Hello There..

[whitetie]

Hi Guys n Gals

Thought I would say hi.

I have been led in this direction through me trying to sort and work out the best solution for my tiling situation.

I have just had a small extension built on the back of my terraced house, downstairs is now all open plan. The building work is just about finished... the dust has finally settled!

Anyhoo, I intend on tiling a quarter of the room which is to be the kitchen (10m2) and the rest of the room will be engineered flooring. This is the bit that confuses me a touch. The floor is concrete and comparitively level, but the flooring is 18mm thick plus 3mm for underlay = 20-21mm. The tiles that I have singled out (white mirrored effect quartz) are 8mm thick.. thus leaving a height differential of 13mm not including adhesive.

I feel the best finish would be for the 2 materials to be level, I think I understand that I would have to build up the tiled area surface with some sort of compound? Also, the tiling will meet the flooring along 2 edges, I need a way to resolve this as the flooring needs a 10mm gap for expansion etc, from what I gather in my research, I need a transition strip? but cant seem to find these in a nice metal or brushed metal style!

In reading this, hopefully somebody would know what I'm on about!:smilewinkgrin:

It's a job that needs doing in the next 2-3 weeks, I dont know if this is the right forum to post in but it's worth a shot!

Cheers

Matt

 

[diamondtiling]

Welcome to the forum Matt,

can you post some pictures of the floor areas?

 

[aph257]

you say the flooring will meet the tiles along two edges, but how long are they?

 

[whitetie]

Will try and get some pics up in a mo, will use camera on phone, might not be the best as the wife has the camera and is away with work.

One edge is around 3.5m and the other is about 2m

Cheers

 

[DHTiling]

Hi matt and welcome.. you could use a 10mm backer board first and then tile onto this to get the height back up..

 

[whitetie]

Thanks Dave,

Didnt think of that, looks like an inexpensive solution!

Right then, I have taken a pic... the tiles will come down from the line of the door down past the island marking on the floor, then squared off to the right wall/staircase..

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I hope this makes sense? The flooring will be mainly in the living room but will continue up to the rear french doors.

Cheers

 

[aph257]

i see you have a nice kitchen there already.:lol::lol::lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi and:welcome:

 

[whitetie]

Hi!

Yep, the kitchen is awesome isnt it, get one in fast, they will be all the rage next year!

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[martifee]

Hi There Matt,
Welcome to the forum.
I'd build up the floor with 10mm backer board as suggested by dave, depending on which one you use it will also provide some added insulation.
I usualy joint flooring areas with 'Stick-a-tac' threshold bars available in matt gold, matt silver or various wood effect finishes. Think the longest length is about 3000mm.
Regards Martin

 

[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum

 

[suave]

welcome!

 

[david campbell]

:welcome:to the forum

 

[whitetie]

Many thanks for the warm welome and sugestions.

Have double checked the tile depth and they are 10mm, so I guess the best solution would be to use a 6mm backer bard.

Also, I know this is the welcome forum but is there one where i can put this out to tender?

Cheers