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Guide to Floor Finishing Trims

CAT Flooring Accessories > Guide to Floor Finishing Trims

Over the last 35+ years the type and number of floor finishing trims available within the market has grown from 15 commonly used profiles in 3 finishes to more than 400. This has been due to an ever-increasing variety of flooring on the market as well as more demanding requirements by interior designers, architects, and specifiers.

CAT has led the way, innovating and responding to the needs of the industry, creating imaginative, attractive, functional solutions and always keeping quality in mind.

Floor finishing trims are known by various names and familiarising yourself with the following will assist you in understanding the products and their uses.

Example of carpet to carpet floor trim.

Double Naplock / Twingrip / Double Doorbar / Threshold Plate, usually used to join 2 carpets in a doorway. Examples of CAT products: Feline 2 (brass), Feline A/9/2 (aluminium).

Example of a single leg (z edge) stair nosing.

Single Leg / Z Edge, for finishing carpets to hard floors at the same level. Examples of CAT products: Feline 1 (brass), Feline A/10 (aluminium).

Example of a single naplock floor trim.

Single Naplock / Single Doorbar, for finishing carpets to resilient floors at different levels. Examples of CAT products: BNF (brass), ANF (aluminium).

Example of a cover plate floor trim.

Cover Plate/ Cover Strip, to cover the joint between two hard floors at the same height. Can be supplied drilled or undrilled with Stick Fix™ tape pre-applied. Examples of CAT products: BC38 (brass), AC38 (aluminium).

Example of a square edge floor trim.

Square Edge, often used for finishing carpets to hard floors of the same height, creating matwells or edging floor traps. Examples of CAT products: Feline Edge.

Example of a T Profile floor trim.

T Profiles, fitted to cover joints between hard floors such as stone and timber. Examples of CAT products: Feline AT25 (aluminium) and Feline T14 (brass).

Example of a ramp profile floor trim.

Ramp Profiles, trims used to transition between floor finishes of different heights. Stick Fix™ or screw down options. Examples of CAT products: AR8/2, BR8, AR63 plus many others.

Example of clip in floor trims.

Clip In Profiles, these are trim systems where a base profile is fitted between flooring materials and a top profile is clipped into the base. Originally used to cover expansion joints in timber floors but now used in many different situations. A concealed fixing system, available as twin tops or ramps. Examples of CAT products are Kliks®, Kliks Slim® and Kliks Spectrum Zip®.

Example of angle edge floor trims.

Angle Edge and TagTrim®. Angles are fitted as a neat definition between 2 floor finishes. TagTrim® is the formable version of an angle edge which can be curved on site and is used to make curved outlines in the flooring. We make these profiles with upstands in various heights, from 4.5mm to 25mm. The top edge of the upstand is usually 3mm thick on aluminium and brass angles, 1.8mm on stainless steel. We also offer angles with 6mm, 6.5mm and 7.5mm top edges as shown in our Mainline® and B6 Brass Capped products.