Flooring issue with patio door threshold.
Hi,
We have an area where the floor is part original floor boards and part concrete on the new part.
The issue is that the large patio doors were supposed to have a threshold of 25mm but the door company measured it incorrectly and we have been left with a threshold of 11mm.
I really wanted engineered wood or real wood flooring but with the floor prep etc it would all come above the 11mm threshold.
Is there a solution to this? I have seen some at 10mm but doesnt leave much wriggle room and the best ones seem to be 14mm or over.
Some have suggested a matt well (which looks horrible).
Is there anything that can be done that looks decent? Or any other solution?
Otherwise I'm left with LVT which I don't really want.
Thanks
Comments (8)
Christina Malikia
Original Author3 years ago@Ellie Thanks, some do look good but in certain lights. I have so many samples now I could do a patch work floor. :) I have samples of the some of the best but when the sunlight hits it from my doors it looks like plastic with this sheen and embossed grain that looks really fake.
I am really struggling with the whole thing as up until this point I have managed to get everything I wanted, now due to a stupid mistake I end up having to pay thousands for a floor I don't really want.christineacy
3 years agoHello Christina, If the door company measured incorrectly, and that was agreed for the threshold, they have to put it right...
Sonia
3 years agoI agree with christineacy, if the door company made the mistake then should rectify it.
sarh123
3 years agoWe had the same. Our floor fitter worked miracles and somehow managed to use floor leveller, sanding and a piece of tapered wood flooring so that everything met perfectly.
Christina Malikia
Original Author3 years ago@sarh123 That's really good to know. Do you recall the difference you had in levels to begin with?
I should have had the doors redone, I wish I had. It was in January, then we had lockdown, my kids were off and I couldn't really go anywhere to get a floor.
At the time I didn't really appreciate the consequences, the door fitter told me he had got it up as high as he could and then I signed a document saying I was happy with it.The builder then told me the threshold was meant to be 25mm, he told them that when they measured it.
How would I prove the measurements were wrong and maybe now do you think it's too late?sarh123
3 years agoWe had exactly the same-builder and window supplier blaming each other. If you've got the energy then it would be better to get it fixed, but we were also working during lockdown and let things pass which in normal times I would have kicked up an enormous fuss about! I initially decided to switch to LVT which would have fitted fine and had a couple of suppliers come round, but my heart was set on timber-I don't know exact height but I do know that when we set it a board in place it sat higher than the door threshold. The main thing is finding a wood floor installation specialist, not the local flooring shop. He was completely relaxed with having to deal with an old concrete slab, a new concrete slab, wooden floorboards and a door set too low-all to be covered in one set of timber! We had four visits which included sanding down the concrete slab in some parts and building it up in others; sealing the slab; plying the floorboards and levelling the whole lot. He then took a floorboard and tapered it, then set it along the doors, at 90degrees to the main run of boards-those boards had to be meticulously cut. If you look closely you can see that it slopes, but it looks deliberate rather than due to an error!
Christina Malikia thanked sarh123Christina Malikia
Original Author3 years agoThank you @sarh123, that has made me feel far more hopeful. I have seen so many fitters now (from stores) and all have pushed LVT at me, as if that was the only option. They seem to love the stuff.
I'm sure it's great for some people, but I just love wood. It's in kitchen diner, so I know it won't look brand new forever, but I actually don't mind how it changes and ages.
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Ellie