What can I do if my new floors are higher than my slate?
How can I fix the fireplace slate I put new wooden floors and they are higher than my slate I don’t want to spend a fortune
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Just install a flooring transition strip between the two different materials. Take a photo to the flooring department of your home improvement store and ask them to suggest the best kind.
Hi Helen, here is a video that shows you how to transition floors that are different heights. Perhaps it will remedy your fireplace situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wthkam03BwQ
You don't say how much higher. Transition strips will work if only a little higher. Any more than 1/4" then you would need to tile, slate, or any stone product on top of the slate. You can also remove the slate, raise the floor and reapply the slate.
Transition strips or small quarter round molding around the fireplace slate.