Floor Transition Height Difference

I m looking for some solutions to make this horrible transition between my kitchen and living room better.

Floor transition height difference.

Transition between 2 floors of different heights. The old one here when i bought the house was no good and i took it out in hopes to fix it but that did not go well. My contractor said that they had no choice about the height difference. The difference is that rather than being bolted down or installed directly onto the floor beneath they traditionally install underneath the edge of one of the materials locking into place.

Can someone provide the maximum flooring deviation height difference between floor coverings e g carpet to wood tile to wood that would be considered a trip hazard. I m installing some 3 4 pre finished brazilian teak flooring in to a room that previously had carpeting and is adjacent to a room that currently has 3 4 oak flooring with roughly a five foot doorway between the two rooms the carpeted room seems to have 5 8 plywood over the 3 4 floor sheathing. Reducer strips operate in a similar fashion to ramps in that they reduce the height from one flooring material to the other. Transition strips do not bottom out.

There is a significant height difference 1 1 2 inches between the new tile in the kitchen and the adjacent hardwood floor. He said that they needed to do 2 layers of floating cement in order for the floor to be completely level for the cabinets. And yes i don t think any transitions should exceed 1 2 residential or commercial. With the carpet out there is a 1 8 difference in height between the two rooms.

T molding transition strips have two lips to cover the edges of both surfaces when flooring products differ no more than about 3 8 inch in height.