Hi all
as per a recent post, I've had a carpet put down in our 'diner'
area. Our immediately adjacent kitchen floor has ceramic tiles, and
due to the slight difference in floor heights, there is a small 'lip'
where these two floors. I'm looking for a neat way of finishing this
off.

The kitchen tiles are about 7-8mm above the carpet. Our carpet fitter
suggested a 'vinyl carpet edge'; a metal extrusion with a lip on it.
However, the ones I can see in the sheds are (a) I think unlikely to
cover that height - they look more like 3-4mm, and (b) are made of
pretty cheap alloy and look a bit poor to my eye. Any suggestions for
something better?

Thanks
J^n

"jkn" wrote in message
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Hi all
as per a recent post, I've had a carpet put down in our 'diner'
area. Our immediately adjacent kitchen floor has ceramic tiles, and
due to the slight difference in floor heights, there is a small 'lip'
where these two floors. I'm looking for a neat way of finishing this
off.

The kitchen tiles are about 7-8mm above the carpet. Our carpet fitter
suggested a 'vinyl carpet edge'; a metal extrusion with a lip on it.
However, the ones I can see in the sheds are (a) I think unlikely to
cover that height - they look more like 3-4mm, and (b) are made of
pretty cheap alloy and look a bit poor to my eye. Any suggestions for
something better?

Thanks
J^n

Yes,a router and a strip of oak wood.

On Dec 19, 9:42 am, "George" wrote:

Yes,a router and a strip of oak wood.

Hmm, in some ways that appeals ... a bit of a small job to justify
buying a router for, though.

I wonder about a strip of wood, 7-8mm thick by ... 12-15mm maybe,
placed above the edge gripper, and then a thin strip of Stainless
Steel, say 25mm wide, over the top of that, to bridge the gap. This
could be screwed down through the wood, into the gripper or floor. It
does then leave a 'ridge' on the carpet side ... unless this is
chamfered ... and then we're back to the router.

J

On Dec 19, 10:35 am, jkn wrote:
On Dec 19, 9:42 am, "George" wrote:

Yes,a router and a strip of oak wood.

Hmm, in some ways that appeals ... a bit of a small job to justify
buying a router for, though.

I wonder about a strip of wood, 7-8mm thick by ... 12-15mm maybe,
placed above the edge gripper, and then a thin strip of Stainless
Steel, say 25mm wide, over the top of that, to bridge the gap. This
could be screwed down through the wood, into the gripper or floor. It
does then leave a 'ridge' on the carpet side ... unless this is
chamfered ... and then we're back to the router.

You don't need a router to put a chamfer on a bit of wood!

MBQ

On Dec 19, 10:43 am, "Man at B&Q" wrote:

You don't need a router to put a chamfer on a bit of wood!


Agreed. I have a perfectly good Record plane that will do the job.

J^n

"jkn" wrote in message
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On Dec 19, 9:42 am, "George" wrote:

Yes,a router and a strip of oak wood.

Hmm, in some ways that appeals ... a bit of a small job to justify
buying a router for, though.

I wonder about a strip of wood, 7-8mm thick by ... 12-15mm maybe,
placed above the edge gripper, and then a thin strip of Stainless
Steel, say 25mm wide, over the top of that, to bridge the gap. This
could be screwed down through the wood, into the gripper or floor. It
does then leave a 'ridge' on the carpet side ... unless this is
chamfered ... and then we're back to the router.

J


Well £22 will get you a cheap&cheerfull router at screwfix and will come in
handy for doing other light jobs as and when its needed.

It'll chamfer the top of the wood and rebate the underneath to allow for the
slight drop between floors and if done neat will look more pleasing than a
piece of alluminium.

On Dec 19, 10:50 am, "George" wrote:

It'll chamfer the top of the wood and rebate the underneath to allow for the
slight drop between floors and if done neat will look more pleasing than a
piece of alluminium.

What width of wood are you thinking of? This sounds quite wide ...50mm
or so, which is a bit wider than I was thinking of.

J^n

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:40:13 -0800 (PST), jkn wrote:

Hi all
as per a recent post, I've had a carpet put down in our 'diner'
area. Our immediately adjacent kitchen floor has ceramic tiles, and
due to the slight difference in floor heights, there is a small 'lip'
where these two floors. I'm looking for a neat way of finishing this
off.

The kitchen tiles are about 7-8mm above the carpet. Our carpet fitter
suggested a 'vinyl carpet edge'; a metal extrusion with a lip on it.
However, the ones I can see in the sheds are (a) I think unlikely to
cover that height - they look more like 3-4mm, and (b) are made of
pretty cheap alloy and look a bit poor to my eye. Any suggestions for
something better?

I'd suggest you ask the carpet fitter to come back and do the job properly.
A strip of gripper rod with the pins flattened off, then a 'Z-Lok' or
similar carpet-to-tile bar pinned to the top of the gripper bar.

That's exactly how the join between our wood floor and carpet was done, and
the difference in height was about what you have; the carpet rises pretty
much imperceptibly up to the higher level of the wood flooring.

--
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net

The Wanderer wrote:

I'd suggest you ask the carpet fitter to come back and do the job properly.
A strip of gripper rod with the pins flattened off, then a 'Z-Lok' or
similar carpet-to-tile bar pinned to the top of the gripper bar.

That's exactly how the join between our wood floor and carpet was done, and
the difference in height was about what you have; the carpet rises pretty
much imperceptibly up to the higher level of the wood flooring.

He actually did what I'd asked him to after we'd discussed it, since I
didn't like the extrusions I'd seen in the shop for this sort of
thing.

With the scheme you mention, don't you get a part of the carpet
'unsupported', as it rises up to the extra height due to the double
gripper rod? I don't think I'd like that.

J