Flooring Tile - Levelling problem with tiles, wood and carpet removal
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yogz0820
10-18-06, 08:00 AM
i have a lot of stupid questions today and all advice is greatly appreciated. We bought a new townhouse a year ago and finally started doing the things we want to do to it.
Our entrance area(3'x10') that leads into the living room and kitchen both had linoliuem. In the kitchen, we took out the linoliuem and intsalled the thinset with ceramic tiles over it.
Initially the living room and dining room had carpet. We removed that and reinstalled it in our basement. Our living room is bare right now.
(layout of house can be seen at http://www.vshovnaniangroup.com/Adams1.htm)
So the problem is that the kicthen tiles and molding is about 1/2" higher than the bare living room. And in the(3x10') area for the entranceway, we still have linoliuem there and that is higher than where the carpet was and lower than the kitchen tiles.
We are going to install laminate wood in the entranceway and living room. Should we removed the linoliuem? Should we add a whole new level of wood boards to raise the living room height and make it all one level? If so, what are the types of wood needed? I've never done any of this. The other problem was the molding. we installed wood trim around the kitchen, but don't know what to do for the living and dining room as the rooms do not line up correctly.
Sorry for sounding so confused, but again i'm really new to this and i appreciate all your advice.
Our entrance area(3'x10') that leads into the living room and kitchen both had linoliuem. In the kitchen, we took out the linoliuem and intsalled the thinset with ceramic tiles over it.
Initially the living room and dining room had carpet. We removed that and reinstalled it in our basement. Our living room is bare right now.
(layout of house can be seen at http://www.vshovnaniangroup.com/Adams1.htm)
So the problem is that the kicthen tiles and molding is about 1/2" higher than the bare living room. And in the(3x10') area for the entranceway, we still have linoliuem there and that is higher than where the carpet was and lower than the kitchen tiles.
We are going to install laminate wood in the entranceway and living room. Should we removed the linoliuem? Should we add a whole new level of wood boards to raise the living room height and make it all one level? If so, what are the types of wood needed? I've never done any of this. The other problem was the molding. we installed wood trim around the kitchen, but don't know what to do for the living and dining room as the rooms do not line up correctly.
Sorry for sounding so confused, but again i'm really new to this and i appreciate all your advice.
Tileguybob
10-19-06, 07:47 PM
The new wood will be 3/8" to 3/4" thick depending on what you pick out so the finished height will be close to the tile. There are wood reducers that can be used to bridge the two surfaces. Check where you purchase the wood flooring. There are some moldings that have square corner pieces that eliminate the need to miter the corners, either inside or outside. Looks like a piece of 5/4"x5/4" about 6" tall and the straight ends of the molding butt into it. A change in height at that point would be easy.