which is screed or the kitchen, which is suspended wooden floorboards is not level… giving a slightly wedge shaped step.

I am undecided how to handle the step between the kitchen and extension. Ideally I would like an unbroken surface across the opening but some kind of threshold strip between the two levels would be an acceptable compromise.

Perhaps I could hack up the joists and floorboards slightly to at least eliminate the wedge effect.
Does anyone have any bright ideas?

Alter_ego

If there is a change of levels, make it visible, otherwise a trip hazard.

LEJC

it may only seem a slight level difference...but we managed to aquire a similar situation between kitchen and openplan dining room when our builder disregarded and didnt listen to what we wanted...


We now call it the stumble step!


Difficult to suggest what you do we've tried all sorts including a sliding triangular fitment to give a gradual slope..and in the end used a piece of carpet fitting edge to actually make the edge more pronounced and noticable.
It really is a case of finding the solution that fits you best ...otherwise you will lose count of how many times you stub your toe on it,even though its hardly noticable

jennifernil

richy999 wrote: »

I plan to put new identical flooring, either vinyl or floating (laminate) from the hallway, thru the kitchen in into the extension.

There is a slight step up in the doorway sized opening from the kitchen to the extension (approx. 3-4 mm) and either the extension floor which is screed or the kitchen, which is suspended wooden floorboards is not level… giving a slightly wedge shaped step.

I am undecided how to handle the step between the kitchen and extension. Ideally I would like an unbroken surface across the opening but some kind of threshold strip between the two levels would be an acceptable compromise.

Perhaps I could hack up the joists and floorboards slightly to at least eliminate the wedge effect.
Does anyone have any bright ideas?

If the difference really is only a few mm, I would build up the level in the hall and kitchen to match the extension using some plywood or hardboard sheets, before laying the new flooring.

The plinth boards will need to be removed, and any floor-standing appliances (even if integrated), so you can run the ply and new flooring underneath. Then cut plinth down to fit and shorten the feet on any under the worktop appliances.

Before starting this, check the thickness of ply+flooring to ensure you either have enough spare height below the worktops for any appliances, or that their feet have enough adjustment available.

I think you need to deal with the "wedge" business by either removing some floor, or building up some floor to level sideways. First you need to ascertain what is 100% level and what isn't.