I need to purchase reducer, end cap and T-mouldings for a laminate floor I will be laying down. The flooring I purchased was clearance and they didn't have any matching transition pieces at the time. My floor is 12mm thick and I was curious if the transition pieces are made for flooring for 8mm-12mm range, or if I specifically need to buy transition pieces for a 12mm floor. I don't want to buy some and find out they won't work. For example, the T-moulding will have to be at least >12mm thick so I can install the track and the T-moulding ab be sure it will be thick enough for the 12mm floor. In other words are all transition pieces made to work on at least 12mm thick laminate flooring. Thanks.

My wife recently saw some engineered hardwood flooring at the home store that she really likes...it comes in 1 foot by 1 foot ready-made parquet tiles. I have never installed flooring before and had a few questions... 1) In doing my research a lot of people use a felt / foam padding between the flooring and subfloor. We will be replacing carpet and already have padding underneath, can I put the flooring over that padding? and, 2) On the steps listed on the packaging it says to gule each tile to the floor, but the floating floor concept where the pieces are glued to each other but not the floor seems easier and less messy? I don't see any immediate reason why the floating floor wouldn't work with the parquet tiles I described above, but I just wanted to double check to ensure I wasn't missing anything. Thank you so very much!