Floor Modification · Precision Hardwood Work

Where Hardwood
Meets Tile

A precision hardwood floor modification to make room for an expanding kitchen tile field — cut-back, subfloor prep and leveling, plywood infill, a custom transition strip, and a full kitchen renovation.

Hardwood Floor Cut-Back
Subfloor Prep & Leveling
Plywood Infill & Fastening
Custom Transition Strip
Tile Field Expansion
Kitchen Renovation

A Floor That Had to Move Back

The kitchen renovation called for an expanded tile field — the existing hardwood had to be cut back precisely. Cut sloppy and the transition looks wrong. The hardwood was cut to a clean, square line, the subfloor leveled, plywood infill installed, and a custom transition fabricated.

Hardwood before cut-back
Kitchen area before tile
Hardwood cut line
Saw cut in progress
Subfloor prep

Plywood In, Transition Built

Plywood cut to fill the gap — screwed to the subfloor and feathered flush. A custom transition strip fabricated to bridge hardwood and tile at the correct height differential.

Plywood infill cut
Plywood fastened
Transition strip

A Kitchen Transformed

With floor prep complete — new tile field, new cabinets, new countertops, subway tile backsplash, and a professional range with stainless hood. The expanded tile field ties directly to the new hardwood edge.

Tile field expanded
Kitchen cabinets installed
Backsplash detail
Finished kitchen wide
Hardwood-to-tile transition

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