I had a transition issue between the kitchen & living room. Mine was hardwood to tile, but the same fix would work. I made my own threshold on the table saw, and shaped the top with a belt sander & orbital sander. I left a pretty good sized gap between the two floor coverings so the heel of the threshold had a wide base to hold it solid. I cut a rabbit joint in each edge corresponding to the thickness of each floor covering. Then cut the top of the threshold at an angle to complete the transition (cross section in the photo is a rough guess of the profile). I then used a belt sander to round over the top edges to make it as low profile as possible, but still leaving enough material over the rabbits as to not weaken the threshold. The trick is to be as precise with your rabbit cuts as possible so the trim piece sets tight on both the floor covering and the floor. This one has been in place for a good 15 years or so. My concern was to not make it any taller than necessary for trip hazard reasons. To date that has never been an issue.
You might even want to pull the carpet back and build a ramp up to the wood floor. Maybe use leveling cement to transition from the ramp to the floor to make a seamless transition for the carpet. Then lay the carpet back down & install a standard threshold.
Tack strip is holding the carpet down. This is the profile I'm looking fore
So planning ahead id always a good idea.
Only thing I would do different is run it past the door and round the nose around so you couldn’t notice the step.
I was unable to find a board 1" thick x 4" at Home Depot...what is everybody's thought on laminating and screwing 2 pieces together to get the desired thickness?
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