I am ceramic tiling a bathroom floor and installing hardwood flooring in the ajoining room. Do I extend the tile or do I extend the hardwood in the threshold area in the door way between the two rooms? The door is a pocket door. Ed Ferrett
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Split it right in the middle under the door. With the door shut, from bath-see tile, from adjoining room-see wood.
I agree with calvin...
I usually try to put my flooring transitions where the door will cover them when it is shut. I am assuming the heights of the two floors will be pretty close to the same. 3/4" hard wood vs backerboard, thinset and tile, you should end up within 1/8 of an inch... Just enough to leave 1/4" - 3/8" betwen the tile and hardwood ( just a little wider than a typical grout line) and make the transition with grout.
If you can't split it down the middle, get a stone or fake stone threshold to go between the two and have it "peek" out from under the door on the wood side. In fact, it's not a bad idea in any event, as it gives you a clean line to work the wood to.