So I’m installing the cement board on the floor of a bathroom. The rooms been enlarged by moving the entry wall out into the hallway about two feet. My question is this: where do I stop the backerboard and tile?
Do I stop it flush to the drywall on the bath side, halfway into the rough opening, or all the way thru the rough opening to the hallway? The finish tile floor will be 3/4″ higher than the existing wood floor in the hall (1/2″ backer + 1/4″ tile) so I need a transition of some sort.
How do you guys deal with this?
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It can be done any way you want. For consistency, I make the transition under the door, so the hall floor runs passed the wall and into the doorway if the door swings in. I just don't care much for two types of flooring visible in a doorway with the door closed.
I usually make a custom transition out of similar wood as the floor. Due to floor height differences, custom milling the piece creates a much cleaner look than buying an oak transition from the Depot and nailing it down canted at some angle due to the height difference.
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I use a marble threshhold in the doorway. That's the traditional transition between tile and other flooring materials.
Install the threshhold before the backerboard, and run the backerboard just about up to it (maybe 1/8" gap).
It looks more finished if the wood runs parallel to the threshhold. If the wood runs perpendicular, see if you can salvage some scrap and install one width of wood parallel to the threshhold.
Change to 1/4" cement board, or even ditra. And don't forget to allow for the thickness of the thinset ... it's not zero.
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