How to tidy up the gaps at the threshold?

[savio]

Hello!

During the renovation, the hallway and bedroom got new flooring, and a gap has formed on each side of the threshold.

What I'm now wondering is how to best fix the gaps to create a neat and uniform solution?

 

[xsarjos]

Hello.
When I renovated and redid the floors, I removed all the thresholds and replaced them with solid moldings instead, turned out very well.

/Roy

 

[Pucco]

There is colored joint compound/adhesive in cartridges that provides a semi-hard flexible joint. I have used it and think it looks good. The kind I found at the paint store was available in at least 10 different shades from white to black with gray and brown shades in between. It is paintable and can be varnished. I don't have the name in mind but can find it later tonight.

 

[JOW]

Go to a carpentry shop and ask them to make a new threshold that is a bit wider, you could also take the opportunity to make them flat to avoid a "toe massacre," which sooner or later inevitably must happen. ;-)

 

[savio]

Hello.
When I renovated and redid the floors, I removed all the thresholds and replaced them with solid moldings instead, turned out very well.

/Roy

Sounds like a good solution, but it also feels too advanced to fit into the casing, which as you can see, is not exactly smooth.

 

[savio]

There is colored sealant/glue in cartridges that creates a semi-hard flexible joint. I have used it and think it looks good. The type I found at the paint store was available in at least 10 different shades from white to black with gray and brown shades in between. It is paintable and can be varnished. I don't have the name in my head but can bring it out later this evening.

That sounds interesting!
Are you trying to match the floor color (walnut) as closely as possible then, or what's recommended?
Please feel free to bring out the name yes d^_^b

 

[xsarjos]

Sounds like a good solution but it also feels too advanced to fit the lining, which as you see is not exactly smooth.

No major concerns, I have done it on 5 thresholds with good results. If it doesn't turn out perfect, you can always use the sealant as described earlier.
/Roy

 

[JOW]

Agree, in our previous apartment there were "newly made" oak thresholds, they extended so they were as wide as the casing around the door frame. And one extended even further with rounded edges, nothing you think about in daily life then...

 

[Pucco]

TEC7 from Novatec. http://www.relektagruppen.no/Files/Filer/TekniskNovatech/tec7_info_se08_web.pdf

Not as many shades as I thought. The medium brown corresponds to natural oak. Narrow joints are not visible at all. Wide joints are more noticeable as they have a homogeneous color.

I think it looks like the floor is at the same height as the lower part of the threshold, and then you can't make a new threshold that goes over the edge of the floor without cutting a bit off the door.

 

[savio]

TEC7 from Novatec. [link]

Not as many shades as I thought. The mid-brown corresponds to natural oak.
Narrow joints are not visible at all. Wide joints are more noticeable as they have a homogeneous color.

I think it looks like the floor is the same height as the lower part of the threshold, and then it's not possible to make a new threshold that goes over the edge of the floor without trimming a bit off the door.

It certainly looks interesting.
The question now is which color to choose?

My threshold is in oak, so maybe it's best to choose an oak color for the joint?

Or is it nicer with dark brown since the floor is dark? (walnut).

I also want to point out that I'm considering staining the threshold, the shade is still unclear.

 

[magnusss]

I would try to cut a triangular strip from scraps and use it as a trimming strip. Or buy a ready-made trimming strip.