Pete A. wrote:
You absolutely do need to make a frame of one row of the hardwood using a full length piece of flooring for each row. I like to make a gap of one half of the grout width, don't try to make it touch the tile, gluing the first row in place. If you have a nail gun, you can carefully nail into the bottom of the groove to keep things in place as the glue hardens. Where the field joins the frame, you may want to use some 80 grit paper to ease the edge, staining the bare wood where the micro-bevel meets.
Great, thanks for the advise. Yes I figured there is no other way, I already started testing with the table saw to make a border. It works OK to cut them standing on the groove side with the blade up 2 inches or so.
The grout is one idea, another could be a very thin metal transition piece, but it's a bit costly. I am doing this to sell the house. I'd put caulking for myself though.
I can't see how I would ever get the nail gun between the tile and the wood? Maybe on the tongue side you mean? I do have one, 18 gauge.
Is there a reason to not touch the tile? In my case I think it's a very good idea to keep it a few mm away, because it helps align the future planks once I get past the angled part, but I'm just wondering in general.
I'm not sure what you mean by field and frame,.. Do you mean just on the angled section? That makes sense because I'll cut those pieces and butt them against the border, so they will lose their bevel. I just hope I can find a similar stain.
Biggest question now is, how do I make sure I end up perfectly flush after the angled section..
I've seen some installs where they worked up the angle, and ended up not meeting flush to the long side, so they ripped the piece just before the long row to adjust, but it ended up having a small 1 inch wide piece in there. I think this may be the only way to do it, is this correct?
In my case the width(height probably?) of the angled section is almost absolutely perfectly matched to the width of 6 planks, so I have to ensure my distance from the tiles is very accurate. I guess I have to do a test fit, put some shims in then put glue down, floor on top and push it against the shims so it can set in the correct place. I could use some 18 gauge nails on the tongue side I guess,.. the cleats will probably shift things so it's not advisable?