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Flooring Design Dilemma Bedroom

Flooring transition between hallway and bedrooms

6 years ago

Hi there,

We already removed the carpet in our bedrooms and will be installing laminate floor. Our hallway is engineered hardwood. As you can see in the pictures,

we have not yet removed the original transition piece. For two of our bedrooms, the laminate floor (with underlay) and the original transition piece is very similar in height, 1-2mm difference. For our other bedrooms, however, the laminate floor (with underlay) is 4-5mm higher than the transition piece. We are just wondering if we should be reusing the original transition pieces, or is it even possible? If we remove the original transition pieces and install new ones that match with the laminate floor, due to where the original transition piecese were placed, you will be able to see the laminate transition pieces outside of the bedroom doors when they are closed (which seems kind of weird to us). In other words, without the original transition pieces, the engineered hardwood does not endhere the door closes, it ends before that.

Another question is, should we be laying the laminate floor in the same direction the engineered hardwood in the hallway?

Any advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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PRO
Sativa McGee Designs
6 years ago
Personally I would leave the original transition pieces in place. But just allow them to be a boarder piece. Add additional metal schluter molding for your actual transition molding.

Run the flooring in the opposite direction of your existing floors.
SJ McCarthy
6 years ago
You can purchase uneven T-mouldings for the areas where the floors are not a matching height. That is normally the way it is done.

As for direction of laminate, you have a close match to what already exists but it isn't a match. Changing directions is about the only way this will look OK. A diagonal install would look REALLY good, but it will require 15% - 20% waste which you may not have enough on hand.
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OK...the solid hardwood is factory finished. That's fine. It means that you can choose a solid factory finish so that EVENTUALLY you can get all of this refinished at the same time AND STILL end up with the same floor throughout. What you do is find the SPECIES of the hardwood and the width (and the thickness)...and if you can find the same grade/cut. Sure you can run it perpendicular to the hallway...so long as you are NOT on wood joists. If you have wooden subfloors the direction of the joists will dictate the direction of install. Regardless. So long as you get the same species in solid, you can always sand/refinish everything at once = same floor throughout the home. You do not have to do it today...but it gives you the BEST option to do it later if you want...or just before you put the house up for sale.
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As above....the transition is at the door way. It must be a T-molding of some sort and the vinyl will float under the T. There is no way around this. I would not use a 'wood look' product in your bedrooms when real hardwood sits outside. This *can work if you are someone who always keeps doors closed. If your hardwood is getting close to a full sand/refinish, you are better off looking at adding MORE narrow strip hardwood to the bedrooms. The INCREASE in home value is HUGE. The cost is going to be (roughly) $10 - $15/sf (all said and done...includes all materials and labour). That $12/sf (that's the average for narrow strip hardwood) is going to INCREASE your home's value by the same amount. If you install 600sf of hardwood, your home will increase in value by 600sf x $12/sf = $7,200. And it will HOLD it's value. LVP is a 'carpet replacement' product = no value added. Your $8/sf for the good products = no change in value to the home.
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Beth H. :
6 years ago
agree w/SJ. love the diagonal idea. and you shouldn't see the new stuff 'outside' of it's room. end it at the door.
Eslaviza Perez
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Hi Kelvin, curious about what your decided for you floors as I am going through the same carpet upgrade and my floors are exactly like the dark espresso ones you have on the hallway. Any pictures will be appreciated!

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