First post, and killer site! I wish I had found this place awhile back.

I am installing an unfinished brazillian cherry floor in my house. Solid 3/4" planks.

My problem is my sliding glass door. I put board up against the aluminum track that the door rides in and it's dang near the same height. My house is a bit older and construction techniques were to notch the door into the floor (If it's like my entry door was). I have no more than about an 1/8" of exposed aluminum on the sliding glass door track. I know I need an expansion gap, else I would just butt it right up against the aluminum rail.

Short of raising the door, does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this look good? I haven't seen any moulding yet that screams "ideal solution".

Thanks Everyone.

Evan

BTW; Thanks to this site, I realized that I had to correct my subfloor. I didn't even notice but at one point to the wall it fell almost 1/2" in about 4'. Lots of shimming later and everything is in pretty good shape!

Cut a strip of oak or cherry if you can find it, the same height as the sliding doors and a width you like . When I do that I also undercut the casing and run the transition to the outer side of the casings.

I think that is a good idea. That is kinda what I had in mind. The trim around the door is pine and oak, I may go ahead and use pine or oak for that trim piece. It won't match the floor, but it will frame out the slider. I suspect I will have trouble finding a reasonably priced piece of brazillian cherry (jatoba) to chop up. I have some long lengths of flooring that I may be able to sacrifice as well. I suppose if the piece is really short, odds are it won't get cracked by getting stepped on.

I am not sure how well it will hold up in the long run, but I came up with a solution. I took some boards of the flooring I already have and notched along one side, essentially like a dado but left an L shaped portion. The top of the L is 1/8" thick and lays over the other boards I have already put down. It fills the gap nicely, looks good, allows for expansion/contraction and was cheap since I made it myself. Ill put up some pictures after it's installed.

Thanks for the advice, it got me thinking hard about making a piece.

Endcap molding. Sometimes called a carpet reducer.

That is essentially exactly what I built except I tailored the dimensions to fit a little better in this application.

Thanks!