Where two floors meet,and a wheel catches.
Aluminium transition strips cut to your doorway, so the join between carpet, vinyl, tile, and floorboards stops being a trip point.
A five-millimetre stepis enough.
Nobody thinks of the join between the hallway carpet and the bathroom tile as an obstacle. It is a few millimetres, and for most of a lifetime you walk over it without noticing.
Then somebody starts using a walking frame, and every one of those joins becomes a small jolt that has to be lifted over. On a wheelchair it is worse — a small castor drops into the gap and stops the chair, or catches and turns it. And for a foot that is not lifting quite as high as it used to, an exposed carpet edge is exactly the shape that catches a toe.
A cover strip closes the gap with a shallow aluminium ramp on each side, so the transition is crossed rather than climbed. It is one of the least expensive things on this site and it is fitted in minutes per doorway.
Practical flooringtransitions.
Designed to remove the trip point and let mobility equipment cross cleanly between surfaces.
Between any two surfaces
Vinyl to carpet, floorboards to tile, tile to concrete. The strip takes up the difference in thickness so the two surfaces meet at one level rather than at a lip.
Cut to your doorway on site
Doorways are rarely a standard width once architraves and out-of-square walls are taken into account, so strips are cut to fit rather than sold in fixed lengths. Several can be joined for a wider opening or an open-plan transition.
Made to take mobility equipment
Aluminium, because a wheelchair, a scooter, and a walker cross the same strip many times a day for years — a plastic or timber trim in that position is worn through or lifted within months.
A contrasting finish where it helps
Where the two floors are similar in colour, the strip itself can mark the change underfoot and to the eye — useful for anyone whose contrast sensitivity has changed.
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Who we fitthese for.
Wheelchair and scooter users
A small castor dropping into a gap is what stops a chair dead or turns it unexpectedly. This is the clearest case for a strip.
Anyone using a walking frame
A frame has to be lifted over every lip. Removing them across a house makes a noticeable difference to how far somebody will walk in a day.
Older people at risk of a trip
An exposed carpet edge in a doorway is exactly the shape a toe catches on when a foot is not lifting as high as it used to.
After new flooring goes in
A change of floor covering in one room leaves a new lip at every doorway out of it. Strips are the tidy-up that job usually needs.
Before you book,two things to know.
It is fixed work, and it means drilling
The strip is screwed into the floor so it cannot lift at an edge or slide underfoot. A strip that is only glued down becomes a worse trip hazard than the join it was covering.
If you rent, ask first
You will need the owner’s or the agent’s permission, since it puts fixings into the floor. It is a small job and most agents agree readily, particularly as it protects the carpet edge.
A strip joins; it does not ramp
It closes a gap between two floors at roughly the same level. Where one floor is meaningfully higher — a sill, a step — you want a threshold insert or a small ramp instead, and we will say which at the visit.
Worth doing every doorway at once
The visit is most of the cost and each strip takes minutes. Doing the whole walking route in one trip costs far less than coming back for the second one.
Brochuresand guides.
The documents an occupational therapist, a plan manager, or a builder usually asks us for. We are preparing these now — ring or email in the meantime and we will send what you need.
Product brochures
- Aluminium cover stripsComing soon
Product guides
- Typical internal and external doorwayComing soon
Quote request requirements
- Aluminium cover strips — what we need to quoteComing soon
How the jobactually runs.
Quoting
Quoted to the occupational therapist’s specification where there is one. Usually quoted per doorway, and cheaper the more of them are done in one visit. Funding is approved before we start.
On-site consultation and installation
The same tradesperson measures each opening, cuts the strips to fit, and fixes them down. Strips are stocked, so there is no manufacturing wait and it is one visit.
Warranty
The work is carried out by licensed tradespeople and backed by the relevant warranties. If something is not right, ring the same number you rang the first time.
If the floor itselfis the problem.
A strip fixes the join. Where the floor covering on one side is slippery, worn, or the wrong specification for someone who is unsteady, that is a flooring job rather than a trim.
The floor coverings page covers what we specify for grip and for level transitions between rooms.
Questions
What people ask aboutaluminium cover strips.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a cover strip and a threshold insert?
Can it be fitted without drilling?
Will it work for a wheelchair?
How many should I do?
We are getting new flooring. Should we do this at the same time?
Can’t see your question? Call us on +61 3 8658 1358 — we’re happy to talk it through.
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