Fixing transition to wooden floor

[peterox]

I have a tiled floor that transitions to a wooden floor using a sloping tile section about 100mm (4") wide. The problem is that the bedding under the sloping tiles has broken up and the tiles have become loose.

I got some advice to just use tile adhesive instead of a concrete based bed. Is that a good idea?

What's the best way to fix this?

The transition goes from a concrete bed of around 30mm down to a metal strip about 10mm off the wooden floor.

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• 17 Jun 2014
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[ree]

The "bedding" is too dry and crumbly it might give future difficulties in the field of tiles.
What material is the "bedding"?

The sloping tile threshold notion will not work - tile will split and chip.

A tile trim strip, similar to the one in place, should have been set into the edge of the tile, and a pre-finished wood reducer used as a transition between tile and wood finished floors.

The reducer might have to be planed and ripped on site.

I assume that no door(s) will be hung?