Q: We’re installing flooring on a concrete slab. We need a transition for uneven heights between ceramic tile and wood plank flooring. We would like the transitions to be glued.
Transitions & Molding
Q&A About transitions and molding around your wood floors.
Installing so two rooms transition at the same level
Q: I have laminate tiles in my mud room. I want to replace with tile. The room is next to hardwood floors (kitchen) and I would like to have the transition at the same level as the kitchen floor. What do I have to do to the subfloor of mud/laundry room? How thin could it be to withstand the weight of washer and dryer and sink?
Transition or staggering to join wood floor in two rooms
Q: We want to replace the tile in our foyer to match the wood in the family room. Our wood floors are glued down since we have concrete floors. How do we match the wood in the foyer to the family room, since the end of the wood is a rough cut and covered by a threshold?
Install baseboards above floor or push them into gap?
Q: I recently purchased my first home and am beginning to prep to paint some rooms. I was happy to know that the hardwood floors throughout were just refinished before I moved in. When I began to take out the baseboards I was surprised to find out that the baseboards were installed first and the floor butts up against the baseboards.
Best way to refinish the trim?
Q: I have an old, small Victorian style house. It has beautiful, old, wide trim around the doors and windows. The trim around the kitchen door that leads to a small side entryway to the outside and the trim around the window and door in the entryway both have many coats of paint on them. The paint has deep cracks but is not really peeling off.
Planks up against a transition piece
Q: When butting 5″ planks up against a transition piece do you just butt them up or do you cut a groove in the transition piece and cut tongues on the ends of each plank for a stronger fit? Is the stronger fit necessary if you use construction glue under the plank?
How to frame or trim around a brick fireplace?
Q: I’m in the process of finishing up my glue down hardwood floor on a concrete slab. Soon I’ll be starting on the 1/4 round trim. How do I attach the trim around the brick fireplace?
Ugly quarter round at front door
Q: We just had someone install hardwood flooring (glued) from our front door, down the hall and into the family room. At the front door we had herringbone pattern. After installing the flooring the installers used quarter round at the front door. It really looks tacky whenever you are walking towards the front door from the hall way. What can we do to make our entrance look nice?
Sole plate transition
Q: I want to install hard wood flooring in my kitchen. I have a railing and a step into my family room, with a piece of wood at top (that’s in the kitchen). How do you deal with this?
Should baseboards match floor?
Q: I’m installing a cherry bamboo floor. Should the baseboards match the floor?