In most cases tile is significantly cheaper than a traditional hardwood floor.
Tile higher than hardwood floor.
I would try and create a transition that would overlay the tile flooring.
The engineered hardwood with the underlayment which is being installed on our concrete subfloor will be 3 8 or 9 525 mm higher than the existing tile floor.
Hello i have installed a heated tile floor in the kitchen and it seems that i have a 1 2 height difference between the tile floor and the 3 4 wood floor that we want to install.
This strip can either meet the tile floor directly or can have a lip over style.
A marble or granite strip that abuts to the tile floor this strip then adjoins to the lower floor with a hardwood trim piece.
A single transition strip that acts as a ramp from the lower hardwood floor to the higher tile floor.
Tile is 1 2 higher than the wood floor.
But there are other advantages too.
We are installing engineered hardwood floors against porcelain tile floors.
Homeowners looking to refurbish a property in a humid climate for example.
The labor for tile is much higher than the labor for hardwood so when you add labor and materials together usually hardwood is less expensive.
Naturally this depends on which hardwood and which tile and condition of your floor but this is a good rule of thumb for the colder climates.
With the tile edges not being exactly even.
The tapered edges should be no thiner than 1 8 thick to avoid splintering.
For reference the total thickness of the hardwood with the underlayment is 5 8 or more exactly 15 mm.