Flooring thickness, laminate, underlay etc

**MariaLynda** · 27 Jul 21, 11:21 AM

Hiya

Just a quickie, my builders are currently sorting my kitchen floor out. They are screeding part of it and boarding.

The board is 9mm, they've had me get the green fibre stuff as well and that is 5mm and then the laminate itself is 10mm that is 24mm, an inch high? is that right.. there is going to have to be a really sloped strip in the doorway?

Mr Tom Morrow · 27 Jul 21, 12:13 PM

Sounds right. However it will more than likely end up as 28mm give or take a mm.

If you are 'meeting' carpet you will have to come up with another plan as edging bars wont work. I would opt for a chrome or similar end bar.

**MariaLynda** · 27 Jul 21, 12:14 PM

Its not meeting carpet Mr TM, our hallway is varnished floorboards so base level. x

Mr Tom Morrow · 27 Jul 21, 12:24 PM

That make it easier. There is stuff out there for that scenario

Have a Google of 'ramp transition' strips

They look like this. However there are loads of different colours, types, heights etc

All the good flooring places have them

**MariaLynda** · 27 Jul 21, 12:25 PM

Thank you Mr TM

can always rely on you for good info! x

Mr Tom Morrow · 27 Jul 21, 12:28 PM

That image is tile to whatever. But they do all different profiles.

What I have seen is various wooden ones such as oak and walnut etc that are curved and would be glued down and fit flush to the higher level which will be your kitchen floor. So coming out of the kitchen there will be a nice curve on the moulding down to the floorboards.

**MariaLynda** · 27 Jul 21, 12:31 PM

yes i've seen the laminate transition strips, but not sure they take the difference in height, they look like they are just for laminate/underlay height, we've got the extra boarding too.

Mr Tom Morrow · 27 Jul 21, 12:35 PM

They are out there. However that's where the curved wooden strip comes in to its own as that goes up to 30mm+

Edit. You could also use border edging strips which are L shapes. So fix down to the floorboard level and have the metal upstand up to the higher level.

27 Jul 21, 12:13 PM	#2
	27 Jul 21, 12:13 PM Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer
Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer Join Date: Jul 14 Location: The Tiki Room. theDIBB Guidebook Pages Created: 3	Sounds right. However it will more than likely end up as 28mm give or take a mm. If you are 'meeting' carpet you will have to come up with another plan as edging bars wont work. I would opt for a chrome or similar end bar. __________________ "PAGING MR MORROW, MR TOM MORROW..." ''I drink Wine and know things'' DVC Owners at SSR since 2003. Multiple annual visits to America since 1976

27 Jul 21, 12:24 PM	#4
	27 Jul 21, 12:24 PM Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer
Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer Join Date: Jul 14 Location: The Tiki Room. theDIBB Guidebook Pages Created: 3	That make it easier. There is stuff out there for that scenario Have a Google of 'ramp transition' strips They look like this. However there are loads of different colours, types, heights etc All the good flooring places have them __________________ "PAGING MR MORROW, MR TOM MORROW..." ''I drink Wine and know things'' DVC Owners at SSR since 2003. Multiple annual visits to America since 1976

27 Jul 21, 12:28 PM	#6
	27 Jul 21, 12:28 PM Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer
Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer Join Date: Jul 14 Location: The Tiki Room. theDIBB Guidebook Pages Created: 3	That image is tile to whatever. But they do all different profiles. What I have seen is various wooden ones such as oak and walnut etc that are curved and would be glued down and fit flush to the higher level which will be your kitchen floor. So coming out of the kitchen there will be a nice curve on the moulding down to the floorboards. __________________ "PAGING MR MORROW, MR TOM MORROW..." ''I drink Wine and know things'' DVC Owners at SSR since 2003. Multiple annual visits to America since 1976

27 Jul 21, 12:35 PM	#8
	27 Jul 21, 12:35 PM Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer
Mr Tom Morrow Imagineer Join Date: Jul 14 Location: The Tiki Room. theDIBB Guidebook Pages Created: 3	They are out there. However that's where the curved wooden strip comes in to its own as that goes up to 30mm+ Edit. You could also use border edging strips which are L shapes. So fix down to the floorboard level and have the metal upstand up to the higher level. __________________ "PAGING MR MORROW, MR TOM MORROW..." ''I drink Wine and know things'' DVC Owners at SSR since 2003. Multiple annual visits to America since 1976 Edited at 12:38 PM.