Tricky Floor Transition problem

[Joseph Sangimino]

All, 

I'm dealing with a tricky floor transition problem and was hoping to get some recommendations. I'm just finishing up a buy and hold rehab project on an older cape cod. There is a pretty steep drop between the living room floor (luxury vinyl) and the kitchen tile. Its about a 1" drop from the vinyl to the tile. I hit a couple unexpected hurdles while installing the floor in the living room that resulted in this issue. If I could go back I'd do a couple of things differently and make sure the floors were nice and even, but at this point I'm happy with the end product - with the exception of the floor transition issue in this area. 

I cant find any 1" deep transitions online and at Home Depot that I think would work well and look nice. I'm almost leaning toward some kind of short interior ramp. 

Does anyone have any recommendations on products or techniques I can use to transition the floors? 

Thanks!

Joe

[Manolo D.]

Joseph Sangimino Go back to your floor guy and have him do it again. If that’s not an option, then you shouldn’t be looking at home depot at all. Go to flooring supply stores, there are couple of solutions outside of “home” improvement. You need to pay more and move to commercial grade transitions. There is also an option to mold the transition with cement, epoxy, or hard moldable material.