I have a choice of installing a vinyl floor or
tearing up the subfloor and matching the adjacent hardwood
floor. If I do vinyl, I really hate those strips you
put on the edge. Is it practical to route a groove in the
floor and stuff the edge of the vinyl into it? Not a big
area – only about 10 by 10. For various odd reasons, the
junction of wood and kitchen floor sits in the middle of
a door opening. Not the usual way: its perpendicular to the
door opening. A metal or wood strip on the edge of the vinyl
would make the situation worse than it already is.
Weaving a hardwood section into the kitchen would be nicer,
but its a load of work. Any suggestions?
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My feeling is that those strips really do work the best. Leaving an edge exposed in an area of high traffic like a doorway into a kitchen is asking for edges to get torn or otherwise look unsightly. Plus it's real hard to keep clean. Even stuffing the vinyl into a groove could still be problematic, as there's nothing necessarily keeping it in the groove. Plus dirt and debris could be very hard to clean out of there.
Either way, I don't care for vinyl flooring, so I am a little biased when I say that I would go for the hardwood despite the extra work and cost. It will add much more value to the home than vinyl, will look better, last longer, require less attention, and be safer to the residents in the event of a housefire.