How do I put tile on my front entrance next to the carpet?

Hello Mileidy. Begin by laying the tile out without glue. That way you can make changes if need be. Once you are satisfied with the layout, then put the tile in permanently. Then lay a transition strip right on top of where the tile ends and the carpet begins. You will find a lot of transition strips to choose from at your local home improvement store. Good luck Mileidy.

yep! Just as stated above and you will need a transition piece. We are about to do this in our basement!

First I’d Cut the carpet smaller than your final hole size, so that you can examine and plan ahead:

The thickness if the carpet and pad, compared to the thickness of the ceramic tile, thinset and backer board, must be considered. You can save 1/8-1/4” by using mastic instead of thinset.

Id plan the final hole size on the sheets of Hardi-backer board, 3’x5’. I do not like cutting it because it requires being cut outside, with full PPE.

Id plan my tile size and the layout on not renting a tile saw to make the cuts. No cuts.

Buy the coated screws required for the backer-board.

I would buy a non-sanded grout the same color or slightly darker than the tile. This area will get dirty. Buy a non-sanded polymer grout and add acrylic to make it impervious to stains.

The thinner the grout lines, the less maintenance hassle years dust the road. Use pennies for grout spacers if you want to go smaller than 1/8”.

It will take a day for the thinset or mastic to dry. The mastic may offgas high VOC’s, so read labels and ventilate the project.

Clean up as you go, as in if there’s any thinset or mastic coming up through the grout lines or on the carpet. Tomorrow will be too late. (Wear Long rubber gloves, have buckets of warm water, sponges, rags & old screwdriver).

Mix the grout a little thin, like pancake batter. Work it in with the old screwdriver, a section at a time. Wipe off the excess grout then, as to tomorrow will be too late to make it easy. This will need to cure 24 hours.

I forgot to write, I’d cut my carpet with some “dart lines” so that it can be rolled back and tacked away from the work area. When the tile is done & completely cleaned, then I’d flop the carpet back down and trim to the final edge of the opening. It’s like double cutting wallpaper.

I did mine with no metal trim strips.

Do you have a picture of the area?

just lay tile you like then get transition strip molding/trim to adjoin the two different layers/heights transition strips comes in many sizes to accomandate what you are needing. here are some examples pictures https://www.google.com/search?q=transition+strip+tile+to+carpet&safe=active&sa=X&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS750US750&tbm=shop&tbs=vw:g&ved=0ahUKEwiX7tSLvqDhAhVJs1QKHQ7DALwQvQ0IiAM&biw=1366&bih=657