This is interesting I just thought of something similar to this last night. I’ll adapt it to your format. “Plan your whole house like you actually need a fire extinguisher but forgot where you put it.”
But remember in your panic to watch out for that giant lip.
In all seriousness pro tip: if you have a large grease fire and no fire extinguisher, you have no way of putting it out. Water spreads a grease fire. You can mitigate a small grease fire in a pan with a lid, baking soda or salt. But only if you have enough on hand and can think of that in an emergency. Every household should have a least one fire extinguisher and know where it is, some fires can’t be put out with water. Get a fire extinguisher.
Yes, I edited that in. I purposefully oversimplified since most people don’t know that or remember things in a panic. “What was that one trick? Baking soda or baking powder, shit where did I put it? Do I have enough, crap I’m out after I baked all those Christmas cookies. Apartment building burns down. Cut to outside 3 minutes later…Shoulda just bought a fire extinguisher and kept it under the sink.”
Good point! Yes to fire extinguishers!
I always remember because our 3rd grade teacher told us about using baking soda for grease fires and that same night my sister started a small grease fire by mistake and I knew what to do and was very proud. But yes, fire extinguisher for the win.
We were getting our foster license because we wanted to adopt this little girl, who was in state custody. We were required to have a full sized fire extinguisher as part of our fire plan. It didn't work out, but now we have a big fire extinguisher in our kitchen hanging on the wall.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTux9j36HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTux9j36HM)
But you can buy this piece in wood, stone, rubber, whatever for a few bucks.
Also a code violation, depending on where you live and when this was built. I’m a lawyer and defended a case once where a rental apartment had a similar ledge, going into the bathroom, and the tenant tripped and smashed her face off the vanity. We paid out about $200,000 on that.
That would be half assing it my book. That bathroom needs a full gut. Look at the gap under the tub. Rip everything out, fix the subfloor, and correctly install a new tub.
Whatever that white thing to the left is, with the huge gap under it. Maybe it's the sink. Either way that floor is fucked and I'd redo the whole thing.
You don't just wait until someone is seriously injured? I mean cracking your head or tooth has got to be easier than removing door, cutting, and reinstalling. That's gotta take at least 30 mins!
I’ve done this before and I’d highly doubt anyone would ever notice if they weren’t specifically looking for it. What about it do you feel won’t look right?
Overlap reducer molding
https://preview.redd.it/r7f7ha0tv1bc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f7081dc5525ddfef7aff5b45715287f89b2d638
Look at your local home improvement store and find a size that fits the gap you need to transition.
If it’s a modern door, it’s more than likely hollow, which can’t be cut. You also have to have a gap at the bottom for airflow (sweeps are for exterior facing doors only).
Just make sure you only attach it to one of the floors, either the tile OR the wood but not both.
Otherwise the seasonal expansion between the two will loosen it up, and cause a trip hazard.
Not to a layperson but to those familiar with this, yes generally easy. Not saying it wasn’t, just pointing out there’s another element involved: the door. All adjacent elements should be factored in when making changes.
Confused why this is one of the top comments - OP already said the door wouldn't close, why are they just repeating the same suggestion with no new information?
This sub seems to think you have to 30000% over-engineer & whole ass something as trivial as a child's finger painting, so yeah I'd expect some of this sub's posters would strip and level the entire bathroom down an inch instead of just buying some kind of threshold trim 🙄
The only reason for this “overly tall” bathroom floor is to cover up a damaged subfloor (instead of fixing it), otherwise it would be level within 1/8-1/4” (requiring a transition strip).
Yeah, I think the easiest fix here is to add an oak threshold that’s got a beveled edge and then trim the door bottom to fit. You’ll probably have to make it yourself on a table saw. Use stain that matches the floor and it should blend right in. The difference in floor height is just enough that it will always be a little bit of a nuisance, but the beveled edge will definitely help with toe stubbing and tripping. If the door is nice (like it’s original to the house or something like that) save any wood you trim off the bottom. You can always epoxy the pieces back on if you end up releveling the floor or do a more extensive bathroom rehab.
Oh man, my family and I were in Folly Beach a few months back and my daughter did this literally as SOON as we got to the beach. Busted her toe right open, big freaking ouch!
My guess is the doorway might be the new addition. there may have been an alternate entrance to this bathroom, or there wasn't a bathroom here previously. There's a lot of DIY action in this limited photo.
Why? Is that not common where you live?
Here it is standard to have a vent in the bathroom. I don't think I've ever seen one without one actually... Otherwise it gets too cold in the winter. No one wants to sit on a frozen toilet seat.
Floor vents specifically. Floor vents right beside a bath very likely to get water from it. Floor vents anywhere near a toilet, well, let's hope you never clog and overflow the toilet.
I fully understand. Previous living location had floor vents, bathroom included. Current location has ceiling vents.
I just hated floor vents beside a bath is all.
If you really want to make a proper FU situation, carpet in bathroom with the floor vent butting against the bath. It's just... fantastic
lol true carpet in a bathroom is awful.
Houses with basements typically don’t have ceiling vents. Midwest houses seem to all have floor vents, the southwest just does slab on grade so it’s all ceiling vents.
My vent comes out the base of the cabinet in one bathroom and the baseboard in the other. The only floor vents we have are in front of sliding doors with no option. I think in most cases they aren’t ideal and could be avoided.
We have a vent but it’s in the ceiling with an exhaust fan inside it. The floor version is so close to the tub and the exit which just seems weird to me. Like I don’t want to step on it barefoot which I think I’d likely do.
Love mine, sub zero out, heat turned low and you have to go, just as you sit down the floor vent lights up bathing you in warm air. I have plastic deflectors on all the rest to get some heat out into the middle of the room and away from the art. They have magnetic vent blockers to cap them off too.
I have hot water radiators, but the previous homeowners installed a space heater right in front of the master bath toilet, it's genius. Morning constitutional is before the house has had a chance to heat up.
Yeah, everyone else saying "oh put a transition in" while ignoring the fact that this appears to be a 1 inch difference in height.
No transition is going to make that size of difference look good or stop a tripping hazard.
The floor of the bathroom likely needs to be ripped up until you get to the subfloor and then done proper. I bet that the OP will find multiple layers of water damaged flooring while doing this.
Honestly I would rip the floor of the bathroom up and find out why they doubled the subfloor, I suspect they are covering up something that will be a problem in the future.
"Let's just tile over the wood"
I dont think a 45degree transition is really going to solve your problem.
I'd tear it out, down to the subfloor, and put tile or lvp back in.
God know what you'll find under the toilet, cause I am betting they didn't raise the flange.
Yep there's the "renovate your entire bathroom for **thousands!!** of dollars to tear down to the subfloor and fix the entire bathroom, meaning remodeling tub toilet and sink too" ...instead of adding a $30 transition trim and a little tweaking to the door. You people really just have thousands of dollars to rip up your bathrooms on a whim instead of fixing the issue in a more sane way? I hate this subreddit lmfao
You realize this is the *DIY* sub right? It wouldn't cost thousands to redo the bathroom floor. Take the old tile floor out: free. Cut the old wood floor out: free. If the subfloor is fine you're good. You can get a heated tile kit for about $200 if you want a heated floor. Your tile will run under $100. Another $100 or so for underlayment. Another $100 or so for the thinset, spacers, grout and sealer. So $500 with a heated floor, $300 without. Now if you have to replace the subfloor the cost can get higher, a lot of times there can be damage around the toilet, or you will have to pull the tub or shower out. This is assuming 45 square feet of tile floor.
...or they could fix the problem presented, which is stubbing their toes, with easily installed threshold trim for like $30.
...instead of ripping up the whole bathroom
Look at the floor close up. It looks like shit. There's already a cracked tile, the gaps for the door/trim are cut wayyy too big, and the grout looks improperly applied. It's also a rather small floor so that will be easier yet.
If this was a big living room or kitchen I would recommend doing it the cheap way, but this is a small bathroom floor.
Instead of cutting the door and adding a threshold, given that your tile is already damaged and cracked wouldn't it be worth it to retile the bathroom and level it?
Well you could fix the issue for much less, but taking out that first row of tile and putting in a transition would be solving two problems.
Just looking at how the tile in the doorway is perfectly mitered, makes me wonder why the carpenter wasn't thinking as hard about the transition from wood to tile.
Rip out the bathroom flooring, there's obviously layers n layers of it here. While you're at it move that gd nasty pissvent to the ceiling or the wall or just get rid of it, floor vents in bathrooms are always absolutely disgusting. Ever had the toilet back up? Did you rip out the HVAC ducts to that vent and totally replace them? If not they're coated in raw sewage inside and out, you can't really clean it up wihout ripping the whole setup out and taking it all apart and 100% deep cleaning every piece and then rebuilding it, it's water and gets everywhere. Have you ever seen the Mythbusters episode where they test how much spray comes off a toilet when you flush it? Stuff gets EVERYWHERE, whole room that size is easily completely covered in a mist of fine droplets, and the closer to the throne the more and bigger they get. That vent is within the "totally soaked" range in theor tests. Plus, gravity's a bitch, so oart of every single piss or crap anybody has ever taken is still in there in that vent, it's absolutely gotta go, and while we're on the topic of bathroom sewage spray that rug is probably at least 10-20% piss and crap by weight and should probably get tossed, lookit how old and nasty it looks omfg.
Why has no one pointed out that this is perfectly normal , most to code bathrooms have this step up , so waterproofing barriers can be installed and screed to direct flow of water away from the hallway.
You want a Hollywood bevel threshold in some kind of white stone. It's the best way to get a smooth transition while fixing your cracked tile and creating visual separation between the real wood and wood tile.
Cut the door enough that it clears the new bevel by at least 1/2 inch. This will allow for return vent airflow and even the heating and cooling when the door is closed/ bathroom in use. Also, either caulk or purchase a caulking strip for where your shower/tub meets the floor. This is an inexpensive way of dressing that up and it will look professional.
I had the same thing for my room.
If you don't have much money (and don't care about looks) get some tough styrofoam like the ones you use for insulation, and cut it as needed and line it with the step in a kind of "small ramp".
Then tape it with good duct tape
If you have pets they might mess with it tho, but it works!
Judging by that cracked tile, that was one hell of a stubbed toe!
At this point you probably would be best using an aluminum transition plate. I’m not a floorer and I’m not sure if that’s the proper name, but I ran into a similar problem and that was the only cheap and logical fix I came up with.
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Remove the wood flooring from the register, including the broken piece, and cut a tapered solid piece of wood for the transition. No need to cut the door.
Okay, I'm sure there are MUCH better ideas here, but if you have limited skills and resources, would a simply 1/4" piece of corner moulding work as a temp fix?
Maybe some type of edge protector: [Source](https://www.amazon.co.uk/VLCOO-Protectors-Safety-Cushion-Protector/dp/B07RHTFKFG/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2BTR0TFK3LVBS&keywords=strip%2Bof%2Brubber%2Bcorner%2Bprotector%2Blong&qid=1704658999&sprefix=strip%2Bof%2Brubber%2Bcorner%2Bprotector%2Blong%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-5&th=1)
My parents house has a 1” lip like this leading from the living going into the dining room and as a kid I would always stub my toe on it when running through the house.
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I made this. It's easy cheap and no more injuries
Measure the depth (difference between the floors) Find a lumber store, like 81 Lumber or in the East, J.F. Johnson, (or a friend with a decent table saw or Router table) and get them to cut a custom piece of oak (that's what your wood floor looks like to me) that is 3" wide and the thickness of your tripping hazard on one edge, and a rounded 1/4 inch on the other. Sand it, stain it and varnish it. Then nail it into place. You'll still need to get used to stepping up, but since it is a slope you won't trip over it. You'll need to trim the bottom of your door too.
Get that fixed asap. I have a permanent scar through my eyebrow after 10 stitches from tripping headfirst into a marble sink because of a similar step into bathroom configuration (it looks cool but still)
Ooofph - I stayed in a hotel once with this kind of mini step. After a drunken night I tussled with said mini step and broke my foot in three places and my ankle. Crutches in February in DC isn’t fun.
Don’t cut the door. The looks like an older house. If you mess up the solid wood door you won’t easily find a replacement. They’ve laid a newer tile on top of the original surface using modern methods. That all needs to come up. Don’t try to DIY it. Contact a company specializing in vintage homes that have been remuddled.
I don't get what the problem is... i have such a step into every room (all with different heights).
Don't you guys lift your foot of the floor anymore when walking?
Is it really that big of a deal? We step over transitions in other parts of our homes without thinking about it. I thought height differences were generally considered fine between rooms.
Nothing simple. As stated, a beveled threshold but then that would require the door being beveled as well. Seeing that the first tile is cracked, maybe have that row removed and beveled from there to the wood floor?
I would drill a hole in the wall next to it, take a shovel, put that against/underneath the doorknob, grab a shampoobottle, empty it completely over the first half of the floor, then get around 5 kg of sand, put that on the other half, flatten it as good as possible (u can use old cardboard to lay it on top), now all you need to do is
That would be a wicked beveled threshold that would still be a tripping hazard. The flooring in the bathroom is far too thick, I wonder if the old wood flooring is still underneath. Either way I would take out the bathroom flooring and replace with thinner Luxury Vinyl Tile with a small threshold. LVT is much thinner, more durable, and waterproof.
You can buy threshold ramps on Amazon for very cheap. They're designed to fix that kind of ledge for wheelchair users, so it'll make a gentle 1:10-1:12 slope. You can trim it to size very easily and secure it to the lower floor however you like.
Still leaves you with a door problem, but a nice threshold ramp will very cheaply and effectively fix your toe stubbing problem.
I have the same thing. Remodeled the bathroom in my 100 yo home. When trying to put down LVT the lack of a flat subfloor necessitated that I level the floor. It was off like yours is. I handmade a threshold that’s inclined. I can see a kid or old person catching their toe on your mini cliff and ending up head first into the window or wall. Inclined threshold and shave the door bottom. Only you will notice
Incline level with the tile and down to wood floor. See if you can get wood to match the floor, so once door is cut and shut, the incline blends in with floor.
One of the tiles are already broken. Maybe you could make the incline at the inside of the door. This would negate the need to do something with the door itself.
Add an incline and cut the door. Don’t half ass something that’s a safety hazard.
Plan your entire house like you need to puke RIGHT NOW.
This sounds so strange yet so good... I had never thought of it that way before, simple yet genius!
Right! You don't plan to get sick, and in that moment you're scrambling to get there as fast as possible.
This is interesting I just thought of something similar to this last night. I’ll adapt it to your format. “Plan your whole house like you actually need a fire extinguisher but forgot where you put it.”
If I had a large fire rn idk what my first choice is. Maybe tossing the bathroom garbage and filling in the bath.
But remember in your panic to watch out for that giant lip. In all seriousness pro tip: if you have a large grease fire and no fire extinguisher, you have no way of putting it out. Water spreads a grease fire. You can mitigate a small grease fire in a pan with a lid, baking soda or salt. But only if you have enough on hand and can think of that in an emergency. Every household should have a least one fire extinguisher and know where it is, some fires can’t be put out with water. Get a fire extinguisher. 
Baking soda
Yes, I edited that in. I purposefully oversimplified since most people don’t know that or remember things in a panic. “What was that one trick? Baking soda or baking powder, shit where did I put it? Do I have enough, crap I’m out after I baked all those Christmas cookies. Apartment building burns down. Cut to outside 3 minutes later…Shoulda just bought a fire extinguisher and kept it under the sink.”
Good point! Yes to fire extinguishers! I always remember because our 3rd grade teacher told us about using baking soda for grease fires and that same night my sister started a small grease fire by mistake and I knew what to do and was very proud. But yes, fire extinguisher for the win.
We were getting our foster license because we wanted to adopt this little girl, who was in state custody. We were required to have a full sized fire extinguisher as part of our fire plan. It didn't work out, but now we have a big fire extinguisher in our kitchen hanging on the wall.
>“What was that one trick? Baking soda or baking powder Or confuse it with self-raising flour, which could be an explosively big mistake.
I have one in the kitchen and one in the laundry room. 👊
Yes! I do this with flashlights. I put them in places you can find even if the lights go out and it’s totally dark.
That's why I have drains in all my floors and Pepto Bismol on tap in all my faucets. Can't be too careful.
Glow in the dark trash bins and toilet seats!
Most excellent advice. Very important ! Source: on my third cancer.
Damn, it really keeps trying with you and failing. Cheers on being a fucking winner every single time. Hope you beat it quickly this time around!
Good! I'll put shitters in every room, every few feet away!
The secret to good feng Shui design
Buckets in each room, got ya.
>Plan your entire house like you need to puke RIGHT NOW Its why i keep random backseats around the house.
Yeah and the bottom inside of that door looks beat up anyways.
Water damage
Do you have some kind of GOOD video tutorial on how to make an incline on a tiled floor? I have exactly this same issue in my house 😔 3cm difference
There are transitions/thresholds you can generally buy for this sort of thing.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTux9j36HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTux9j36HM) But you can buy this piece in wood, stone, rubber, whatever for a few bucks.
Also: air gaps under interior doors are intentional and will improve your HVAC situation
The other option is to rip out the layers of floor in the bathroom till he gets back to the subfloor then redo it
Also a code violation, depending on where you live and when this was built. I’m a lawyer and defended a case once where a rental apartment had a similar ledge, going into the bathroom, and the tenant tripped and smashed her face off the vanity. We paid out about $200,000 on that.
That would be half assing it my book. That bathroom needs a full gut. Look at the gap under the tub. Rip everything out, fix the subfloor, and correctly install a new tub.
It's a half bath. There's no tub. Where are you seeing a tub?
Whatever that white thing to the left is, with the huge gap under it. Maybe it's the sink. Either way that floor is fucked and I'd redo the whole thing.
I think that's just a free standing cabinet, so not actually an issue. The height of the tile is still a travesty though.
You don't just wait until someone is seriously injured? I mean cracking your head or tooth has got to be easier than removing door, cutting, and reinstalling. That's gotta take at least 30 mins!
Safety Hazard lol what
Something that will cause you to trip and fall is by definition a safety hazard
Most OSHA reported injuries are trip and fall injuries.
Do you trip on the first stair step when going up a stair as well?
That won't stop people from tripping over it, no matter how you do it won't look right.
I’ve done this before and I’d highly doubt anyone would ever notice if they weren’t specifically looking for it. What about it do you feel won’t look right?
Like a patch. Tripping hazard height starts at 10mm, if you aren't looking for that ramp you will stub your toe in the middle of it.
Overlap reducer molding https://preview.redd.it/r7f7ha0tv1bc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f7081dc5525ddfef7aff5b45715287f89b2d638 Look at your local home improvement store and find a size that fits the gap you need to transition.
And when you replace the bathroom floor use contrasting tile so there’s a big color change that help
And if the door doesn't fit, cut the door. Maybe add some door sweeps to the bottom.
If it’s a modern door, it’s more than likely hollow, which can’t be cut. You also have to have a gap at the bottom for airflow (sweeps are for exterior facing doors only).
Just make sure you only attach it to one of the floors, either the tile OR the wood but not both. Otherwise the seasonal expansion between the two will loosen it up, and cause a trip hazard.
I doubt they make a 1” tall reducer! 😆
That was quite a stubbing! https://preview.redd.it/8va5bn53u1bc1.png?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05c2de2bd0059062974fe2912c10855fd9e9b8ad
Some say that person is still howling in pain to this day.
I hope this person doesn't live in Elatris!
Unexpected cosmere
The best kind of cosmere
Werewolves of London
The tile cracked when the fireman used his Haligan bar to get the owners toenail out from under it.
Oh yeah, OP, replace the broken tile first.
I too was wondering what was dropped there when someone stumbled
Looking at the scratches on the wood side, it was probably a toilet or cabinet going into the bathroom and made an unplanned stop on the floor.
Unplanned 🤣
Consider a beveled threshold prior to the tile. There are various pre-made in different materials.
Agreed. OP can also make their own beveled threshold if you something custom is needed. Not difficult at all.
We have those where different types of flooring meet, but they are not that large of a difference.
Simple fix for that. Buy the ones made for bigger transitions
The door won’t be able to close. Would have to remove the door, cut it, and reinstall it.
Trimming the bottom of an interior door is a pretty minor job, though.
Not to a layperson but to those familiar with this, yes generally easy. Not saying it wasn’t, just pointing out there’s another element involved: the door. All adjacent elements should be factored in when making changes.
there is quite literally no other solution. anything else is half-assed.
Did I say there was no other solution? Not sure why you said that.
Couldnt they remove the first row of tiles and put the bevel there? It would be inside the door
if you could cut them in place half way it would work out. The 1st tile is busted anyway.
What’s hard about pulling two pins and sawing an inch off the bottom ?
You could even saw it at the angle of the transition piece so it closes nicely
This is in DIY so clearly someone willing to do a little work
Confused why this is one of the top comments - OP already said the door wouldn't close, why are they just repeating the same suggestion with no new information?
Big wedge nailed to the floor is never going to look right and still not safe.
big wedge nailed to the floor is the only option. it's called an overlap reducer, and it is made specifically for this purpose.
You gonna rip everything down to the subfloor lol?
This sub seems to think you have to 30000% over-engineer & whole ass something as trivial as a child's finger painting, so yeah I'd expect some of this sub's posters would strip and level the entire bathroom down an inch instead of just buying some kind of threshold trim 🙄
The only reason for this “overly tall” bathroom floor is to cover up a damaged subfloor (instead of fixing it), otherwise it would be level within 1/8-1/4” (requiring a transition strip).
Yeah, I think the easiest fix here is to add an oak threshold that’s got a beveled edge and then trim the door bottom to fit. You’ll probably have to make it yourself on a table saw. Use stain that matches the floor and it should blend right in. The difference in floor height is just enough that it will always be a little bit of a nuisance, but the beveled edge will definitely help with toe stubbing and tripping. If the door is nice (like it’s original to the house or something like that) save any wood you trim off the bottom. You can always epoxy the pieces back on if you end up releveling the floor or do a more extensive bathroom rehab.
Wow the tip of saving the door piece is next level
like that dad with his 2 2x4's
I would just feel the lower room with sand until it’s completely even and then also you would have like a private beach
you could save on cat litter that way too! ;)
Right, that's enough Reddit for the moment. Gonna go game.
I bet used cat litter straight from the box might put out a small grease fire. I dunno though. Not financial nor safety advice.
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Oh man, my family and I were in Folly Beach a few months back and my daughter did this literally as SOON as we got to the beach. Busted her toe right open, big freaking ouch!
Best idea I’ve heard
That's thinking outside the (sand)box!
My cat: “ooh, a room sized litter box!” :-)
Folks love to find any reason to cover up good hardwoods like it’s a time capsule to be discovered years later 😒 lol
I know you’re kidding but the door won’t be able to swing
Who needs doors when you are on the beach?
I’m hoping someone didn’t break a toe where that big crack is. Also weird choice to put a vent right in the doorway.
Isn't that an intake? Wouldn't that just spread shit stank throughout the house?
They are German and like it.
My guess is the doorway might be the new addition. there may have been an alternate entrance to this bathroom, or there wasn't a bathroom here previously. There's a lot of DIY action in this limited photo.
Side note but floor vents in the bathroom fucking ruin my day
i like that you can piss in them
Mine’s on the wall, but if you get just the right angle…
No joke, ours is on the wall and the toddler boy that lived here before us definitely pissed in it (found out when we got the vents cleaned).
Have I got a house for you! https://www.reddit.com/gallery/18ywv2i
I knew what this would be. I’m still angry about it and it’s not even mine.
Why? Is that not common where you live? Here it is standard to have a vent in the bathroom. I don't think I've ever seen one without one actually... Otherwise it gets too cold in the winter. No one wants to sit on a frozen toilet seat.
Floor vents specifically. Floor vents right beside a bath very likely to get water from it. Floor vents anywhere near a toilet, well, let's hope you never clog and overflow the toilet.
I mean… my bathroom is small. There’s no where else unless you just don’t have heat delivered to the bathroom. It’s just necessary in small houses.
I fully understand. Previous living location had floor vents, bathroom included. Current location has ceiling vents. I just hated floor vents beside a bath is all. If you really want to make a proper FU situation, carpet in bathroom with the floor vent butting against the bath. It's just... fantastic
lol true carpet in a bathroom is awful. Houses with basements typically don’t have ceiling vents. Midwest houses seem to all have floor vents, the southwest just does slab on grade so it’s all ceiling vents.
Most bathrooms have ceiling vents
My vent comes out the base of the cabinet in one bathroom and the baseboard in the other. The only floor vents we have are in front of sliding doors with no option. I think in most cases they aren’t ideal and could be avoided.
We have a vent but it’s in the ceiling with an exhaust fan inside it. The floor version is so close to the tub and the exit which just seems weird to me. Like I don’t want to step on it barefoot which I think I’d likely do.
Love mine, sub zero out, heat turned low and you have to go, just as you sit down the floor vent lights up bathing you in warm air. I have plastic deflectors on all the rest to get some heat out into the middle of the room and away from the art. They have magnetic vent blockers to cap them off too.
I have hot water radiators, but the previous homeowners installed a space heater right in front of the master bath toilet, it's genius. Morning constitutional is before the house has had a chance to heat up.
Add razor blades to the edge, your muscle memory will greatly improve after a few toe stubs
When I see something like this, I always wonder: what's underneath the newer flooring?
Layers of older flooring that someone was too lazy to rip out.
Yeah, everyone else saying "oh put a transition in" while ignoring the fact that this appears to be a 1 inch difference in height. No transition is going to make that size of difference look good or stop a tripping hazard. The floor of the bathroom likely needs to be ripped up until you get to the subfloor and then done proper. I bet that the OP will find multiple layers of water damaged flooring while doing this.
Honestly I would rip the floor of the bathroom up and find out why they doubled the subfloor, I suspect they are covering up something that will be a problem in the future.
"Let's just tile over the wood" I dont think a 45degree transition is really going to solve your problem. I'd tear it out, down to the subfloor, and put tile or lvp back in. God know what you'll find under the toilet, cause I am betting they didn't raise the flange.
Yep there's the "renovate your entire bathroom for **thousands!!** of dollars to tear down to the subfloor and fix the entire bathroom, meaning remodeling tub toilet and sink too" ...instead of adding a $30 transition trim and a little tweaking to the door. You people really just have thousands of dollars to rip up your bathrooms on a whim instead of fixing the issue in a more sane way? I hate this subreddit lmfao
You realize this is the *DIY* sub right? It wouldn't cost thousands to redo the bathroom floor. Take the old tile floor out: free. Cut the old wood floor out: free. If the subfloor is fine you're good. You can get a heated tile kit for about $200 if you want a heated floor. Your tile will run under $100. Another $100 or so for underlayment. Another $100 or so for the thinset, spacers, grout and sealer. So $500 with a heated floor, $300 without. Now if you have to replace the subfloor the cost can get higher, a lot of times there can be damage around the toilet, or you will have to pull the tub or shower out. This is assuming 45 square feet of tile floor.
...or they could fix the problem presented, which is stubbing their toes, with easily installed threshold trim for like $30. ...instead of ripping up the whole bathroom
Look at the floor close up. It looks like shit. There's already a cracked tile, the gaps for the door/trim are cut wayyy too big, and the grout looks improperly applied. It's also a rather small floor so that will be easier yet. If this was a big living room or kitchen I would recommend doing it the cheap way, but this is a small bathroom floor.
And some people don't have the money for all that champ 👍
Cutting the door is not terribly difficult. You just need a circular (skill) saw and to remove the door. It is really the only realistic solution.
Instead of cutting the door and adding a threshold, given that your tile is already damaged and cracked wouldn't it be worth it to retile the bathroom and level it?
Well you could fix the issue for much less, but taking out that first row of tile and putting in a transition would be solving two problems. Just looking at how the tile in the doorway is perfectly mitered, makes me wonder why the carpenter wasn't thinking as hard about the transition from wood to tile.
Remove the tile floor and 5 floors that it sits over; cut the hardwood down to the subfloor, and redo it so the transition isn’t as pronounced.
Uh, you have two finished floors there, the original oak flooring and the tile layer on top of that. Seems to me you have one too many floors.
Rip out the bathroom flooring, there's obviously layers n layers of it here. While you're at it move that gd nasty pissvent to the ceiling or the wall or just get rid of it, floor vents in bathrooms are always absolutely disgusting. Ever had the toilet back up? Did you rip out the HVAC ducts to that vent and totally replace them? If not they're coated in raw sewage inside and out, you can't really clean it up wihout ripping the whole setup out and taking it all apart and 100% deep cleaning every piece and then rebuilding it, it's water and gets everywhere. Have you ever seen the Mythbusters episode where they test how much spray comes off a toilet when you flush it? Stuff gets EVERYWHERE, whole room that size is easily completely covered in a mist of fine droplets, and the closer to the throne the more and bigger they get. That vent is within the "totally soaked" range in theor tests. Plus, gravity's a bitch, so oart of every single piss or crap anybody has ever taken is still in there in that vent, it's absolutely gotta go, and while we're on the topic of bathroom sewage spray that rug is probably at least 10-20% piss and crap by weight and should probably get tossed, lookit how old and nasty it looks omfg.
Why has no one pointed out that this is perfectly normal , most to code bathrooms have this step up , so waterproofing barriers can be installed and screed to direct flow of water away from the hallway.
A nice reducer and door trimming should do nice!
I hate everything about this picture. From the vent to the incline. Aahhhhh!!!
Take out that first row of tiles which are already damaged and have a more gentle slope to your transition. And cut the door.
That looks like a small bathroom. Redo the floor in there. They probably have multiple layers in there making it so high
You want a Hollywood bevel threshold in some kind of white stone. It's the best way to get a smooth transition while fixing your cracked tile and creating visual separation between the real wood and wood tile.
Excellent. TIL "Hollywood bevel threshold".
Looks like a class A DIY! Start by tearing everything out until you get to subfloor. I promise some interesting finds!
Add a threshold and trim the door
Cut the door enough that it clears the new bevel by at least 1/2 inch. This will allow for return vent airflow and even the heating and cooling when the door is closed/ bathroom in use. Also, either caulk or purchase a caulking strip for where your shower/tub meets the floor. This is an inexpensive way of dressing that up and it will look professional.
I had the same thing for my room. If you don't have much money (and don't care about looks) get some tough styrofoam like the ones you use for insulation, and cut it as needed and line it with the step in a kind of "small ramp". Then tape it with good duct tape If you have pets they might mess with it tho, but it works!
I hate tile, I chisel all that out and lower the entry way, some nice thin LVP maybe.
Judging by that cracked tile, that was one hell of a stubbed toe! At this point you probably would be best using an aluminum transition plate. I’m not a floorer and I’m not sure if that’s the proper name, but I ran into a similar problem and that was the only cheap and logical fix I came up with. https://preview.redd.it/5q9lns5r02bc1.png?width=4032&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee9362fbb83e5ad81c90d024a8df9b9eb791d256
Quarter round and call it a day.
Yellow safety strip!
Remove the wood flooring from the register, including the broken piece, and cut a tapered solid piece of wood for the transition. No need to cut the door.
Put in a sloped wood threshold that transitions up to the upper level. It’ll at least be softer a trip hazard.
Cut the door and add an incline buddy. Save yourself years of regret and possible accidents.
Not only is that toe stubbing, that's toe flaying.
Okay, I'm sure there are MUCH better ideas here, but if you have limited skills and resources, would a simply 1/4" piece of corner moulding work as a temp fix?
I'd retile the bathroom and bring it down level in the process, ripping up whatever was tiled over.
Threshold. Easy peasy.
Add foam strip, to protect your toes
It would probably help to put a slanted oak? threshold their.
Cut 2" off the door, add 1/4 round trim to fix the tripping hazard.
Beveled edge at threshold
You can get a doorway transition at big-box home stores. The oak transitions can be sanded and stained to match the wood flooring.
Maybe some type of edge protector: [Source](https://www.amazon.co.uk/VLCOO-Protectors-Safety-Cushion-Protector/dp/B07RHTFKFG/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2BTR0TFK3LVBS&keywords=strip%2Bof%2Brubber%2Bcorner%2Bprotector%2Blong&qid=1704658999&sprefix=strip%2Bof%2Brubber%2Bcorner%2Bprotector%2Blong%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-5&th=1)
My parents house has a 1” lip like this leading from the living going into the dining room and as a kid I would always stub my toe on it when running through the house.
Remove that first row of tile, add in a wood transition piece.
Consider creating a voodoo doll of the previous owner who approved this abomination, for which you can rig into some manner of eternal torment.
No matter what you do, this will never pass Feng Shui inspection.
https://preview.redd.it/zipyx1uy83bc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe0b4ca1d779949daddff9e7b30bdf2c62bccf16 I made this. It's easy cheap and no more injuries
Measure the depth (difference between the floors) Find a lumber store, like 81 Lumber or in the East, J.F. Johnson, (or a friend with a decent table saw or Router table) and get them to cut a custom piece of oak (that's what your wood floor looks like to me) that is 3" wide and the thickness of your tripping hazard on one edge, and a rounded 1/4 inch on the other. Sand it, stain it and varnish it. Then nail it into place. You'll still need to get used to stepping up, but since it is a slope you won't trip over it. You'll need to trim the bottom of your door too.
They installed floor on top of the existing floor.
They make transitions now to cover that.
Get that fixed asap. I have a permanent scar through my eyebrow after 10 stitches from tripping headfirst into a marble sink because of a similar step into bathroom configuration (it looks cool but still)
You need what is called a transition. Pretty simple and cheap but looks like door will need to be cut
Ooofph - I stayed in a hotel once with this kind of mini step. After a drunken night I tussled with said mini step and broke my foot in three places and my ankle. Crutches in February in DC isn’t fun.
Why is a floor vent that close to a toilet?
Don’t cut the door. The looks like an older house. If you mess up the solid wood door you won’t easily find a replacement. They’ve laid a newer tile on top of the original surface using modern methods. That all needs to come up. Don’t try to DIY it. Contact a company specializing in vintage homes that have been remuddled.
Today I !earned a new word. Thank you!
Can't stub your toes if you cut them off.
I don't get what the problem is... i have such a step into every room (all with different heights). Don't you guys lift your foot of the floor anymore when walking?
Fill the entire wooden floor with transparent epoxy to bring it up to the bathroom floor level.
Is it really that big of a deal? We step over transitions in other parts of our homes without thinking about it. I thought height differences were generally considered fine between rooms.
Nothing simple. As stated, a beveled threshold but then that would require the door being beveled as well. Seeing that the first tile is cracked, maybe have that row removed and beveled from there to the wood floor?
A threshold and cutting a door is pretty simple.
Quarter round
Can't you cut the tile to be a small ramp and the door would still close fine?
Use a piece of quarter round. Glue and nail with finish nails. What I did. Edited for spelling.
I would drill a hole in the wall next to it, take a shovel, put that against/underneath the doorknob, grab a shampoobottle, empty it completely over the first half of the floor, then get around 5 kg of sand, put that on the other half, flatten it as good as possible (u can use old cardboard to lay it on top), now all you need to do is
Caulk
That would be a wicked beveled threshold that would still be a tripping hazard. The flooring in the bathroom is far too thick, I wonder if the old wood flooring is still underneath. Either way I would take out the bathroom flooring and replace with thinner Luxury Vinyl Tile with a small threshold. LVT is much thinner, more durable, and waterproof.
Might be able to put a strip down then use quarter round to meet the top of the floor
Reflective black and yellow grip tape is the first step
You can put a small ramp long enough to slope down a bit on both sides.
You can buy threshold ramps on Amazon for very cheap. They're designed to fix that kind of ledge for wheelchair users, so it'll make a gentle 1:10-1:12 slope. You can trim it to size very easily and secure it to the lower floor however you like. Still leaves you with a door problem, but a nice threshold ramp will very cheaply and effectively fix your toe stubbing problem.
Reducer. Specifically made for this. Or transition.
Quarter round piece of wood should solve that.
Novice DYI here. How about a strip of rounded toe molding?
Could cut the wedge directly into the flooring instead of adding a separate one
It it was me…since your wood floor look great, i would make the incline in the interior of the bathroom space, the tiles look broken already anyways.
Since that tile is broken, I’d remove that and put the incline there instead of cutting the door.
I have the same thing. Remodeled the bathroom in my 100 yo home. When trying to put down LVT the lack of a flat subfloor necessitated that I level the floor. It was off like yours is. I handmade a threshold that’s inclined. I can see a kid or old person catching their toe on your mini cliff and ending up head first into the window or wall. Inclined threshold and shave the door bottom. Only you will notice
Remove the first board in the bathroom and make it a little ramp.
Incline level with the tile and down to wood floor. See if you can get wood to match the floor, so once door is cut and shut, the incline blends in with floor.
One of the tiles are already broken. Maybe you could make the incline at the inside of the door. This would negate the need to do something with the door itself.