Specialty Wood Floor Mouldings
Floor mouldings come in a variety of sizes and shapes as
well as materials from metal and plastic to real wood and
MDF with a wallpaper facing. At the end of the day keep in
mind that most of these moldings will be walk on and take
a fair bit of wear.
They typically sit higher then the surrounding floor, and
thus take the brunt of the "shoe abuse". We always
recommend using solid wood floor mouldings.
Solve the transient issues going from one floor to another
BEFORE you begin installation, as sometimes you need to leave
room between floors. Your choices become quite limited if
you haven't thought ahead of time.
Here is a list of some of the wood floor mouldings that I
have made in the past and their application. You challenge
will be to find a manufacturer that carries these options
in stock.
| Moulding |
Usage |
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Floor Nosing: Hardwood Floors or Ceramic
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A = needs to match the thickness of the flooring it
is meeting.
B = installer needs to know this or preferably have
nosing available at time of floor installation.
D = nosing thickness
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Laminate Floor Nosing
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A = needs to be high enough to handle the thickness
of your chosen floor and deep enough to allow for the
seasonal movement
B = your installer needs to know this, thus have on hand
during installation |
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T Moulding
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Covers a seam between two floors that are at the same
height
A = must leave this amount of room between the 2 floors
to be able to install it.
B = thickness of the floor, you can leave it jacked
higher but you must support it from underneath or edges
will break, thin wood is not as strong as the equivalent
product in metal but it looks nicer.
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Laminate Reducer
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Protects the edge of your laminate and makes a smooth
transient between a higher floor, down to the lower floor
(height difference = A)
B = allow enough room for seasonal expansion |
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Reducer: Hardwood or Ceramic
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Butts up tight to your hardwood or ceramic and slopes
down to a lower floor like vinyl. (height difference =
A)
- sometimes it has a groove in it to match the typical
tongue of a hardwood floor |
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Hardwood Floor to Ceramic or Laminate
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This transition strip serves two purposes. It caps
over the edge of the laminate or ceramic on the right,
thus the height at "A" must match your thickness
of floor,meets up to a hardwood floor on the left, AND
it typically slopes downhill to act as a reducer falling
to the level of the lower floor.. thus need to know
a little math ahead of time to figure out if this will
work.
most common application is 3/4" hardwood on the
left and ceramic or laminate at a lower level on the
right.
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