How do you install interlocking laminate flooring across tile and bare concrete?
Question:The kitchen in our new home has tile and the breakfast nook attached to it has carpet. The carpet continues into the livingroom and dining room. ----- I will remove the carpet from the nook to reveal concrete but I'd rather not remove the tile b/c it would be so difficult. ----- How do I get the laminate to cover the tile and the concrete which will be almost an inch lower? How will the laminate butt up against the carpet?
Answers:
The only practical solution is a floor molding. A Pergo 4-in-1 reducer strip will make the needed transition. Sloping the floor down with cement will cause the joints of the laminate to open and peak, and is a bad idea.
The same Pergo 4-in-1 is used to finish to carpet. Install the carpet reducer following the enclosed instructions and then drop a tack strip beside it. Trim the carpet and tuck it between the tackless and the reducer.
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I hate to tell you but your going to have to rip up the tile to keep floor level. Your best bet would be to leave tile and take take the wood up to it and add transition piece. They build new home so cheaply now tile would probable come up fairly easy.
you either have to rip up the tile... which i would recommend, or you have to install a subfloor to bring the exsiting floor to he correct height
I would recommend removing the tile but if your must you could purchase some flooring patch, which is like concrete and slope from the tile down to you concrete you will need allot tho because you will have to come out at least 2 to 3 feet to make is semi level. if its not the joints in your wood could separate and will not look good. Now as for removing the tile(recommended) you can get a air compresser and a air chisel and take that up, most of the time it will just vibrate it right off the floor.
It's not difficult to remove tile. You get a hammer, safety glasses, and a crowbar. We just did out kitchen and it took a couple hours. It will look a lot better if your new floor is flat rather than dipsy-doodling up and down. The laminate will go right up to the carpet edge (preferably it will be in a doorway or some logical place) and you will need to buy a laminate "transition strip" which you cut to size and attach on top of where the two surfaces join.
They're right - removing the tile is the best way and it really isn't as hard as you think. You can also take a one hour class at your local Lowe's or Home Depot for more installation do's and don'ts for free. Look-up online and then click on "clinics" to see what they are offering. I have learned a great deal from these classes.
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