How to finish floor tiles in a doorway

[Dave Ramsden]

Does anyone else finish tiles in a doorway halfway under the door with the relevent depth square edge chrome trim?

Will post a picture tommorow...

[whitebeam]

All depends what's on the other side of the door, Carpet, tiles or laminate flooring, Wether you need a threshold strip

[Dave Ramsden]

Well I generally do it that way so that the person thats finishing the other floor can add to it if required. Reducing strips are still easy to fit over the top.
I used to always fit a hardwood strip.

[whitebeam]

What I try and do is when the door is shut make sure that you can't see the edges of the tiles if I'm putting a stop strip in

[Fekin]

I tile right upto the door and a transition strip right under the door it's self.

[Dave Ramsden]

When working on old building refurbs, sometimes reducing strips dont always fit the doorway properly. If theres not height difference between the two finishes, it looks nice just seeing a 1mm chrome line under the door.

[whitebeam]

The trouble with threshold strips it could mean having to take a bit of the bottom of the door, Not my favorite job

[pjtiler]

half way in the door rebate is the standard way

[Alberta Stone]

Don't forget to undercut the door casing and jams so that when you are done it looks as if the door was built flush onto the top of the tiles.
I still see lots of hacks who just cut the tiles around the door casing/jams and just grout or silicone the edge to finish.
Very unprofessional finish.
Takes a few minutes and a crosscut saw and chisel to do it right.
(unless you bought one of the undercut electrics which are pimped out angle grinders with a saw blade).

[deanotile]

Don't forget to undercut the door casing and jams so that when you are done it looks as if the door was built flush onto the top of the tiles.
I still see lots of hacks who just cut the tiles around the door casing/jams and just grout or silicone the edge to finish.
Very unprofessional finish.
Takes a few minutes and a crosscut saw and chisel to do it right.
(unless you bought one of the undercut electrics which are pimped out angle grinders with a saw blade).

I hadn’t realised it was unprofessional to do it like that

[garythetiler]

nice architrave cut very well done but you must agree you do get a better finish if you let the tile under the wood work and not all tilers do such nice cuts as you i have seen some right butchers

[deanotile]

nice architrave cut very well done but you must agree you do get a better finish if you let the tile under the wood work and not all tilers do such nice cuts as you i have seen some right butchers

Yes m8 I have to agree with you but sometimes it is just quicker to cut the tile.

[365drills]

To a suitable place inside the door jam. Didnt trim this off because the thick door matting made it awkward.

[deanotile]

To a suitable place inside the door jam. Didnt trim this off because the thick door matting made it awkward.

Unsure what I am looking at with that one.

[Alberta Stone]

Cut the tile or cut the wood....hmm.
I still think it is quicker to cut the wood.
There have been a couple times when I didn't cut the wood due to having no saw, but by far the best is to undercut.
No silicone and no grout at that point makes a really clean profile.

Nice cutting though.

[365drills]

Is that a better perspective (wide view) What we can see is a fitted door matt to a back door fixed at 1m then hall carpet. A fixing bar between them. But the tiled floor meets them from the downstairs loo without a trim piece.

Yes it would have been better to have the doormat fit across the entire width of the door but it only comes in one size so is short.

But the porcelain tiles have no edge trim

[Dave Ramsden]

I generally scribe the tile to the door mouldings too unless Ive got to a job before the skirts have been fit etc...

[NickH]

I always cut the architrave and door stops away but NEVER the door frame/lining, a lot of door linings are either sunk into the screed or fixed to the floorboards, I know a lot of chippy's that do this to help secure the lining and if you cut it away you can loosen the whole frame.