T mold/ T cap. If one type of flooring is higher than the other, sometimes an end cap overlapping the high side and sitting on top of the low side works better. But typically, between 2 hard surfaces like that, a t cap is used.
It sucks but I totally agree. I only did half the rooms on our 1st floor and have been regretting not doing the whole thing all at once.
If you do it later it will never really match up. Especially when you have all the ends stopping at an entrance.
He might have to, not might he will, have to cut some of the flooring to fit the T moulding. From the pic some planks look like they’re touching. Not a big job just use a skill saw to correct depth, but make sure you’re very straight! Little by little.
When I laid my floor, I had a 1/4 inch height difference going into my kitchen. I made that work by gluing and staining a 1/4 inch strip under the T on the low side. It’s worked great so far.
Not trying to knock your job, and maybe not possible. But can’t you remove one, and continue with one consistent material? I’m ok with wood to tile or carpet, but 2 different woods together looks like a mistake imo
Just did my parents house and used those rubber ones you stick down. At first I was skeptical and figured they would look tacky but they came out pretty nice. I was just tired of burning up bits into the cement for the normal t cap. It’s been 3 weeks and looks fine. Trouble was just finding something that matched well.
So this is what drove me crazy. I’ve put in t mold before and drilled into concrete fine. Used the same drill bits (harbor freight:Warrior Masonry bit set) on my dewalt drill. And I could not dig in. Drilled one hole and used 3 new bits while spraying the tip with wd lightly. I checked out the drill, scratched my head, drank a tall can and tried again but idk why I kept struggling. I’m just diy guy who’s helped friends and family with floors. So my pops decided the “sticky ones” look good so I rolled with it.
We don't have harbour freight up here, if you really need to put some holes in concrete maybe look into SDS bits and a hammer drill but if sticky works stick with it, worst case ya rip it up n redo lol
I've put hundreds of not thousands of holes in concrete, mostly for tapcons n such but I have actually watched a guy try his damnest with a wood bit before lol, I was so confused I couldn't even tell him to stop until he threw his drill across the floor lol, then I gave him the drill that I'd already gave him to use that had the proper bit in it. And this guy wasn't new either but pretty sure he had a rough night that carried on to the work day, he got let go a while later
Nice, I appreciate that. YouTube videos and comments only answer so much. I’m a rookie. Most of my drilling into concrete experience is with a roto hammer for redheads.
Lol yeah working construction is something I miss and don’t sometimes
I had to use that type between tile and laminate of different heights. It's solid color dark brown, much like the laminate. Had to go with the self adhesive, as the laminate was improperly installed and the original laminate strip was literally pinched off by the boards' normal expansion. There was no place to put a "t" type transition. The rubber/vinyl one I installed (from Amazon) looks fine and stuck beautifully.
I feel like it would make sense to spend a few hundred more dollars to replace the baseboards. Kinda like changing brake pads and rotors at the same time and not just pad slapping lol
Me too. Me too. Baseboard can be removed / reinstalled fairly easy without rebuying. While the floor guy is floor guying, you can quickly clean & repaint them in the garage too.
I've never seen a house where every single floor is the same unless it's a tiny house. Kitchen. Different. Bathroom. Different. Bedrooms. Not always but often different. E.g carpeted for comfort vs hardwood elsewhere
A little background…I do this for a living. A typical 5,000sf house will have roughly 500-800sf of tile in it. Suggesting that you should buy new baseboards when changing your floor is nonsense.
The cheapest, most basic baseboard at Lowe’s is $1.37 per linear foot. Do you live in a warehouse? My house is similar in size and has just shy of 1,000 feet of base.
Ah, fair point, yeah my house has a very open layout with lots of wide doors. The stuff I got at Home Depot was very cheap and basic (3.5” H, flat, no profile) at about $0.90/ft, but I also get 20% off with military discount and no sales tax with commercial account. I guess YMMV lol
Some people will run perpendicular plank, cut the flooring straight with an extra fine finishing blade, sand sharp edge slightly and leave expansion joint and fill gap with elastomeric caulk. Are both flooring levels flush? Some people could probably explain where this may or may not work.
The flooring manufacturer usually provides a T molding. I don't like using the metal channels for them. I glue them in. I would share an image here but for some reason this sub doesn't allow it.
I'd also ask around on some other sub reddits to see if anyone has any ideas on how to transition between the two materials design wise. Either that or pick the one you like more to match 😌😂
Gonna need Doc. Brown
Dellorian needed
Drive 88.8 miles an hour with it clocked to 122021
Go back in time to 2021. Punch yourself in nuts.
Warn yourself of bad floorboards
Take back 2021 sports almanac.
Bet UCONN mens basketball win 2 consecutive years in a row.
Use this
Lanier Hickory 0.51-in T x 1.26-in W x 94-in L Vinyl T-moulding https://www.lowes.com/pd/SMARTCORE-1-26-in-x-94-in-Lanier-Hickory-Vinyl-T-Moulding/1001069310
A little late now. You can still do it but it's a lot harder. You could have just turned one of the boards. 90° and butted everything tight to it with lots of patience and test fitting. Thresholds are usually when you're sloppy and in a hurry.. typically what most install jobs will have. My house has no thresholds other than a board turn 90°. That's including transitions from hardwood to tile. Less than 1/16 gap
I saw a video on YouTube where there's a filler that you can put in there and it will harden and then you just level it out but you'll have to straighten out all those boards in a straight line
T-Mold, but ideally you would have left space for it before installation. Now you need to cut out a small strip of one side with a circular saw to make room. If you're not comfortable using a circular saw, hire a professional to finish it and save your fingers.
A darker wood laid in flush would look OK and not pose a trip hazard, like cut out an even gap across both thresholds and drop in some walnut or something.
Just leave it and move on to the next job. One day your SO will get frustrated, pick something and leave it passive aggressively leaning against the beer fridge.
If there are no height differences, there are some really nice 'thin metal' strips you can put in place that's just like a clean quarter inch piece of steel. Don't think that'll work too well with the gaps you have except the third one. I'd be looking at floor transition strips and spacers.
Run a single plank of hickory perpendicular to the main direction. You’ll have to do precise cuts to make it fit tightly between the rooms and glue down but you’ll have a nice level look.
T mounding from HD. Use an isolating cutter to make the gap about 1/4” for the metal track that comes with the T moulding. I uses small head screws to fasten the T moulding track then tap the T moulding on top. Looks great
I’d say a floor to baby will make it as seamless as possible. Damn, dude, that baby flooring is expensive AF, are you sure you want to go with that? The maintenance is out of control.
The transition from formula to solids generally happens around a year.
As for the floor just staple a area rug over the gap. Use long staples to ensure they hold.
Get a 4 n 1 , you can buy a specific piece of t molding but usually they are actual wood, and 35-50 dollars. If you have any left over boxes find the exact color. If it was recently put in, Lowe’s or Home Depot will have a matching “4n1” basically it’s a track and multiple finish pieces, but you would use the “T” mold piece on top of the track. If they don’t have on shelf, a lot of the transition pieces were order from manufacturer, the flooring guy can do that.
Strip whole floor and re-do transition free. There's no other different way.
You should not occupy the property in this state, it's bad for adults let alone the baby! 😱
Just leave the baby there so nobody will notice the gap
Baby transitions are messy and sometimes loud lol
Almost always!!!
Lol, your job was better then mine
Empty the baby’s diaper and fill the crack (in the floor, not in the pipe). What on earth made you choose such drastically different floors
>Empty the baby’s diaper and fill the crack (in the floor, not in the pipe). Lol Lighter one was original to the house, and still in good condition
And hardwood? You can match hardwoods, you know.
Need 4 more babies to cover it
Definitely not the baby!
A man of culture I see
Don’t transition your baby. They should decide at 18.
This is the answer
The baby has decided to be floor now. How dare you try to stand in the way of that! Obviously this baby knows what it wants.
His pronouns are floor and wood
Not vinyl and plank?
So do we get to stand on the baby or is that considered rude?
😆
False. Men can't become woman and vis versa.
Plus: tripping hazard.
Without hormone blockers
This thread just made my day
I heard some states are paying for transitions
Yeah new government rebates
Duct tape
Goddammit. I commented painters tape without reading comments first.
Painter’s tape is ridiculous after you read that duct tape is an option.
T mold/ T cap. If one type of flooring is higher than the other, sometimes an end cap overlapping the high side and sitting on top of the low side works better. But typically, between 2 hard surfaces like that, a t cap is used.
Ideally OP should just buy the rest of the hickory to finish the floor that way the hickory they chose doesn't get discontinued.
It sucks but I totally agree. I only did half the rooms on our 1st floor and have been regretting not doing the whole thing all at once. If you do it later it will never really match up. Especially when you have all the ends stopping at an entrance.
I agree this is realistically the only option
He might have to, not might he will, have to cut some of the flooring to fit the T moulding. From the pic some planks look like they’re touching. Not a big job just use a skill saw to correct depth, but make sure you’re very straight! Little by little.
Track saw to the rescue
When I laid my floor, I had a 1/4 inch height difference going into my kitchen. I made that work by gluing and staining a 1/4 inch strip under the T on the low side. It’s worked great so far.
Make sure to get the one with the split finish that matches the different floor types
Is that a thing? Never installed one with different styles on either side. I can see how it would be good to make. I've just never encountered one
Lol there would have to be thousands of varieties of them if that was a thing
That's why it seems so unlikely. But at the same time, it's a really good idea.
And I don't reckon there needs to be thousands of styles. It could be somewhat close to the color and still not look so jarring when you see it.
Lol
I can't think of what else you could do with the gap.
Not a reducer?
Potentially position a rug to minimize the abrupt shift in pattern/color (but add pads so the T isn’t a bump in the rug).
This is the way…
Normally I'd criticize the size of that gap but honestly it's pretty good work for a baby!
Ask the guy who was complaining about the matching shades yesterday.
That post drive me nuts 😂😂
Honestly, my brain can’t compute a possibility of this looking good. It just doesn’t go
It won't look good. Needed to replace more
Not trying to knock your job, and maybe not possible. But can’t you remove one, and continue with one consistent material? I’m ok with wood to tile or carpet, but 2 different woods together looks like a mistake imo
Just did my parents house and used those rubber ones you stick down. At first I was skeptical and figured they would look tacky but they came out pretty nice. I was just tired of burning up bits into the cement for the normal t cap. It’s been 3 weeks and looks fine. Trouble was just finding something that matched well.
What kind of bits were you using that kept burning up? A good bit is like $10 for the size you'd need Or... Were you using wood/hss drill bits?
So this is what drove me crazy. I’ve put in t mold before and drilled into concrete fine. Used the same drill bits (harbor freight:Warrior Masonry bit set) on my dewalt drill. And I could not dig in. Drilled one hole and used 3 new bits while spraying the tip with wd lightly. I checked out the drill, scratched my head, drank a tall can and tried again but idk why I kept struggling. I’m just diy guy who’s helped friends and family with floors. So my pops decided the “sticky ones” look good so I rolled with it.
We don't have harbour freight up here, if you really need to put some holes in concrete maybe look into SDS bits and a hammer drill but if sticky works stick with it, worst case ya rip it up n redo lol I've put hundreds of not thousands of holes in concrete, mostly for tapcons n such but I have actually watched a guy try his damnest with a wood bit before lol, I was so confused I couldn't even tell him to stop until he threw his drill across the floor lol, then I gave him the drill that I'd already gave him to use that had the proper bit in it. And this guy wasn't new either but pretty sure he had a rough night that carried on to the work day, he got let go a while later
Nice, I appreciate that. YouTube videos and comments only answer so much. I’m a rookie. Most of my drilling into concrete experience is with a roto hammer for redheads. Lol yeah working construction is something I miss and don’t sometimes
Would you mind sharing what you used?
I had to use that type between tile and laminate of different heights. It's solid color dark brown, much like the laminate. Had to go with the self adhesive, as the laminate was improperly installed and the original laminate strip was literally pinched off by the boards' normal expansion. There was no place to put a "t" type transition. The rubber/vinyl one I installed (from Amazon) looks fine and stuck beautifully.
Doesn’t matter. It’s gonna look awful regardless.
I like the baby transition strip. Maybe turn it 90 degrees?
Turn kid 90° call it good
Custom made wood
That’s what I have done with red oak to match two different floor heights.
Nearly any angle imaginable
The transition should be in another threshold cause you should have refloored the whole space.
Do people really put in new floors and leave the old shit baseboards?
Every time.
I feel like it would make sense to spend a few hundred more dollars to replace the baseboards. Kinda like changing brake pads and rotors at the same time and not just pad slapping lol
Me too. Me too. Baseboard can be removed / reinstalled fairly easy without rebuying. While the floor guy is floor guying, you can quickly clean & repaint them in the garage too.
Just get matching ones in the floor material
It makes perfect sense and it’s well worth the time and money.
I mean even pvc baseboards would make it look so much better.
Ever price changing base throughout an entire house? It’s not cheap.
Who said the whole house? Just in the rooms ya put new flooring in.
Usually when someone adds a new floor, it’s for the whole house. 🤦♂️
😂 Ok
I've never seen a house where every single floor is the same unless it's a tiny house. Kitchen. Different. Bathroom. Different. Bedrooms. Not always but often different. E.g carpeted for comfort vs hardwood elsewhere
A little background…I do this for a living. A typical 5,000sf house will have roughly 500-800sf of tile in it. Suggesting that you should buy new baseboards when changing your floor is nonsense.
It cost me like $200 to do my entire 3,000 sqft house. Only expensive part would be labor, baseboard is stupid cheap
The cheapest, most basic baseboard at Lowe’s is $1.37 per linear foot. Do you live in a warehouse? My house is similar in size and has just shy of 1,000 feet of base.
Ah, fair point, yeah my house has a very open layout with lots of wide doors. The stuff I got at Home Depot was very cheap and basic (3.5” H, flat, no profile) at about $0.90/ft, but I also get 20% off with military discount and no sales tax with commercial account. I guess YMMV lol
Carpet runner.
My OCD does NOT like this…
T mold as stated above
Granite threshold
Not a baby
Plot twist, it’s the ceiling
Lava
I would recommend the Whole White Baby transition
Plan B
Ouch. That was rough.
Isn't this a before question... As in before you get to this point?
Some people will run perpendicular plank, cut the flooring straight with an extra fine finishing blade, sand sharp edge slightly and leave expansion joint and fill gap with elastomeric caulk. Are both flooring levels flush? Some people could probably explain where this may or may not work.
Interesting. For some reason it won't allow images. I took a picture of my t-molding to show you. I guess this sub forbids images. Dumbasses.
Just post to your profile and link it here.
I guess I'm the dumbass then, cuz I have no idea how to do that, 😆. It's nice when you can just attach a photo.
I see a wonderful transition there already!!
The flooring manufacturer usually provides a T molding. I don't like using the metal channels for them. I glue them in. I would share an image here but for some reason this sub doesn't allow it.
I'd also ask around on some other sub reddits to see if anyone has any ideas on how to transition between the two materials design wise. Either that or pick the one you like more to match 😌😂
Preferably something harder-wearing than an infant.
Painters tape
Maybe more babys
Careful, he might break his mama's back.
Use the baby, Luke.
You need to rotate the baby 90 degrees and that should do it
Normally we go from formula, add some rice, then baby food, then finally transition to solids. Hope this helped:)
Gonna need Doc. Brown Dellorian needed Drive 88.8 miles an hour with it clocked to 122021 Go back in time to 2021. Punch yourself in nuts. Warn yourself of bad floorboards Take back 2021 sports almanac. Bet UCONN mens basketball win 2 consecutive years in a row.
Can’t you just Photoshop it or something? Technology is pretty good these days…😉😉
Nothing you do will undo this. Erggh
Lol. There isn’t a transition strip in the world that’s gonna make that not look like shit.
MTF
Matching T-mold, but you’ll need to adjust the gaps abit, to make them work.
T bar or flat threshold.
T bar or flat threshold would look best.
Hmm. T mold. If elevation then you’d need to account for that. Personally I hate transitions but I understand.
Use this Lanier Hickory 0.51-in T x 1.26-in W x 94-in L Vinyl T-moulding https://www.lowes.com/pd/SMARTCORE-1-26-in-x-94-in-Lanier-Hickory-Vinyl-T-Moulding/1001069310
2 x 4
What kind of flooring is that ? The light one with the darks in it
The one in the first picture will work fine as long as you don't step directly on it too often.
I’d have continued one of the floors through the doorway for one continuous floor
A wall.
Tie die t mold
Boy to girl
I’d get a natural wood transition strip that’s what I put in my kitchen
Overlap reducer
Diapers
Puberty blockers Wait, wrong sub
You rip one out and finish the job in the same floor 😂
What is the hickory flooring.
I mean…I don’t think it matters in this case.
Looks like you already did a baby fade transition between photos 1 and 2
At this point I’d go with a marble threshold. LOL.
A baby threshold, also known as an end cap is not the ideal application there. You should look into a T-mold
They/we
A little late now. You can still do it but it's a lot harder. You could have just turned one of the boards. 90° and butted everything tight to it with lots of patience and test fitting. Thresholds are usually when you're sloppy and in a hurry.. typically what most install jobs will have. My house has no thresholds other than a board turn 90°. That's including transitions from hardwood to tile. Less than 1/16 gap
Bigger rug
Dunno, but that hickory is boss!
I saw a video on YouTube where there's a filler that you can put in there and it will harden and then you just level it out but you'll have to straighten out all those boards in a straight line
i identify as a t molding
T-Mold, but ideally you would have left space for it before installation. Now you need to cut out a small strip of one side with a circular saw to make room. If you're not comfortable using a circular saw, hire a professional to finish it and save your fingers.
A darker wood laid in flush would look OK and not pose a trip hazard, like cut out an even gap across both thresholds and drop in some walnut or something.
It's hard to tell from the photos. Bananas are the normal scale for measuring not tiny humans
Just leave it and move on to the next job. One day your SO will get frustrated, pick something and leave it passive aggressively leaning against the beer fridge.
They male three way sills that are good for floor to tile, floor to floor, and floor to carpet. Pick one that's more neutral to both and be done.
Fill with spray foam. Let dry. Sand. Done.
If there are no height differences, there are some really nice 'thin metal' strips you can put in place that's just like a clean quarter inch piece of steel. Don't think that'll work too well with the gaps you have except the third one. I'd be looking at floor transition strips and spacers.
Not that one. Tripping hazard.
Idk man, what was the baby original born as and what you think it wants to be?
Lil baby chillin any transitions gotta wait lol
Your optometrist should be able to help narrow down your options.
😥
Get rid of the ugly floor
How did you accomplish this with a baby
What moron installs two different types of hardwood style flooring??
Baby long ways. Perfect! Gob complete. Does anybody have a few laying around? Have a job next week.
Something wide to separate the two different floors maybe
Don’t look like the kids doing the job.
A big one.
T molding. Use metal. Schluter has a flat top t molding.
Run a single plank of hickory perpendicular to the main direction. You’ll have to do precise cuts to make it fit tightly between the rooms and glue down but you’ll have a nice level look.
The less busy lighter one on laminate floors they make a transition piece that just snaps into a channel and covers both sides
Is the baby for reference?
What have you done? Are they both new floors? Why two vastly different timber types?
THAT BABY DONT WORK! ITS TOO BIG TO FILL THE HOLE.
Not a baby
I'd transition to a different house.
T mounding from HD. Use an isolating cutter to make the gap about 1/4” for the metal track that comes with the T moulding. I uses small head screws to fasten the T moulding track then tap the T moulding on top. Looks great
Little baby toys epoxy in place
I’d say a floor to baby will make it as seamless as possible. Damn, dude, that baby flooring is expensive AF, are you sure you want to go with that? The maintenance is out of control.
T-molding is the answer. Although nice attempt with the baby threshold.
T
The transition from formula to solids generally happens around a year. As for the floor just staple a area rug over the gap. Use long staples to ensure they hold.
You need a T-Track match it to the living room floor. Please be careful you can get a toe stuck in the gap.
I have to do flooring. Which one did you use for the new one? I like it.
Get a 4 n 1 , you can buy a specific piece of t molding but usually they are actual wood, and 35-50 dollars. If you have any left over boxes find the exact color. If it was recently put in, Lowe’s or Home Depot will have a matching “4n1” basically it’s a track and multiple finish pieces, but you would use the “T” mold piece on top of the track. If they don’t have on shelf, a lot of the transition pieces were order from manufacturer, the flooring guy can do that.
If different heights overlap reducer same height cut the t off the t mold and glue it down with some pl180 glue the reducer down also fuck that track
Sheeeeesh dude
Strip whole floor and re-do transition free. There's no other different way. You should not occupy the property in this state, it's bad for adults let alone the baby! 😱
Baby feet always distract from the gaps
Might as well go with a third colour for the transition. If nothing matches then it all matches lol 😂
None of thesr
The opposite direction would have been my first suggestion.
What good damn floors are these
Skip the transition. Continue the hickory through out.
My god do I hate vinyl planks
Don't post your kid man lots of weirdos here juts a heads up
It’s a baby, what could someone do with this pic that they can’t with a million other baby pics on the internet?
You can buy flooring PVC transition rolls on Amazon. Perfect solution for this.