How to Install a Bathroom Door Saddle Over a Wooden Floor

A door saddle is a piece of material that transitions from one type of flooring to another, such as from wood to carpet. The saddle is usually placed under the door’s threshold for a clean transition. If you are installing a door saddle to transition from a bathroom to a wood floor it’s best to use a wooden door saddle to tie the rooms together neatly. While metal door saddles, used to transition between carpet and vinyl or tile flooring, are often screwed to the floor, wood glue is the preferred method for installing wooden door saddles.

Things You'll Need

• Cloth
• Household cleaner
• Wood glue

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Apply household cleaner to the floor and scrub it well with a cloth to remove all of the dust, dirt and oil from the floor. Dampen the cloth and rinse the floor with it. Allow the floor to dry.

   • 2

     Squeeze the wood glue onto the underside of the door saddle. Make sure its applied evenly over the door saddle.

   • 3

     Press the door saddle into the floor over the threshold between the bathroom and the hallway. Allow the wood glue to dry for three to five hours.