We now have tiles in the bathroom, carpet on the landing and a not too
impressive transition between both. I guess I need to find a wooden strip to
screw down over the carpet and provide a raised lip to protect the tiled
edge. Any specific ideas about the best solution for this?

If not I'll take a trip to one of the sheds and see what I can see - it
might just be a bit of wood that I need to cut and stain.

Thanks,

Paul

Paul Andrews wrote:
We now have tiles in the bathroom, carpet on the landing and a not too
impressive transition between both. I guess I need to find a wooden strip to
screw down over the carpet and provide a raised lip to protect the tiled
edge. Any specific ideas about the best solution for this?

Can't you use a brass (effect) or aluminium dual edging
trim? They've a cross-section like this:

__ __
'---'
________|________

You twist off half the bottom edge, then that half goes
over your tiles, the other half fastens to the floor and
edges off your carpet.

Chris Bacon wrote:
Paul Andrews wrote:
We now have tiles in the bathroom, carpet on the landing and a not too
impressive transition between both. I guess I need to find a wooden strip to
screw down over the carpet and provide a raised lip to protect the tiled
edge. Any specific ideas about the best solution for this?

Can't you use a brass (effect) or aluminium dual edging
trim? They've a cross-section like this:

__ __
'---'
________|________

You twist off half the bottom edge, then that half goes
over your tiles, the other half fastens to the floor and
edges off your carpet.

Alternatively, you buy the correct one to go between carpet and tiles.

MBQ

manatbandq wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Can't you use a brass (effect) or aluminium dual edging
trim? They've a cross-section like this:

__ __
'---'
________|________

You twist off half the bottom edge, then that half goes
over your tiles, the other half fastens to the floor and
edges off your carpet.


Alternatively, you buy the correct one to go between carpet and tiles.

You can, but for some reason they were dearer when I
looked. No dis., but B&Q sell rather flimsy trims
compared to some I bought from a carpet wholesaler.

Chris Bacon wrote:
manatbandq wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
Can't you use a brass (effect) or aluminium dual edging
trim? They've a cross-section like this:

__ __
'---'
________|________

You twist off half the bottom edge, then that half goes
over your tiles, the other half fastens to the floor and
edges off your carpet.


Alternatively, you buy the correct one to go between carpet and tiles.

You can, but for some reason they were dearer when I
looked. No dis., but B&Q sell rather flimsy trims
compared to some I bought from a carpet wholesaler.

No worries, my usenet identity does not imply any particular affinity
to said shed so you can dis them all you like. It was just an amusing
(to me anyway) play on the Man at C&A adverts of the 70s/80s (if you're
old enough to remember!). I will admit to shopping at C&A when they
used to sell shirts with 1" longer sleeves. Ideal for the long streak
of, er, taller man, like myself.

Andrew

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:34:07 GMT, "Paul Andrews"
wrote:

| We now have tiles in the bathroom, carpet on the landing and a not too
| impressive transition between both. I guess I need to find a wooden strip to
| screw down over the carpet and provide a raised lip to protect the tiled
| edge. Any specific ideas about the best solution for this?
|
| If not I'll take a trip to one of the sheds and see what I can see - it
| might just be a bit of wood that I need to cut and stain.

You can get many designs of aluminium edging from the Sheds.
Aluminium is IMO better than wood as it takes the hammer better.
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In article , Paul Andrews
writes
We now have tiles in the bathroom, carpet on the landing and a not too
impressive transition between both. I guess I need to find a wooden strip to
screw down over the carpet and provide a raised lip to protect the tiled
edge. Any specific ideas about the best solution for this?

If not I'll take a trip to one of the sheds and see what I can see - it
might just be a bit of wood that I need to cut and stain.

The ones intended for laminate flooring might suit your needs, they seem
to at least look like wood & I've seen different profiles for carpet to lam, lino
to lam etc, IMO the 'wood' looks better than the metal ones.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

Thanks for all the suggestions - I've bought something from the sheds
that'll do quite nicely.

Paul