How To Install Metal Transition Floor

How to transition from one room to another room when installing laminate wood flooring.

How to install metal transition floor.

If you are installing laminate or hardwood you will most likely need to put some transition strips down at some point. There is nothing worse than an awesome floor with a cheesy trans. Transition strips are the very definition of an easy fix. For step installations where the floating floor is glued down to the existing treads flush stair nosing if available can be used.

Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on. How to install transition strips. A 4 in 1 transition strip is the swiss army knife type of transition strip with interchangeable parts that work for different types of floors. Plan the flooring installation so that a 1 1 8 inch gap between the two floor coverings occurs between the stops on the doorjamb.

When you re installing a laminate floor the issue of transitions arises when you have to change flooring in. These can finish off the edge of a floor and make the job look much more professional. Dustin shows how to cut and install oak wooden thresholds for a new floor. A typical 4 in 1 transition includes a metal channel for mounting the system with a t molding which fits into the channel and is used alone if you are joining floors that are the same height.

In this tutorial we show you how to join floors of both equal and unequal heights together with oak transition strips. Instead of agonizing over adjusting the entire height of one of the adjoining floors you can put in a transition strip and forget your worries. Transition strips are used to finish hardwood and laminate floor edges where the product meets an existing floor in a doorway and are typically cut to fit and then nailed in place or snapped into a track that has been screwed to the floor.