Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - transition moulding from laminate to carpet problems

Hello,

We recently laid some laminate flooring. The problem we are experiencing is that all of the connectors we have purchased so far do not accomodate the height of the flooring (bare with me as I try to explain the problem). We have tried 3 different finishing pieces which finish off the joint between the carpet and the laminate flooring. There is a v-groove that is screwed into the concrete floor which the finishing pieces are supposed to fit into; however, the finishing pieces that snap into a the v-groove but is only about 3/8" deep. We bought the best underlayment but now due to the height of the flooring with the underlayment we can not get the finishing pieces to snap into the v-groove. (Hopefully this all makes sense). Any suggestions on how to get around this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

Pull the carpet back. Remove the tackstrip if it is in the way also. Pull you snap track up and place a piece of underlayment under it. Put the snap track back over the underlayment. Snap the molding in. Replace the tackstrip if you had to pull it up. Stretch, trim and tuck in the gap left between the tackstrip and transition molding.

Thank you for your suggestion... we will give that a shot.

If you are using the 4in1 type transitions you should have a plastic spacer in the kit. Snap that spacer underneath the metal track and install both on "top" of the padded underlayment as Perry mentioned.