ok, let me first start by saying I tried to search for this but I kept coming up with an error saying my search words were to general. So..

What's the recommended method for transitioning from hardwood to carpet? I got some T-Track and some Reducing strips from my flooring place but I'm questioning if these are the best way to go.

If they are, how do you recommend fastening them down? Nail, Glue, both or something else?

Thanks,
Shay

if it is 3/4 " i just cut a piece of the wood to fit the jam and tuck the cpt to it as if it were a wall , or you can spend money on a transition piece .

We use a trim piece called a "carpet reducer"
In profile, it is about 2 - 2 1/2 inches wide. One edge is at 3/4 inch thickness with a groove edge so that you can connect it to the floor with either the tongue of the floor board(s), or a spline, if needed. The other edge looks quite similar to one edge of a t-mould, which hangs over the edge of the carpet.
Make sense? or clear as mud?

It makes sense but how do you keep the reducer from slipping out? Do you glue it in?

My reducer doesn't have a groove but I can easily put one in and I have some extra splines.

Yes, if possible, use urethane adhesive to glue the transition piece in place. Surface nails would be unsightly in a doorway, even if properly filled

My thoughts exactly which is why I was hoping to avoid nails. I will try the glue, thanks.

I use the glueing method also bit just to keep it inplace whilst the adishive goes off i fire off a couple of 23g micro pins seems to do the trick...........
then finish of with a little matching wax though hardly needed.......

I'll translate that to American...

Use 20-18 gauge brads to hold the molding while the adhesive cures.
Use color match wood filler to hide the tiny holes.

Ya, gotta love those 23 gauge pins. I call 'em human hairs, they are so thin. But they do the job as long as no great holding power is needed long term. And nearly invisible pentetration holes

I also love them, I mostly use them for the 15mm x 15mm scotia beading used between the floor and skirting board.............

sorry might need translating by austinfloorguy
you say toma"y"toe i say toma"r"to

HMMMMM, you must mean quarter-round, that goes against the baseboard, lol

kind of we tend to use scotia beading instead of quarter round (quadrant) as we call it it kind of sweeps up the base board (skirting board) its easier on the eye apparently:
what we call scotia

what we call quadrant


do you always use quater round for your base boards? do you ever use scotia or what do you guy's call it?

The lower picture is what we call quarter-round. The upper picture shows what is termed "baseboard", and "cove moulding" is the smaller trim piece atop the floor. My American friends would spell that
"molding"

Cove molding is equal measurement of both sides of the 90 degree angle. So it could be 1/2 x 1/2, or 3/4 by 3/4, or similar. Scotia is different and more like base shoe. It's dimensions are longer on one side and we typically only use it under stair treads. It's dimension for stairs are often 3/4" x 1/2", taller than wider. Base shoe is similar in that it is also taller than wider, usually 3/4" x 1/2". I do not care for true quarter round unless it's the smaller 1/2" x 1/2" for something unusual. The big 3/4" x 3/4" quarter round looks like crap, IMO.



Notice one leg is longer than the other and the curve is also unequal, similar to some crown moldings.


Here's true cove molding. Equal lengths on each side and the interior curve radius is equal.



Here's what I refer to as base shoe molding, except the piece on the lower right.


A big picture of quarter round, sometimes used instead of base shoe.