ᐅ Transition from Hardwood Flooring to Tiles

Hello!

We will have an open living/dining area on the ground floor, where the tiled floor is supposed to transition into parquet.
I have often seen wide transition strips made of aluminum or similar materials, but I don’t like that look.
I was told that this is necessary because the floors expand and contract due to the underfloor heating.
Does the gap really need to be so large that there is no other option? I feel that the tradespeople just need to work more precisely (but don’t want to), because of the visible edges.

If you search for "parquet tile transition" on Google Images, the 5th result shows a slim edge strip transition, which is how I'd like it to look.

How have you solved this?

Good luck,
daniels87

This is how it looks for us (just with different wood):

Tile – stainless steel strip – wood

However, the screed height must be suitable for this.

Oh, nice bamboo parquet.
The screed height can possibly be leveled with a filler.

However, it is important that the type described above only works without an expansion joint.
If there is one (usually always at room boundaries), a Schluter strip would be suitable.

The picture is missing cork or silicone – as it is, it doesn’t look neat.

Sebastian79 schrieb:
The picture is missing cork or silicone – it doesn’t look nice like that.

That’s not our floor either; I used the photo as an example. You can also use other types of profiles or borders.
This shows that transition strips do not necessarily have to be glued or screwed in, but that there are also elegant solutions available.

The transition strips that go on top are honestly very ugly.
With floating floors, there is no other way!

One reason why I only allow fully glued hardwood flooring in my house.