I've said this before on your videos, but you are by FAR the best construction guy on RU-vid. Clearly you have decades of actual experience and you do a great job explaining all the little issues that always come up. Thanks!
Thank you so very much! I am doing my very first laminate floor installation in a small bathroom. I have the water proof flooring and all my supplies. I did however forget the transition strip. I will be ordering it from my "Big Box" supplier. I will be laying about 28 sq. feet on flooring. Along with this renovation I am having a new shower pan & surround installed. I am installing a new pedestal sink, glass panel entry door, and new baseboards & mouldings around the window and door. I am excited about this project and I will return to these videos for help and guidance along my way in this adventure!
Hey this home Reno is great hes the only video I watched That told me what side was male and white side was female with the vinyl planks not one other video showed me what side should be towards me he was very thorough and great keep up the good work
My issue too for transition from tile to laminate. And the tile guy did exactly what you said, they finished off the tile too soon (who knew??). My daughter and I installed a floating laminate floor and the tile is higher and I can’t do just the T transition. More like the concrete to laminate only in reverse heights. Using the 4 in 1 transition set from Pergo. Had to special order, but worth it for the color match and options at hand for all the door ways. The nice part is they gave us an extra rubber piece to make it all match for the extra height for the underpayment. Sweet! One door is tIle to laminate and the other door is laminate to carpet. I love your videos. You should see this floor. Looks great and I am proud to say that I am a weekend warrior!
I'm currently in the middle of a transition like this with my bathroom. I like the look of the T molding there instead of trying to get the planks all oriented the same direction throughout the whole installation making it flush. Much easier and looks good. Thanks!
Jeff, absolutely fantastic video bud!!! I just learned more in the past 16 mins. then I have in 20 years of watching (DIY TV)… They actually do not teach you anything, and ppl. actually think they can accomplish complete room makeovers in a WEEKEND!!! You break it down step by step, and instruct ppl. on the realities they will face!!! Until the next one, God bless and Dirty Jersey out!!!!Oh, P.S., can't wait to see the Greek Revival trim videos coming up... Ha ha ha just joking bud, anxiously awaiting all or any trim videos!!!!
Jeff, For me, the fact that you do not edit / cut your videos when you encounter a problem ( like with the height of the transition strip) gives a lot of credibility to what you do. In reality, things are not always perfect the first time. Thanks & have a great weekend 👍
Agreed. Most people edit out the small stuff and only show the major steps. I work at a Lowes and have already started sending people to his channel to watch his flooring installs ( I work in the flooring department)
Jeff, your videos are awesome. Very informative and gave me the confidence to do both my bathrooms with a curved bathtub. Now I am doing my horse trailer LQ .
Jeff, awesome video. I've watched dozens of videos to help with laying some vinyl flooring in my basement, this is the first time someone has clearly explained transitions. Wish I'd seen this BEFORE I laid my vinyl, as now I'll have to run the oscillating tool along the door since I came too close. But at least I know how to do it!
I just had 1100 and some odd sq ft of 'luxury vinyl plank' and they used transitions going into each room, even if it was the same floor. I was told the T moulding had to be used for warranty purposes. I wasn't thrilled at first but I did just hear you say to use them everytime you're at a door.
I enjoyed your video, it showed me exactly what I was thinking that the installers did it wrong to begin with. We had laminate flooring put in our hallway and living room and the installers made a mess of the doorways as well as floor molding. I could have done all of this myself had I had time, but I had a feeling that they were suppose to not leave so much of it in the doorway rather they should have cut back in order to put the transitions and reducers in like your video shows. See, the hallway and Livingroom had to have plywood to meet with the kitchen flooring that was already down 4 years ago and our hallway and Livingroom had thick carpeting that made it blend in with the flooring but now that the Livingroom carpet and hall was removed we need plywood but our other 4 rooms have rugs but much thinner and we're keeping them and now we have an unsightly situation because these installers went ahead and put the transitions/reducers in that extended beyond the doorway and looks like crap and I have pictures of everything that was done wrong. My question is this, now that they cut back some of our carpeting in the 4 other rooms to fit the transitions and beyond the door ways that need to be cut back we'll have a space that will show missing carpeting when someone comes back to correct what was done wrong. How can this be done in order to finish off the doorways correctly and still cover the bare missing rug? Yes, we were told that when it's done the correct way we will have this unsightly mess to look at. I was thinking that these came in different sizes in width but was told no. How do you think this should be done in order to make this all work? Your reply to this matter would be greatly appreciated, we've been sitting on this for over a month waiting for the company to send someone out to fix what was done wrong to begin with. It's a game these contractors play, pay and wait and hope the consumer doesn't notice or care how it looks......
Great videos! Ive gutted my 1917 house and finally got it back to the finishing stage, your videos have been so helpful! Do you suggest I install the laminate flooring, carpet, and tile for bathrooms before or after hanging the doors? I was thinking of doing the doors after but then it will be tough to know where the transitions will be?
best to install the doors first and under cut the jamb. we have a video on how to do that as well. the laminate or vinyl install video covers this technique. Cheers!
Hi, what's the best way to transition from laminate to carpet? I assume it's the same idea as the reducer you used between concrete and laminate with carpet trimmed appropriately to look neat as a T moulding would have half the T floating above carpet (so not supported on one arm of the T) and potentially be damaged over time. Or are there special carpet to laminate transitions?. Thanks
I noticed you used countersunk screws to hold the anchor strip down. They looked like they were sticking up quite a bit. Doesn't that affect the height of the transition strip when installed?
I'm going to install vinyl planks in my bathroom and was wondering if company's make transitions to install up against the tub. I haven't seen anyone install one on here and that might be a good sign they don't make them but i wasn't sure. I just wanted a great turnout when my job os complete. Thanks
Great video Jeff! I'm in the middle of a flooring project and T mold is tomorrow. I have a Gypsum concrete sub floor in my condo. What kind of bits do I want to use? This stuff is pretty fragile and I don't want to destroy the subfloor and not be able to put in the molding track. Thanks!
Where can I get these vinyl planks in Calgary? And when you said $5f sqft. Did you mean CDN$? I want to remove the carpet in a room I the basement and put this down 12’6” x 18’ about 225sq ft. No doors but an arch doorway. What’s the best transition with Carpet??
What is the advice when I am going from a standard laminate pergo to vinyl plank that is 1.5 mm thinner. T moulding will be tight to the pergo but not vinyl plank. Is the best way to raise the vinyl flooring to equal the pergo? How would you do it?
Hello, I'm laying new vinyl flooring in my bathroom and I'm going to replace my bathroom door with a prehung door. My question is, do I hang the door first the go around it or do I install the flooring first? Thank you
Thank you for your great videos. I have question. I am going to install tile over tile in my living room and laminate panels in my bedroom. The bedroom currently has carpet. What can i lay under the laminate to raise the floor even with the tile to make the transition flat and even. Thanks
Question: How do you transition a Laminate plank floor to a hardwood floor? I am replacing my living room carpet with Lifeproof flooring. I have hardwood floors that extend from the entryway to the kitchen and the living room is an open area to the hardwood... no doorway. So How do I make this look pretty?
Hello, I have the same situation as you I think: bamboo flooring from the kitchen transitioning to new (to be installed) vinyl plank flooring in the adjoining family room (currently the bamboo transitions to carpet in the family room). How did you do this?? Hope this reaches you well. Regards!
Question for you Jeff... I’m about to install a 10mm thick laminate flooring, over concrete with a 2mm under pad. I’m wondering if I really “have” to install a transition? The room dimensions are 22’ by 27’ 6”. The 22’ is going to be the “length” of the board. The 27’ 6” will be the the “width” of the board. The boards are average, standard, 4’ long by 6” wide. What are your thoughts? I really don’t “want” to have a T-mould, midway (for aesthetics), but I don’t want it to shift apart either. What about flying the tongue and groove? Is that an alternative?
I'm in that situation on a large open area with some of the laminates came apart. If I had to do it over, I use short finish nails on one side of the floor molding for easy removal for tapping the laminates back.
What drill bit do you use. I’ve been trying to install about 4 transitions and keep burning drill bits up. Whatever you are using slices through it like butter.
I am working on the same thing right now, however, I have a transition from the slightly higher vinyl floor plank to my wood floors. There is a doorless doorway between the two. I changed out the base moldings and did a shoe molding and now need to continue into the kitchen where the new floor is. How do I handle the base molding and shoe molding when the flooring high transitions and then continues into the next room?
Hi vincent, i suggest you do the shoe and cut the angle into the trims. then install the transition inside of that dimension to hide any imperfections. cheers|!
Hey, Ive been searching the internet for awhile now, I can't seem to find out if its ok to run flexible pvc conduit up through the soffit on my house into the attic. inside the attic will be a termination to a jbox with romex on the other side and the little clamp that clamps onto the romex.
Plastic wall anchor. Plastic expansion anchor. Drill bit size depends on the anchor size. Drill should be a hammer drill. It pounds as it turns, breaking out the concrete.
Fuckin psychic man, I had this playing on my phone on the table. I was literally heading to shed to grab my liquid nails when I heard him say that some people try to do that and it’s futile! 🙄 Like at the exact moment 🤦♂️
Longest side of the room correct? Any tips on spacers? I think i missed a beat i bought one of those plastics kits with the sbar. Rubbermallet is that important ive done a few jobs but its been fly by night im upping my game
I was in on the laminate floor craze when it first started in the mid 90's. PERGO was the original laminate floating floor system sold in the U.S. I was an endorsed PERGO Installer for Home Depots. I installed thousands of these floors. Back then we didn't have snap together flooring. It was all glue together which required special ratchet straps that went from the start coarse of flooring to the course you were gluing together. It made the installation process more timely but I believe it was a much better product. No seams over time and the melamine and aluminum oxide laminate finish was pretty darn tough. As far as installing transitions , I cut the track and transition to size. Snap the track onto the transition and simply adhere both to the sub floor with Power Grab construction adhesive. Works like a charm and your not fighting trying to squeeze the transition tongue into the flimsy mounting track screwed to the floor. However you can certainly do it as you showed. I'ts just a pain in the ass. Personally I think doing it my way makes a much more secure transition as well. Never had a call back on a transition failing.
Every single time I get stuck, Jeff saves the day with a video that answers all my questions AND answers the questions I didn't even know I had. Merry Christmas Jeff! *returns to installing flooring on Christmas eve*
When trimming back the flooring at the transition, I find that using my small circular saw to cut as much as possible and then using my oscillating tool on the ends where the circ saw doesn't reach saves a lot of time. Great video, very well explained 👍
What transition do you use between laminate and carpet (on concrete as well)? I didn't think a T bar.. is it the same uneven bar you used for the laminate to concrete then roll the carpet at the transition piece? Thx!
I like that you showed mistakes, and how to correct them. But, I noticed the shop-vac in back of the room in the last segment. Why not use it? And hammering on your utility knife is dumb. Overall, you didn't seem like a professional.
I just had mine installed and the flooring company did that exact thing. I wasn't happy about it. They did say it was a warranty issue and they had to install it that way. They said they were supossed to use transitions going into closets as well, but didn't. So I do have three bedrooms with transitions at the doors, even though the floor continues through.
Hi Jeff, Trying to finish my flooring around my kitchen cabinet. The cabinet is over tile bjt about 2inch is floating off the tile. How would you cover the seam?
Amazing video.. so informative! I love the parts where you show what “do-it-yourselfers” do and how to fix it. I wish I would have seen this before I did my living room floor 😞..
plates for the transitions (we just call them trims in AU) should always be fitted WITHOUT the underlay under them to prevent rocking and in the case of the cheap and crappy plastic tracks cracking over time (get alumnium tracks when you have the option, they're out there).
Jeff, great information as always! Best DIY channel out there. Only suggestion is to WEAR EAR PROTECTION when using that Fein Tool! My ears are ringing just watching. I'm not one of those over the top safety Commies but that tool is so loud and high pitched that I always slap on hearing protection when using.
I plan on laminating my living room and dining room which are in the same continuous space, basically the area looks like a rectangle so I am running the boards along the length. What I am wondering is in what direction am I laying the boards that go on a hallway that begins at the middle of this rectangular area. I figure I run the laminate along the length of the hallway as well? That transition between the living room and the hall would look require a transition I imagine but how? I've watched most of your videos but I don't recall a similar scenario. Thank you
Hey Jeff, quick question. I bought the transition piece that is good for 2 doorways. What would you use to cut the metal track? Thanks in advanced! Appreciate your insightful videos!!
Hi. Your videos are very helpful. Do you have a video on how to finish the laminate flooring at an exterior garden door? I'm not sure what type of molding I should use.
Hopefully you or anyone else can help here.. I purchased a house and the living room has original 3/4" hardwood and the kitchen that is attached has "1/2" plywood with 1/4" sheeting on top and vinyl flooring glued on top, however between the original hardwood and the kitchen there is a 1/4 difference and I dont want a transition strip I want continuous laminate throughout. How to I go about it at that 1/4 difference so no laminate boards are bouncing or popping out of place? Sorry for the novel of a question @ Home RenoVision DIY
What kind of drill do you use for drilling into concrete? Regular drill with special drill bit? Hammer drill? Impact drill? They're too many options for a newbie DYIer, help!
Hi Jeff all, I have a 1/4 of an inch difference between my tiles and the top of the laminate flooring to install (tiles are higher) I heard from tilers that there are transitioning flooring underpads that can be used to shift the flooring up gradually, any clues on these as can’t seem to find. My other option would be to raise my sub floor by 1/4 inch which is too costly for 8 linear feet combined of tile contact.. Any tips on how to proceed? Thanks
Heya Jeff, great video! First timer here installing Lifeproof LVP that transitions to tile. First, what transition piece/type you recommend and second, can you please tell me the size and type of drill bit you are using to drill the holes into the concrete? (subsequently, I see you are using a cordless drill which is what I use, which makes me think it's all about the bit not the power):D
I'm one of those dumb blondes who thinks she's a DIYer. That means I do everything the hard way. Because of water leakage from my fridge (yes I have laminate in the kitchen and bathrooms), the transition pieces (there are 2) between the damaged laminate and the dining room must be installed so they meet in a T with one piece across the pantry door and one piece from the cabinet to the pantry butting up to it at a 90 degree angle. I don't have a clue where to start. I can't afford to replace all of the flooring with tile or something else, so I'm jury rigging the transition. I could send a picture to give you a better idea what I'm trying to say...
What transition piece should be used for flooring of two different heights? I habe tile in my kitchen which goes to laminate into the living room. The piece the builder used isn't correct and its cracked down the edge length wise. There is mayne 1/4" difference in height. I plan to lay vinyl in one direction over the tile in the kitchen, and a different color vinyl running a different direction. Also is it recommended to go directly over existing laminate flooring?
First of all, you are clearly looking like you’re in your 50s and why are you not wearing a knee pads ? LOL I do this work every day and it’s part of the clothing I put on every day i’ve been on the knee pads
I have 2 different thickness of laminate that in trying to put a reducer on. Such a pain. I used a metal transition because the MDF reducer seemed to sit to high because there wasnt a big difference between the laminate. Its 12 mm to 8mm I believe.
Lots of good info. It helped me when I installed the transitions in my rental trailer. Thank you for the help. Also it was good to know where to stop on door jam.
Qu: getn ready to do flooring in basement, are vinyl or laminate planks better over concrete basement? I noticed that it looks like u have plastic underneath, is that required over concrete?
this is the most helpful video I have found for laminate to laminate transition on a concrete slab! I have waited to do transitions for about a year, longer on some parts! LOL Thank you for this video!
Hot glue on transition, adhesive on concrete, use your knees and hands for body weight for a minute and done. Drilling the concrete and using the plastic track is a waste of time.
Just went it seems like we weren't going to make it and our floors were left incomplete.he step out of the shadows and brought balance back to our lives. They call him "The RenoNinja" no unfinished home renovation is safe when he unleashes the skill of the 5 hammers.
Thank you Jeff for all of your videos online. I have seen many... Was this installation on a cement floor in the basement? If so, what type of underlay/pad did you use. Thanks again for your incredible videos.
Wow, that blade has seen better days. I've done that exact thing to fix transitions from a wood floor to a laminate. Decent blade went through the whole thing in about 5 minutes. :)
Much needed video - thank you! My situation is going from a raised eng hardwood floor (b/c it was put on top of the existing floor) going down to the bathroom tile. Do you have tips or videos for that?
I hate oscillating tools. I think a circular saw would work better as long as you set the depth right and then just use the oscillating tool and the ends.
