Hello all -
I have a cement subfloor in a front door entryway. I just glued down some Bruce cherry wood engineered flooring (BEAUTIFUL, BTW) up to the middle of the front door jam/casing. The Bruce engineered floor is 3/8" thick. Notice I said it was glued up to the "middle" of the door jam, ie, where the door sits. I bought a new metal threshold to install in the doorway. Before I installed the wood flooring I realized that if I just screwed down the metal threshold right into the cement subfloor the metal threshold would not sit down flush on the cement subfloor. Remember?, the wood flooring is 3/8" thick and it only goes halfway through the door jamb. What to do? A local flooring company then gave me a 3/8" thick piece of marble (2" x 36") to install below the metal threshold. This way the 3/8" thick marble sits below the outer portion of the metal threshold facing outdoors (the 2" marble will extend beyond the metal threshold by 1") and the 3/8" thick wood flooring sits below the metal threshold portion that faces indoors making the metal threshold now level. There will be a small gap between the marble piece and the Bruce wood floor so I can screw the threshold screws right into the cement subfloor.
(sorry for the lengthy explanation but hopefully that will bring an accurate answer from you guys).
OK, here's my question: what can I use to adhere the 2" x 36" marble strip to the cement subfloor?
Thinset? If so do I mix it w/ anything else? Somebody recommended gluing it down with plain silicone but I'm not sure the silicone won't give/flex which would break the marble the first time it's stepped on. Liquid nails? I'd envisioned some type of cement-to-stone glue but now that I need to do it I have no clue what that would be.
Surely this is not the first time someone has had this question since engineered floors are not always run all the way through an outer door doorjamb.
Any knowledgeable solution would be greatly appreciated. Thx!
I have a cement subfloor in a front door entryway. I just glued down some Bruce cherry wood engineered flooring (BEAUTIFUL, BTW) up to the middle of the front door jam/casing. The Bruce engineered floor is 3/8" thick. Notice I said it was glued up to the "middle" of the door jam, ie, where the door sits. I bought a new metal threshold to install in the doorway. Before I installed the wood flooring I realized that if I just screwed down the metal threshold right into the cement subfloor the metal threshold would not sit down flush on the cement subfloor. Remember?, the wood flooring is 3/8" thick and it only goes halfway through the door jamb. What to do? A local flooring company then gave me a 3/8" thick piece of marble (2" x 36") to install below the metal threshold. This way the 3/8" thick marble sits below the outer portion of the metal threshold facing outdoors (the 2" marble will extend beyond the metal threshold by 1") and the 3/8" thick wood flooring sits below the metal threshold portion that faces indoors making the metal threshold now level. There will be a small gap between the marble piece and the Bruce wood floor so I can screw the threshold screws right into the cement subfloor.
(sorry for the lengthy explanation but hopefully that will bring an accurate answer from you guys).
OK, here's my question: what can I use to adhere the 2" x 36" marble strip to the cement subfloor?
Thinset? If so do I mix it w/ anything else? Somebody recommended gluing it down with plain silicone but I'm not sure the silicone won't give/flex which would break the marble the first time it's stepped on. Liquid nails? I'd envisioned some type of cement-to-stone glue but now that I need to do it I have no clue what that would be.
Surely this is not the first time someone has had this question since engineered floors are not always run all the way through an outer door doorjamb.
Any knowledgeable solution would be greatly appreciated. Thx!