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I am going to be installing hardwood flooring (Oak) on place of carpet. The wood will mate up with a schluter (sp?) strip with tile on other side.

After I remove the carpeting I see they have shims for the carpeting to match the tile height. Is it an accepted / recommended practice to shim the wood floor to reach the height of the tile ?

Would the ~1/4" shims create any problem for the wood floor long term ? Or should I install 1/4" plywood over entire floor to raise height? (I'm talking about 13 sheets single layer across entire floor)

I am not a big fan of transition pieces as they create a tripping hazard, but I do recognize that to be a solution.

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Either 'shim' up with subflooring that comes as thin as 1/8" or use self-leveling concrete. If you piecemeal the shimming then you're likely to get squeaks and other issues in your hardwood flooring

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The installers use some very thin shingles of all things to level things out. Very good job, very pleased. Wood floor is flush to the adjacent tile and slope is unnoticeable if I did not point it out. Great feedback from the community. Thank you

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