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Door saddle for floating wooden floor

  • 29-08-2020 4:48pm
    #1
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭


    My wooden floor is raised one inch off my tiles.

    I would like to replace the current reducer with something with a gentle sloping angle so my robot hoover could travel over and back.

    Pine finish preferred.


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    purchase a saddle board OR use the one that came up. Chop it in half. Install. Finish to your liking.


  • #3
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭The lips


    I have uploaded a photo of the reducer/saddle I am removing.

    It has a near vertical angle on it and some overlap on the wood flooring.

    Would i get a 1 inch saddle board?


  • #4
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    listermint wrote: »
    purchase a saddle board OR use the one that came up. Chop it in half. Install. Finish to your liking.

    Most saddle boards are three quarters of an inch and the height difference seems to be an inch.
    Packers maybe?


  • #5
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    listermint wrote: »
    purchase a saddle board OR use the one that came up. Chop it in half. Install. Finish to your liking.

    Most saddle boards are three quarters of an inch and the increment here seems to be an inch.
    If the vacuuming machine can clime a gap of one inch then no problem.
    If not then chamfer the floor to the required gradient including the saddle.

    If that makes sense


  • #6
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    listermint wrote: »
    purchase a saddle board OR use the one that came up. Chop it in half. Install. Finish to your liking.

    +1
    This is exactly what I did. See link:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=114314817&postcount=9


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  • #7
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭The lips


    2011 wrote: »
    +1
    This is exactly what I did. See link:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=114314817&postcount=9


    Is there a height difference between the two floors there?


  • #8
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Use Packers or you can lift it the extra and use a metal angle runner on the front face on the lower side. Brass or steel.


  • #9
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    The lips wrote: »
    Is there a height difference between the two floors there?

    Yes. The wooden floor is higher.


  • #10
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,888 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    IF you are not wedded to timber then consider an alu profile, much wider range.
    else go with the timber on the tile side and then use a suitable alu profile to take up the gap and finish it off against the timber floor

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #11
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 491 ✭✭The lips


    I would consider any material, where would i buy an aluminium saddle or profile section?


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  • #12
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,902 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    The lips wrote: »
    I would consider any material, where would i buy an aluminium saddle or profile section?

    Any shop that sells flooring should have it.


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