How to finish floor tiles in a doorway

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Dave Ramsden

Does anyone else finish tiles in a doorway halfway under the door with the relevent depth square edge chrome trim?

Will post a picture tommorow...
 
All depends what's on the other side of the door, Carpet, tiles or laminate flooring, Wether you need a threshold strip
 
Well I generally do it that way so that the person thats finishing the other floor can add to it if required. Reducing strips are still easy to fit over the top.
I used to always fit a hardwood strip.
 
What I try and do is when the door is shut make sure that you can't see the edges of the tiles if I'm putting a stop strip in
 
When working on old building refurbs, sometimes reducing strips dont always fit the doorway properly. If theres not height difference between the two finishes, it looks nice just seeing a 1mm chrome line under the door.
 
The trouble with threshold strips it could mean having to take a bit of the bottom of the door, Not my favorite job
 
Don't forget to undercut the door casing and jams so that when you are done it looks as if the door was built flush onto the top of the tiles.
I still see lots of hacks who just cut the tiles around the door casing/jams and just grout or Silicon the edge to finish.
Very unprofessional finish.
Takes a few minutes and a crosscut saw and chisel to do it right.
(unless you bought one of the undercut electrics which are pimped out angle grinders with a saw blade).
 
Don't forget to undercut the door casing and jams so that when you are done it looks as if the door was built flush onto the top of the tiles.
I still see lots of hacks who just cut the tiles around the door casing/jams and just grout or Silicon the edge to finish.
Very unprofessional finish.

Takes a few minutes and a crosscut saw and chisel to do it right.
(unless you bought one of the undercut electrics which are pimped out angle grinders with a saw blade).
I hadn’t realised it was unprofessional to do it like that
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