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Laminate to carpet transition doorway.
Designed to eliminate your carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor edging from curling.
Purchase a carpet end cap that matches the new laminate flooring.
As a rule you want the laminate transition to be directly under the door when the door is closed.
The issue can be more or less complicated depending on the.
Installers often use transition strips in the center of doorways.
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When done in this room will not see the carpet from inside the room when the door is closed or see the laminate outside the room either with the door closed.
For other situations different pieces are used in conjunction with the t molding.
Here is where we will start.
Notice how the transition is installed underneath the door when the door is closed.
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This video is about how to install laminate floor transition to carpet.
A typical 4 in 1 transition includes a metal channel for mounting the system with a t molding which fits into the channel and is used alone if you are joining floors that are the same height.
Cut the end cap using a saw to the correct length of the doorway that separates the laminate floor from the carpeted floor.
This way you do not see the carpet from the laminate side and you don t see the laminate from carpet side.
However transition strips are not required and if you have carpet as one of the flooring materials you can finish it off in a professional manner without covering the end with a transition strip.
When you re installing a laminate floor the issue of transitions arises when you have to change flooring in the middle of a doorway.