[RetroJoe_1]

I'm trying to figure out how to transition from my wood floor to the tile floor in the two bathrooms which on average is about an inch higher than the wood floor. I can't seem to find anything at any of the box stores. They have transitions that are strips with a slight bevel labeled tile to carpet or wood to carpet, but none of them are high enough to make the one inch transition. The tile comes out to the edge of the doorway. What do you guys do in this situation?

 

[JIMMIEM]

Make a thicker transition and make it wide enough so that you can have it ramp down onto the hardwood floor. Make it thick enough so that you can cut a rabbet to cover the edge of the tile. The edge that will land on the wood floor will have a wide chamfer that will be at least 1/4" at it's edge. The wider this transition the more gradual the chamfer.
Maybe cut the tile back so that this transition piece is in the doorway and appears as a threshold/saddle instead of running from the edge of the doorway into the room.
To make this piece, glue some wood to the bottom of some hardwood flooring or build it from the same species as you hardwood flooring.

 

[huesmann]

Yeah, I would cut the tile back to the face of the wall in the tiled room, and put a transition "ramp" in the doorway. Assuming your hardwood is pretty much on the subfloor, maybe you can get a 3/4" oak board as wide as the wall is thick, and fashion a ramp out of it.

 

[JIMMIEM]

The standard for the ramp angle is 15%.....less will be ok if the transition is fairly wide. Is this something you can make yourself? Doable with a table saw and router. The thickness will be 1" or 1 1/4" (if you want to cover the tile edge). Glue up or get a solid piece. You didn't mention your hardwood flooring species so sourcing might be an issue.

 

[RetroJoe_1]

Make a thicker transition and make it wide enough so that you can have it ramp down onto the hardwood floor. Make it thick enough so that you can cut a rabbet to cover the edge of the tile. The edge that will land on the wood floor will have a wide chamfer that will be at least 1/4" at it's edge. The wider this transition the more gradual the chamfer.
Maybe cut the tile back so that this transition piece is in the doorway and appears as a threshold/saddle instead of running from the edge of the doorway into the room.
To make this piece, glue some wood to the bottom of some hardwood flooring or build it from the same species as you hardwood flooring.

that sounds like a really good idea. And I will use the router table to rabbet the peace so that there is a slight overlap on the tile. I would rather do that then cut back the tile. That could go all sorts of wrong.

 

[RetroJoe_1]

The standard for the ramp angle is 15%.....less will be ok if the transition is fairly wide. Is this something you can make yourself? Doable with a table saw and router. The thickness will be 1" or 1 1/4" (if you want to cover the tile edge). Glue up or get a solid piece. You didn't mention your hardwood flooring species so sourcing might be an issue.

It's oak. I have extra.

 

[JIMMIEM]

that sounds like a really good idea. And I will use the router table to rabbet the peace so that there is a slight overlap on the tile. I would rather do that then cut back the tile. That could go all sorts of wrong.

If the transition extends into the room, where the hardwood flooring is, you may want to chamfer the side edges too so that if anybody is walking close to the wall they won't stub their toe or trip on the edge of the transition.
Please post pictures.

 

[ratherbefishing]

I've made several custom thresholds on my table saw. Gradual ramp on one side, rabbet on the other. A tall auxiliary fence and some homemade feather boards will keep your fingers attached to your hand. I found some oak 5/4 board to make a 12 foot long one. But for a shorter one like yours, gluing it up seems like a good idea.

But I think you'll be happier in the long run cutting the tile back. (Multimaster?) Then you could make the threshold end flush with the casing. Letting the transition extend into the room looks like a toe stubber and a trip hazard. If you decide to not cut the tile, consider notching the threshhold and extending it, ramped, to the outer edge of the casing.