How To Install Transitions From Laminate To Carpet - Pergo 4 n 1 Transition

In this video we go over step by step how to from laminate to carpet. Today we will be installing Pergo 4 in1 transitions when going from laminate floor to carpet. You may also be interested in this video. Installing Pergo 4 in 1 transitions around fireplace. No Screws • Installing Pergo 4 in ...
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[@stephendusold9124]

This is by far the best video on transitioning from Vinyl Plank to carpet, it took me a bit longer but it came out great. 👍🤠

[@YOUFLOOR]

So glad you got it done. I knew you could do it. 🔥👍👊

[@The_Obvious_Solution]

Great video! I'm getting ready to do this and after a day of searching, this is the first video that really showed EXACTLY what I was looking for. Couldn't find anything that explained how you brought the carpet up to that vertical edge and tucked it.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Good to hear. Glad to be of some help. I believe you can do it. Good luck with your project

[@darrenjackson2525]

This WAS a perfect tutorial! Made my transition look great!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Good to hear. Glad to help. Thanks for the comment

[@greggbieber9662]

Exactly the info I needed! Simple explanation & great visual.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Thanks

[@jontoasland6336]

1st class you have answered all my questions .

[@YOUFLOOR]

Thank you. Much appreciated

[@brevs8387]

The things the instructions don't tell you... same as the laminate I just laid down. Thanks a bunch!

[@TheStBlaine]

This just helped me so much. I went step by step with you and completed my transition perfectly. Thanks!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Awesome glad to hear. Thanks for the comment

[@danworld6707]

can i use regular 1/4 wide staplers driven by my hitachi pneumatic stapler gun? what is downside of that stapler vs standard carpet stapler?

[@YOUFLOOR]

The difference is the carpet gun shoot very narrow staples. I would think you'll be ok as long as you get down in the carpet. Just setting it on the surface can create little dimples. Just watch for that and you should be good. I've had to use that method in a pinch. Thanks for the question. Hope that helps

[@stephenadams1230]

My first time installing a transition--from luxury vinyl to tile--and I didn't even know how to get the vinyl transition piece into the metal track! I was trying to push it in instead of knocking it in with a rubber mallet. The rubber mallet worked like a charm. Thanks for the great info, especially for us beginners!

[@YOUFLOOR]

No problem. Glad I could help. Thanks for the comment

[@MyCHAARLIE]

Excellent presentation. It’s nice to see someone do the job the right way! Legacy flooring glues down the transition strips? Quick & dirty job!

[@spbarnes]

i installed Shaw Engineered hardwood, its 3/8" and butts up to a carpet in my living room, will this transion type work with that? And do they come in unfinished wood?

[@YOUFLOOR]

I'm not exactly sure, but I would think they do

[@K03sport]

excuse my amateur question, but why would I put a tack strip in a direct walking path? will the tacks be felt underneath, especially if one were walking barefoot? how much of a gap do/did you have btwn the u-channel and the flooring? btwn the tack strip? Can this be done w/o a tack strip by stapling the edge of the carpet right up to the edge of the u-channel and have the t-molding/carpet finisher cover the carpet for that 1/2 inch (no foam underneath)? The paper instructions seem to be missing 50% of what is actually needed to do it correctly; possibly more...

[@YOUFLOOR]

Wow. Ok so this might be long but I'll try to make it short. So 1st the tack strip across the door it pretty common. Once you kick the carpet over and it gas a good grab you can pound them down. Also if you cut the pad back a little and fold the carpet over and staple it, you can butt your reducer right up to the folded carpet. It will have the same look. Another way to do it is to kick the carpet over the tack strip and then use a t mold. You can lip it up over the carpet and tack strip. It looks pretty clean. As far as a gap I usually leave a 1/4 inch on the laminate side of the u channel and about 1/4 inch from the tack strip. Thar can change depending on how thick the carpet you are tucking is. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question

[@K03sport]

@@YOUFLOOR ...thanks. put in my first 320 sqft and learned a lot, but have met my next nemesis, the t-molding/transition strip (and carpet). Mine came in 4 pieces (T, Carpet, Tile reducer, other bits). Currently gluing T and Carpet reducer. Apparently previous owners did it wrong at a carpet-laminate junction, oh well. Again, learned a lot, but still have a lot to learn. Cheers.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Awesome brother. Glad it worked out for ya good luck with your transitions. Thanks again for the engagement

[@sidknee4975]

If you put the cap/top trim on last then you wouldn’t need to tuck it in, just kick and trim carpet then install cap over top.

[@YOUFLOOR]

When you say cap, do you mean transition? I do it both ways. Just depends on the situation. If the carpet is real thick it wont let me grab the u channel. Thanks for the tip. I'll try it out on The next one

[@9wickett1]

that’s great for doors but what about open rooms that are 11’6 laminate to carpet on concrete floor?

[@YOUFLOOR]

Try this to install the carpet reducer. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d32Uf3WcoNiqjNE. Then finish the steps for cutting and tucking carpet

[@caroltaylor-long3944]

Z, I have learned so much from you!!! Awesome teaching skills, thank you!!!

[@jimdaniels443]

We knocked out the wall between the kitchen and living room. 16 ft span, carpet to lvp. Is there a long transition piece we can get? Thanks

[@YOUFLOOR]

@Jim Daniels When we have extra long spans like that we have to glue 2 or more transitions together. We use the ca glue to do that. Check out the ca glue video of mine, I glue transitions together. Thanks for the question.

[@Salute_vet22]

thanks for sending me to this video. I was under the impression that that the carpet goes under the reducer

[@YOUFLOOR]

Glad I could help. You got this 👍

[@paulrooster2108]

Awesome , I can finally use up all those lil discard transitions pieces 🤔😜

[@karthiksc47]

Thanks! Brother, can I buy you a coffee

[@YOUFLOOR]

Sure, thank you. I think we signed up for that. I appreciate you.

[@simpleflipR6]

You almost put your knee and hand on the blade..

[@YOUFLOOR]

Almost!

[@tiffanyrobinson6942]

Great video! My laminate installer left me hanging and didn't complete my transitions.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Sorry to hear that. Hope I was some help. Thanks for the comment. Good luck with your project

[@tiffanyrobinson6942]

@@YOUFLOOR Thanks! 👍

[@stevehamman4465]

Tiffany, most hard surface installers don't do carpet, but whoever sold you the job should have addressed it with you!!!

[@winniewild4805]

Thanks, this video was very helpful!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Winnie Wild I’m glad it was helpful to you. Thanks for the comment.

[@hilljond]

Great video! Thanks so much for posting it! Answered all my questions!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Thank you

[@clintonmumbower4461]

Tack strip on concrete floor? I would like to do our basement bedrooms.

[@YOUFLOOR]

They make a tack strip for concrete. Can find it at lowes or home depot. Hope that helps. Thanks for the comment

[@jeftw4256]

I watched 2 of your 4-in-1 transition strip videos and the tips you gave helped me immensely, thanks and keep up the great work.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Awesome! Good to hear

[@docdoctme]

Thank you for a detailed video-this will be so helpful.

[@YOUFLOOR]

No problem. Thanks for the comment

[@Lady_Hiccups]

Thank you. Way more thorough than the first few videos I tried to watch!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Awesome to hear. Thanks for the comment

[@cynethiasco8671]

I've been looking ALL over for this! Thank you!! Every time that I cut my metal U strip it bends. Now I know to get a Tin Snip (was using a multi-tool). I have been trying to install the metal u strips on concrete. What are you using? A Drill Driver or impact driver? I've burnt out so many drill bits (supposedly for concrete) and nothing works. Can I glue the metal strip down? I'm laying Luxury Plank vinyl btw.

[@YOUFLOOR]

I am probably using an impact driver. I have recently started using my reg. drill on low speed. It helps to not strip the screws. For transitions on concrete with no screws, check out this video. Thanks for the questions. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d32Uf3WcoNiqjNE

[@cynethiasco8671]

@@YOUFLOOR Thanks so much! I now have my metal strip glued cut and glued down. This was a great help! Thanks so much for your videos!

[@tfitz2065]

Thank you for your help, helped make sense of it all.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Right on!👍

[@MyCHAARLIE]

Hi after watching your video I got with the flooring supervisor and sent him the video to show him the correct way to install the transition strips. They glued them down. What a mess! Then they trying to dazzle me with brilliance cause they couldn’t buffalo me with bull shit! Thanks again!

[@cdwebber2646]

Hey I am going to be lying laminate over my existing tile which is going to raise my floor up a little higher than normal as well as the doorway transition the people at home depot say I should remove the tile floor however my budget does not allow for that so my question is how high should the transition from one floor to another be before and is there anything that can be used for higher than normal doorway transitions before they start to look awkward

[@YOUFLOOR]

Yeah there is no specific height. I plan on doing a video from laminate to tile soon. A couple thing to keep in mind. If this is is a bathroom first of all I wouldn't use a laminate. Maybe an lvp product would be better. And you may have to put an extension on the toilet ring area. But in the kitchen if you go to high you could trap your dishwasher if you can't get the feet on the new floor. And sometimes raising the floor that high won't allow your FRIG to fit under cabinets. Also if you dont remove baseboards they could shrink down to almost nothing. When dropping from one height to another you have to cut a half inch wide piece of the laminate you're using and nail it in the gap between the tile and laminate. still allowing a 1/4 expansion gap on laminate side. Then screw the u channel down on top that. If you try to put the u channel on the floor it will be too low to catch the transition. If it is still to high they do sell tall wood transitions that you screw down. They are for tall drops. If you would like to send a pic. Ill take a look at it an see if I can figure it out. Hit me up at [e-mail] or dm me on Instagram @zconstructionllc. Thanks for the question hope that helped

[@cdwebber2646]

@@YOUFLOOR Ok I emailed you a couple pictures

[@jenniferbecca3050]

You could have removed the tile using a Bosch jackhammer, then used a 4 1/2" angle grinder hooked up to a shopvac to remove the thinset. I did this on 750 sqft. of tile. Home Depot wouldn't let me rent their grinding wheel, so I used the little bitty angle grinder. It took me about a month to remove the thinset.

[@scottcarpenter910]

Thank you! This was helpful! 👍🏻

[@YOUFLOOR]

You got it brotha. Thanks for the comment

[@otallono]

Video looks like it was filmed early 90s

[@YOUFLOOR]

Weird. Probably the lighting. The couple was old and hadn't really updated anything since the 90s I had a terrible time trying to fix the color I. Editing. Thanks for the comment

[@timberhills1778]

Awesome Thank You

[@YOUFLOOR]

You got it. Thanks for the comment

[@TheLionPear]

This is great. Thank you for not having an obnoxious intro.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Thank you and thanks for the view. Have an awesome day

[@MyCHAARLIE]

Is there a way to install by a sliding glass door?

[@ninawade3055]

Thank You just what I wanted to know

[@casper1995able]

Feel like I cut our carpet back too far before I laid vinyl :/

[@YOUFLOOR]

Did you save the peices you cut off. If you you could have them seam ironed or hot glue back in place if you don't have a seam iron

[@TheJourneyInBetween2020]

Very nice video and instructions....I have to do 5 transitions....3 being vinyl plank to carpet. I'll have this video by my side : )

[@JM-hk1lg]

Good video! Thank you!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Np. You got it

[@liliths3746]

Is anyone else having trouble playing this video?

[@YOUFLOOR]

Hi Lilith. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have been on this all morning trying to figure out what is going on. I have android and my wife has iphone. I too am having trouble making through the video. But my wife's iphone plays all the way through. I've tried different videos on KZbin and some are doing the same. And some fire right up. It has to be a KZbin thing. I apologize. I have tried fixing the issue through creator studio and even restated my phone. At this point it is out of my hands. However if you have any questions I can answer, feel free to email me at [e-mail]. I'm here to help in anyway. Thanks again. Have a great day

[@KunoichiL3e]

The video isnt loading for me at all on my part, just a black screen with a loading circle.

[@YOUFLOOR]

If you don't mind me asking do you have android or iphone? And if its android are you on a Samsung Galaxy s8. I have this same problem but my wife does not. I will try to to the bottom of it. Thanks for the heads up

[@KunoichiL3e]

@@YOUFLOOR that's exactly what I have actually. Samsung galaxy s8+

[@YOUFLOOR]

That is weird. That's what I have. Maybe check it out on a laptop or PC. Sorry. I'll figure it out

[@steelman86]

This great for two level transitional floors but old houses need pre leveling of one floor which many times results in a transition being higher on one side than the other, your method would not work in that situation!

[@YOUFLOOR]

Well at least someone doing two level transitional floors can benefit. I had a situation like that almost have to twist the transition to get it installed. Curious what your method is for that situation. Thanks for the comment

[@bryandetrick2801]

I can give u helpful hint to make that transaction between carpet and threshold easier and nicer looking.

[@YOUFLOOR]

Yes I do it several different ways. Have a video coming with alternative methods. Would love to hear any suggestions that make my job Easier. And possibly look nicer in the process. Thanks for the comment

[@bryandetrick2801]

Ok. Always put your reducer down first then the tack strip. Leave tack finger tip away from reducer then kick carpet. After kicking carpet run hammer along the tack straight down forcing it against the front of reducer. If u have an awl then run your awl pushing down towards floor and front reducer u will make a line. Just above the line cur the carpet. Then after carpet is cut run the awl tucking carpet in. Nice finished look.

[@YOUFLOOR]

thanks for tip Ill give it a try. One question.. are you saying turn the tack strip around backwards so the small nails are angled away from the transition. thanks again

[@bryandetrick2801]

@@YOUFLOOR No. Keep the pins always facing away from u when putting the tack strip down.

[@bryandetrick2801]

Pins should always be facing away from u. Thats how carpet grabs the tack.

[@SW-yf5hi]

I'm love your videos. so I'm doing carpet to LVT. I like the clean line of the z bar but will probably go old school with a metal carpet trim (not the gripper). So do I use a tack strip with these? If no then that means the trim and nails are the only thing holding down the carpet, correct? I have a guy in a wheelchair and can't figure out the bests method to make it easy on him to crossover and also not destroy the carpet. the carpet gripper trim is thin & gives a sharp hard bump to cross in a wheelchair. the padding doesn't help either but that's life. so I'm thinking the wider carpet trim may help but won't it eventually just wiggle out from under the trim with out tack strip? Did I miss a video on this? I also thought rubber trim may be a better choice but I've can't wrap my head around how it secures the carpet either. Should I just go with the gripper for peace of mind and listen to him bit** about this speed bump to the bathroom?

[@YOUFLOOR]

If you pull the carpet tight and then staple it down. You can place the flat metal strip over the seam. If that doesn't work, then you may have to use a gripper. If you wanna send pics, I'll take a quick look and see if we can come up with something different. Thanks for the question. [e-mail]