Flooring Transitions

Flooring must be installed AFTER the bowling alley. Doing so allows the flooring subcontractor to cover over the small gap along the perimeter of the slab depression, as well as to "float up" any low spots in the slab.

When Fusion Bowling's crew arrives to install the bowling alley, they will confirm the thickness of the flooring with the general contractor, and then set the bowling lane elevation accordingly to allow a flush flooring transition. Sometimes, however, the homeowner changes their mind and selects a different flooring with a different thickness. In those situations, a reducer trim will likely need to be installed by the flooring subcontractor.

The edge of the bowling lane material must be protected somehow. It's possible to not use a transition strip, as long as the adjacent flooring is "hard" (for example: tile, vinyl, or wood), and set 1/16th inch higher than the bowling lane elevation. However, some type of transition strip protection should always be installed when the adjacent flooring is carpet.