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Saw a weird floor transition at a hotel in Denver
I was staying at a place downtown and noticed they went from carpet in the hall straight to vinyl plank in the rooms with no threshold strip. Just a hard seam. It looked clean at first, but I could feel a tiny lip with my foot. The maintenance guy said they did it to cut costs on materials and labor. Has anyone else run into a spec like that? I'm curious if it holds up over time.
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the_lucas5mo ago
I've seen this exact setup in a condo complex in Phoenix where they did the same thing with carpet to LVP. That lip gets worse over time because the carpet pad compresses more under foot traffic, so after about six months you've got a quarter inch drop. The maintenance guy I talked to said they've already had two people trip and one lawsuit over it. If you're stuck with it, a beveled aluminum threshold is like 15 bucks and takes ten minutes to install, way cheaper than dealing with a broken wrist from a fall.
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olivia_wilson6mo ago
Cut costs on a hotel floor? That's wild. A tiny lip is a huge trip hazard. Can't believe they'd skip the threshold strip entirely.
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finley_wells666mo ago
Yeah that trip hazard thing is real. I once saw a guy in a hotel lobby eat it on a floor seam and spill his coffee everywhere.
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brooke4755mo ago
Saw something similar at a grocery store once, dude tripped on a loose mat and took out a whole display of canned goods. Grab bars or a simple strip could've fixed that whole mess.
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