Laminate To Carpet Transition In Doorway

Transition from carpet to another material.

Laminate to carpet transition in doorway.

Step 1 purchase a carpet end cap that matches the new laminate flooring. Installers often use transition strips in the center of doorways. However transition strips are not required and if you have carpet as one of the flooring materials you can finish it off in a professional manner without covering the end with a transition strip. I use a hook bill to do this.

Like icing on a cake transitions are typically the last materials to complete the floating floor project. As a rule you want the laminate transition to be directly under the door when the door is closed. Knowing where to end laminate at doorways is important for the over all look of your finished floors. When i start working on this project a carpet was already installed.

Also tuck the carpet into the ends where the carpet meets the jambs. A typical 4 in 1 transition includes a metal channel for mounting the system with a t molding which fits into the channel and is used alone if you are joining floors that are the same height. For instance you don t want carpet from a room to show from the laminate side when the door is closed. Connect a gap in your flooring or cover connect a gap in your flooring or cover up a seam with the exclusive silver fluted carpet trim from trafficmaster.

Cut the end cap using a saw to the correct length of the doorway that separates the laminate floor from the carpeted floor. Just push the edge of the carpet down into the gap all the way across the door and trim any strings off. I had to add ne. This video is about how to install laminate floor transition to carpet.

After the carpet is stretched onto the tack strip and cut to the correct size it needs to be tucked down into the gap. Make quick work of creating a smooth transition between two different flooring surfaces with help from trafficmaster. Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.