I am about to put down laminate flooring in a bedroom. The height difference including the underlay is about 11 mm higher than the bathroom which has new cushion flooring, will a flooring strip in the doorway cover this difference OK. I am using 7 mm fiber board underlay to deaden the noise, is this likely to give a better performance than the 2 mm foam ?
Hi, You require a transition strip, rather than a threshold strip. A Transition strip allows two floors of different levels to be joined. It allows (upto 21mm) a higher floor to be levelled with another. Hope this helps. Joiner-Sim http://www.freewebs.com/simonswoodwork
I don't have underlay or laminate in the bathroom I have vinyl flooring but it is the transition with the bedroom that gives the height difference
Use tredaire boardwalk underlay this will be 4mm less than fibre board and out perform it by a country mile and make it easier to find a suitable transition strip, ie: the most commonly used, 7mm > 0mm.
Is using fibre underlay in a bathroom a good idea, i'd probably go for one of the plastic types. Is using laminate at all in the bathroom a good ideas!!
paejay, I don't know why people don't read posts with any care. Your post was absolutely crystal clear, yet maxply45 and HudsonCarpentry have their own versions. BB
paejay, I don't know why people don't read posts with any care. Your post was absolutely crystal clear, yet maxply45 and HudsonCarpentry have their own versions. <<< Ne-Nahhh, Ne-Nahhh, Ne-Nahhh, watch out the off-topic police are about. Not exactly off topic, if a different underlay or an alternative to laminate is used then the height will be different. I've used laminate in a bathroom, using the non-fibre underlay, and it had to be replaced after 2 1/2 years. I'm just trying to give the benefit of my own experience, in my mind use either tiles or quality lino and if you've kids in the house, lino every time. Ne-Nahhh, Ne-Nahhh, Ne-Nahhh, Ne-Na....................
maxply45, you didn't read his post. He said "the bathroom which has new cushion flooring". He wasn't suggesting laminate for the bathroom. Then he said "I am about to put down laminate flooring in a bedroom". Then you reply "Is using fibre underlay in a bathroom a good idea, i'd probably go for one of the plastic types" BB
"and it had to be replaced after 2 1/2 years" but laminate only costs tuppence so 2 1/2 years is fair enough!
Im sorry i was only taking the p**s out of something that was said about underlay for laminate in the bathroom. didn't have any advice on the OP's original question as it had alreay been covered.
hudson "Is using laminate at all in the bathroom a good ideas!!" I would not recommend it to a customer BUT; I put a fairly standard MR laminate in my own bathroom as I had a few packs spare and wanted something to see us through until I was ready to refurbish the room properly. Its now been down 3 years with 2 kids splashing bathwater on it everyday and it has no signs of any problems
in reply to the thread thicker felt is always better than 2mm foam, unless height is an issue as others must have said, threshold ramps are avalible to overcome differing floor heights