Concrete to wood uneven floor transition (moved from Information)

[Marthafarqua]

Hi all I'm new to this so forgive me if I've posted in the wrong section. We recently had a flood and the insurance won't pay out (long story) but now it's up to me to figure out this problem. The concrete floor and the wooden floor were joined by concrete but when I took up the carpet up it had all crumbled so I took it up today. Now I'm left with this trench, gap and not really sure what to do. The concrete floor is higher than the wood, by abou an inch I would like to sand the wooden floor and tile the concrete floor but what about the gap and any ideas of how I could make this a decent transition. Before we had carpet and it was slightly ramped. How should I fill this hole - Any help would be most grateful My kids are already falling into this trench in thee busiest room in the house - eek

 

[Steve]

Your problem is that isn't especially deep. Certainly not deep enough for standard concrete to set right. Is that wood at the bottom of the trench? You'd need a good 4 inch depth. You could get away with strong concrete if you could get 3 inches. If you can get hold of a bit of rebar even better.

Your best bet to deal with the transition is to get rid of it. Plywood over the floorboards then a laminate or veneer floating floor. You aren't going to be able to tile or board a transition.

 

[Marthafarqua]

Thanks Steve for your reply. This had been concreted over in the past but its all crumbled, because there was carpet over it, it didn't really matter. It's not wood at the bottom, it's stone breeze block?! It's an old Victorian terrace this is the gap from an interior wall being removed. Not sure what a rebar is but will take a look. I really wanted to sand the floorboards and tile the concrete side. Just not sure how to go about this.