Transition profile tiles -> vinyl flooring in "beautiful"

Good morning everyone,

when transitioning from the kitchen (finished tiled by the general contractor) to the living room (flooring done by ourselves, Parador Modular One vinyl laid floating) we are unsure how to professionally and at the same time visually nicely design it.

The easiest would of course be a normal transition profile, but honestly we don’t really find those attractive (first photo). More aesthetically pleasing would be to butt the vinyl directly against the already existing stainless steel edge strip (second photo). But we have concerns because you’re actually supposed to leave about 1 cm of space so that the flooring can "move."

How would you do it? Would a mini silicone joint between tile and vinyl be an alternative?

Thank you very much in advance!

Not so nice:



Nice:

Graduation profile if the height fits, or metal design at the transition profile

End profile if the height fits, or metal design for the transition profile

Thanks! By end profile, do you mean something like this? Unfortunately, it's not really much nicer... The silicone variant doesn't work?

I wouldn't do that, silicone is not permanent and on the other hand you need the floating installation. If you fix it there with silicone, it won't work properly anymore.

Expansion joint with cork strips would also work. We just had that shown to us today. If you get a somewhat matching color tone there, it looks very natural.

Hello "Markuss85". There is no technically correct execution for firmly glued (tiles) and adjoining floating (loose) installation except for a (firmly connected to the substrate) transition profile. Just as it is not possible to simply lay huge areas with parquet without expansion joints, it is also necessary for smaller areas to ensure the movement capability of the covering. In your case, only the aesthetic aspect of a transition profile opposes this. But there are several manufacturers on the market whose products can be looked at. Cork strips, as intended, are not possible because they are quickly overwhelmed by vertical movements of the covering. And these cannot be excluded! This is also not state of the art for loose installation! So, aesthetics and durability or damage freedom are opposing each other. A covering edge that permanently rocks up and down when walked on and is pushed away within a few months is not everyone's thing. The resulting "aesthetic" can certainly be imagined by everyone....