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Finally got the hang of that tricky hallway transition in old houses
Three years ago, I was working on a 1920s bungalow in the Grant Park area of Atlanta. The hallway had this weird, uneven floor that dropped almost an inch over ten feet, and I butchered the transition strip trying to make the carpet meet the hardwood. I felt like a rookie, lol. Last month, I got a similar job in a craftsman-style house, and I remembered that mess. I took my time with the tack strips, shimmed the pad just right in the low spots, and used a wider metal transition bar. The homeowner actually pointed at it and said, 'That looks like it was always there.' It's a small thing, but after that first fail, it felt solid to get it right. Anyone have a go-to method for dealing with those sloped floors in older places?
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