HELP !!!!! Transition Strip Troubles

[BirdieCBC]

I need help with a curved transition strip from my tile to laminate flooring. I have looked into custom strips ($500+) and just read about rubber transition strips (which I'm sketchy about). Looking for alternative solutions or past experiences with either strip. Any help or advise would be GREATLY appriciated. Brad

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[Jason_Butler]

How long is the strip? I make all of my wood transition strips. $500 sounds outrageous.

Jason

[Mike2]

Welcome aboard Brad. :)

I agree with Jason, $500+ sounds high. How tight a radius is this and what is the height differential? (Along with the length that Jason axed).

[cx]

Welcome, Brad. :)

Big radiused wood transitions would be spendy, but $500 sounds a bit high. Unless it's a really, really big strip, eh? But if you're buying it from the laminate floor people, it wouldn't surprise me much, considering they charge $40 or $50 bucks for an inch and a quarter wide, pre-finished trim strip eight feet long. A fella could make hisownself a lot of radiused reducer for $500 bucks, though.

While I'm a big fan of wood for transitions/reducers/thresholds, there are other options. This a wood laminate floor, or some other style? Schluter makes a lot of metal and plastic edgings for tile, and I think some of them are bendable. Might look into that.

My opinion; worth price charged.

[Jason_Butler]

here's a pic from Brad...

[BirdieCBC]

THere is the picture of the curved transition strip needed between the tile and the hardwood. The length is about 14 ft long.

[Davy]

I think a fairly small strip would bend around that radius. The smaller the better as far as bending goes. What size do you need? Maybe 3/8 to nothing within about 1 inch? I would think a local trim carpenter could make one on a table saw. Someone else might have a better idear. :)

[opiethetileman]

Well Davy the problem he has is its laminate floorings. And if you get laminate wet and try to mold it it breaks. What a track and cap system in a matching color??? Just a thought. I have done some radius floors with Lam and yes it sucks when it comes to the transtions and things. What brand of floor is it and what color????? I know when i do quarter round around curves I make a template on playwood and use nails then slowly insert the round and keep it wet for a few days then dry it off with a heat gun. Works for me with round. But Lam just sucks when it comes to custom molding they dont flex they snap in two.

[Jason_Butler]

I would use hardwood - not laminate for the bend. Use small strips to for the bend and then glue it up in that position. Then do the edging on a router table

Jason

[Davy]

I had hardwood on my mind too ,not laminate. :)

[Mike2]

Up to 1" wide ash or oak could take that radius bend with no prob. - no heat or steam required. $25 in materials would be my guess. :)

[BirdieCBC]

Thanks for all your responses, very helpful. I have tried to call around to numerous flooring stores and NOBODY will help me with my problem. Any suggestions on who I should call or even what type of company to be calling. I am desperate and willing to pay just about anything. If anybody can help me I don't mind throwing around some money. PLEASE HELP -B-

[opiethetileman]

First off I wouldnt take the money but you donate it to the CTEF fund that would be better. What kind of floor is it????? You never told us????Where are you located????

[e3]

couldn't a strip from Schluter or Blanke work there??? It would be metal..