How do you lay laminate floor so it butts up against tile?

Answer by  leroy (231)

You will never make the laminate butt against the tile on its own. You will need to use a transition between the different floor types.

Answer by  icanoutfishyou (1148)

You will not be able to get them to but up exactly to one another with a clean finish. Laminate is not designed to be installed in such a way, you are going to need a threshold which will go between the tile and laminate; which your local flooring provider can help you with.

Answer by  Latin4 (11170)

This is easily done by putting a strip overlapping the two floor styles. This can be a wood or metal strip. This will blend the two together. This will hide any imperfection.

Answer by  dpauleyii (843)

Butt up the laminate floor to the tile floor in the threshold of a doorway. Leave a gap between the two floors, nail or screw a transition strip between them.

Answer by  jsmith (2067)

You get the laminate within 0.5 of an inch or so of the tile flooring and then use a T-shaped transition threshold to bridge the gap. The bottom of the T goes into the space, the arms of the T go over the laminate and tiles.