You can find a lot of purposes for thresholds and edgings for your flooring project. The most popular place for thresholds and edgings is usually across doorways - where usually the two-floor coverings meet. However, thresholds and edgings are also used for butting up to full-drop windows and around fireplaces. Keep in mind there are different types of thresholds and edgings that are designed for different types of floors. You should choose your thresholds and edgings depending on the existing types of flooring in your home. Why Use Thresholds and Edgings? When installing T-moulding, you first want to measure, cut and lay out all of the hardwood planks until you reach the doorway. T-moulding should be perfectly centred in a doorway, and the last plank laid out in the room should end just before the midpoint of the doorway. Nevertheless, you might need them at home. For example, if you have a large entranceway between your living room and kitchen, why not adorn it with an extra-wide threshold strip? How to install Threshold Bars in 4 Steps Next, measure the distance between the frames of the door. You want to measure an equal distance on your piece of T-moulding and mark where cutting is needed. After cutting the T-moulding to size, sand down the edges for a smoother fit. Accuracy during the cutting process is key to getting the T-moulding piece to fit tight and not end up with a piece that is too short.

For wooden door thresholds, oak is the most common type of wood. Usually, the best T-bars are made of hardwood. You will also find a lot of wooden reducing strips on the market. You can make use of wide wooden door thresholds in big rooms or commercial spaces. You will generally see these in entranceways to large offices, schools or different types of commercial areas. The T-bar is called this way because it’s shaped like a T. You can fix it with nails or glue it down to the subfloor with adhesive. It is usually made of wood, and it’s ideal for transitioning hard surfaces of equal height. One such example is hardwood floor with tiles or another type of hardwood. You can even use a tile to tile threshold installation to separate different rooms with a superior finish. A hardwood flooring transition is necessary when two connecting rooms both have wooden flooring. Flooring transitions allow you to reverse of the direction of tongue and groove planks that make up your wooden flooring. There are two options for accomplishing this transition smoothly: with T-moulding or with a spline. While both have their benefits, it is important to research which option suits your space before beginning an installation and many flooring companies in the UK can help you with this decision process.If your doorway does not have a door, you can set the expansion gap right in the centre of the doorway frame. However, if you have a door, you need to position the expansion gap right underneath the closed door. So, in this way, the T-bar will fit nicely just under the door. Carefully measure the width of the doorway Threshold bars or t-bar door thresholds are wooden or metal strips that go in the expansion gaps between two floors. Their purpose is to provide level and soft passage between two different types of floors. An End bar is another type of threshold strips. You can use it to join two types of floors with different heights. Moreover, it helps cover the edges of the hardwood or laminate flooring in areas where you cannot use skirting boards.

There are pretty different installation methodsdepending on the type of flooring you’re transitioning to and from. You want to install the laminate threshold exactly underneath the door, like in our example above. Use a laminate T-bar that matches your flooring. The rest of the process is pretty straightforward if your floors are installed correctly. Laminate to vinyl thresholdScotia is a decorative moulding you can use to cover the expansion gap between the floor and the skirting board. It can serve as a door threshold bar if you fix it right underneath the front door. Moreover, door threshold bars could reduce heat loss in winter. This type of flooring accessories are also important for levelling out the height of different types of floors, no matter if you want to transition between a wooden floor and a carpet, wooden floor and tiles, engineered wood floor and laminate, laminate and a carpet, etc. Finally, your floor and its insulation can benefit from this type of flooring accessories. Since they cover the small gaps between two floors, edgings and thresholds improve the insulation of the floor and make your home overall more cost-effective and energy-efficient. What are thresholds and endings? The stair nosing is a specific threshold bar you can use for stairs. As the name suggests, the stair nosing increases the length of each step and protects the edges of the stairs from damage. You can either glue it or attach it with screws. When using the saw, make sure you cut just to the outside of the line. Moreover, you should make sure our saw is very sharp to prevent splintering along the edge of the cut. Sand down any rough edges if needed. Glue the T-Bar