iris927•16d agoMost Upvoted

Saw a wild floor transition at a cafe in Asheville yesterday

I was grabbing coffee at this place called High Five Coffee on Rankin Avenue. They had this old wood floor meeting a new tile section, but instead of a metal strip, they used a thin line of colored epoxy to fill the gap. It was maybe an eighth of an inch wide and matched the tile grout color perfectly. The whole thing looked super clean and you could barely feel the step down. Has anyone else used epoxy for transitions instead of standard molding?

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karenh5616d ago

We did epoxy for a transition in our sunroom. The trick is to use the really strong, commercial-grade stuff and fill the gap completely flush, no lip at all. It's held up for two years now with a rolling office chair going over it daily. You have to prep the edges of both floors perfectly clean for it to stick right.

patricia_gonzalez15d ago

Karen's right about the prep work, but that commercial epoxy is overkill for most homes. The real issue is that epoxy gets brittle over time, especially with temperature changes in a sunroom. Mark's buddy probably had it crack because the floor materials expand and contract at different rates. A flexible silicone-based filler would last longer in that situation without chipping.

markh8516d ago

My buddy tried that on his kitchen remodel. It chipped after a few months from his fridge rolling over it.