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Way better without. I've always hated the way those little speedbumps look, too. I'm going to follow your example when we eventually do our floors. I don't think it looks unfinished - I think it looks expensive. The speedbumps always look cheap to me.
That's how my floors are, without even that little transition piece at the end like in the OP's photo. The tile butts up against the edge of the first plank of flooring.
For the master bath, there is a carpet tuck where the tile floor meets up with the carpet on the bedroom floor.
I don't like the transition strip either, but we had to use them against ceramic tiles because the existing tile was higher than the wood.
We could, however, use Zip Strip on the carpet, which allows you to tuck under the edge of the carpet and butt it up to the wood.
Your transition area looks nice, but one thing that a T-molding will do is protect the exposed edge of the ceramic tile. If you are removing the tile at a later date, then it's a moot point.
BTW... you have referred to the moldings as " those fake wood things" a couple of times. You do know that you can get real hardwood moldings that match the hardwood flooring dontcha?
Your transition area looks nice, but one thing that a T-molding will do is protect the exposed edge of the ceramic tile. If you are removing the tile at a later date, then it's a moot point.
BTW... you have referred to the moldings as " those fake wood things" a couple of times. You do know that you can get real hardwood moldings that match the hardwood flooring dontcha?
Regards,
Streamer1212
Yes, but it's really the bumpiness of them that I don't like.
We're replacing the tile with travertine. I'll make a decision when we do that. Till then, I'm really liking the look without the transitional pieces and I hope we can do something like that when we replace the tile.
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