Miter Joints In Laminate Flooring ??

AL MURZYN

I AM LOOKING TO LAY A FLOOR IN A LARGE FAMILY ROOM. WE ARE CONSIDERING USING A COMBINATION OF LAMINATE FLOORING AND CERAMIC TO MAKE THE FLOOR "INTERSTING" . I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MITER THE CORNERS OF THE LAMINATE TO "DRESS UP" THE FLOOR. i HAD CALLED PERGO AND THEY WERE STUMPED AND STATED THAT NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT BEFORE !? I WAS THINKING OF EITHER USING A BISCIT JOINT OR POSSIBLY A SPLINE JOINT ? ANY ADVICE ? ALSO SINCE I AM LOOKING TO USE A "ROW" OF LAMINATE AND A ROW OF TILE PROBABLY 2 ROWS OF EACH THEN A LARGE SQUARE OF EITHER ONE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM - I AM WONDERING IF MOVEMENT OF THE LAMINATE WILL CAUSE A PROBLEM IN THE ROWS BETWEEN THE TILE ? I AM IN FLORIDA WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS RELATIVELY CONSTANT AND OF COURSE I WILL BE WORKING ON A CONCRETE SLAB. THANKS AL

reveivl

You have to leave an expansion joint along all edges of laminate, so you'd have a 'transition' at every change from lam to tile. Don't think you'd like it if you did it. The heights would be hard to match too. If the manufacturer is stumped then so would the warranty be.

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Floorwizard

look at a lam manufacturer that has tiles and wood patterns like Wilsonart.
you can use a combination of both without a transition.
And if the pattern is layed out carefully, there will be no need for biscuit joints and such.

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Bud Cline

Laminate flooring is a "floating floor" is it not?

Tile flooring is a rigid installation is it not?

How's that going to work for more than a week or two?

dougchips

Bud, they have "floating tiles" now. They have grout lines and unless you look for the seams they are hard to detect. My bank had them installed and they are holding up really well.

Eric K

Try looking up Amitco Flooring. They have wood and tile products that are a glue down application that will do exactly what you want in a uniform manner.

Teetorbilt

Glue down is an entirely different proposition.

I know how I would try the miters and deal with the tile but I'd never attempt it in a customers home. I'd find a willing friend first.

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