Every homeowner appreciates a good neighbor. And, I might add, you can’t expect to have one until you become one. A similar truism applies to the hardwood floor industry. We in the industry need to realize that every hardwood floor installation will always be required to share residency with some type of competing floor covering.
Blending or integrating hardwood with any adjacent floor covering can be considered a work of art in itself. To successfully complete a hardwood floor installation, the dealer/contractor must decide how to address the transition from the adjacent existing floor covering to the wood floor. The new installation must be made compatible with the existing floor — after all, it was there first!