Ceramic Tile Higher Than Hardwood

This strip can either meet the tile floor directly or can have a lip over style.

Ceramic tile higher than hardwood.

Looking closer click on the photo to enlarge it you ll see that the tile is large about 1 foot by 2 feet and made of marble. Ceramic tile often creates a floor level that s higher than neighboring floors such as those made of vinyl thin hardwood or carpet. The different levels can be visually jarring and cause people. Another element many face particularly with remodels is matching hardwood when a ceramic tile backer board has or is being used.

In almost every case vinyl will be lower than laminate. This hardwood transition strip is shaped to make smooth transition from a lower vinyl floor upward to a thicker ceramic or stone tile floor. Much like the tile to laminate strip this one reduces from a higher tile floor covering to a lower vinyl floor. Naturally this depends on which hardwood and which tile and condition of your floor but this is a good rule of thumb for the colder climates.

A single transition strip that acts as a ramp from the lower hardwood floor to the higher tile floor. Photo by johnson mcleod design consultants cons of wood look tile. Notice the flush transition from hardwood flooring to tile. Mentioned previously butting is commonplace in high end homes even with the flooring running parallel to tiled or stone areas.

Both features require a stiffer floor than most homes have. Hardwood is more durable in many ways but tile stands up to scratches from the paws of furry friends better than wood. For reference the total thickness of the hardwood with the underlayment is 5 8 or more exactly 15 mm. I made it because the tile floor was higher than wood f.

Contractor suggested shoe moulding on leading edge but i don t know about how that would loo. More on same vertical height differences. Had planned on using marble beveled threshold but there is still a big height gap. The engineered hardwood with the underlayment which is being installed on our concrete subfloor will be 3 8 or 9 525 mm higher than the existing tile floor.

The labor for tile is much higher than the labor for hardwood so when you add labor and materials together usually hardwood is less expensive.