4) Straighten the edge of the tile by cutting off with a diamond bladed saw. remove partial tile pieces, rough up the concrete, install metal Schluter trim at the edge of the tile, float the entire concrete area up to the top edge of the Schluter trim with something like Ardex PC-T (http://www.ardexamericas.com/en-us/Products/polcontop/Pages/PCT.aspx) and polish the topping product.

Perfection! I can't see how I'd be happy with it any other way and I'm probably not as particular as you are. I don't know if the tile is really as pink as it looks in the pictures or if the concrete is as brown, but I'd be inclined to color the concrete somewhat so the colors don't clash as much.

That product looks pretty awesome. I will look more into it. Thank you for the idea. The concrete is a light limestone color and is pretty close to accurate in the photos. The tile does show as more pink in the photos. Overall the tile is lighter. Thanks again`~

Let me see if I understand correctly:

-originally that space was filled in with carpet

-the carpet was removed by previous owner and replaced with engineered hardwood

-you removed said wood and polished the existing slab

Now, a couple questions (still trying to understand the situation so I can be as helpful as possible):

-What look are you going for?

-Why was the wood removed?

-Are you diy’ing? If so, why?

-Do you have a budget? If so, is it $$$? $$$$? $$$$$? $$$$$$?

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Correct

What look are you going for? Modern Clean and Finished appearence hopefully easing the two tones as well as height difference.

-Why was the wood removed?Our house took water inside during Irma. We are not in a flood zone or area that is usually flooded. More of a random storm drain issue/failure.

-Are you diy’ing? If so, why? No

-Do you have a budget? If so, is it $$$? $$$$? $$$$$? $$$$$$?

At the time of the storm we did not carry additional flood coverage. This is our first house..which we bought 1 year before the storm..and its 2400 sq ft.. very high estimates and no flood coverage led to us spending a lot of money. Would like this done as reasonable as possible.

I would follow up with Johnson Flooring Co Inc

Does this tile run throughout the entire house? Do you even like it? If not, from a financial perspective, it’s sometimes better to bite the bullet and start over instead of trying to “make it work”—especially if in a year or two you need/want to change it because you settled this go ‘round. Just some food for thought from one who’s been there. ;)

Tbh I think the only clean and professional solution is to do the flooring in a single material

I would check on the difference between the cost of a professional fix it job and redoing the concrete with wood, might not be much difference. What kind of floors are in the rest of the house?

The rest of the house is polished concrete. Tile is in the entry,family room,kitchen,and laundry room.

Get rid of the tile! I wouldn’t want pink tile in the first place (I know, it’s Florida but still) but the pink tile is a whole different story than polished concrete (which looks awesome). I know you are probably looking for a less invasive solution but the two materials just don’t work together for many reasons.

Get rid of the tile. It is dated and hurts the look of the house. Concrete everywhere would look best.

Your original question was how to transition, and you still have quite a few rooms with tile.
Since you were the one that chose the polished concrete while still having tile...what do you think about the tile?? Would you be happy with a decent transition?

It wasn’t a choice. It was the result of the flood. Chris is just lucky the original concrete subfloor looks so good.

@armchairshopper Exactly. I do not like the tile and I never did. Unfortunately there where floating floors everywhere the tile was not. The polished concrete looks really awesome and I am just looking to make the best of a bad situation. In the future the next step will be to remove the tile and polish the slab to match. For now I am looking for creative border and trim ideas. If it was done really well I could be happy..I think.

If in Florida ALWAYS carry flood insurance...we purchased ours 2 weeks before the storm.

There is no guarantee whatsoever that the tile is coming up without destroying the concrete. Don't ask this Floridian how he knows this, please.

Feeling lucky? Go for it, but you'd better have a plan "B".

Not feeling lucky? Fabricate a piece of color coordinated solid surface to make the transition between the tile and concrete.

My house has tile in the kitchen and concrete throughout the rest. We have a decorative tile strip that is somewhat beveled that makes a decent transition. I can probably snap a picture if that would help.

That said, I hate having two types of flooring and will be pulling it out when we're ready to remodel the kitchen.

I am about 150 miles south and just pulled out all tile and carpet replacing with new tile throughout except 4 bedrooms. i entertained the idea of polished concrete... love the look. But decided on tile and glad I did. Once everything was pulled up, found surprises. Cracks, funky chipped away part in three spots, and at some point some portion had linoleum or something (black glue gunk all over). Plus, if house is built right you should have expansion openings (the are called something fancier). If/when you tear out tile, be sure you have a budget to replace if needed.

Why would you do this stop gap process best to just get rid of the tile and pour the new polished concrete floor every where not sure what the idea of thrim will accomplish except to add a cost for nothing.

I believe that Joseph Corlett gave the best advice, above.

Here’s a useful video:

Schleuter Reno Ramp Video

The second product, type K would be easiest.

Thanks, I'll check it out now

Chris, I know I read a long explanation for why you kept the tile earlier. I'm guessing you decided it was TMI and deleted? In any case, I understand how sometimes we just have to do the best we can at the time and live with it. Glad to hear you love the polished concrete and plan to do it in the future.

FWIW, when it's time to blast that tile, there is something called a concrete overlay which may be an answer if the concrete underneath is damaged. My go to site for all things concrete: https://www.concretenetwork.com/search.html?q=overlay#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=overlay&gsc.page=1

Chris, would you mind telling me what you did with this floor? I am in the same situation here.

I’m curious as well.