Wood Floating Floors

Hi All,

Trying to make the decision at the moment to go for a wood floating floor or stick with carpet (on a chipboard base)  Anyone had experience installing them, ease, difficulty etc etc?  Theres quite a few corners and nooks and crannies in the areas I want to install into, having trouble making the call at the moment and want to do it at Easter.  Trying to decide if easier to get a carpet pro in or try and do the wood floating floor myself with an underlay and any info on where you got it and price be great.  Any feedback appreciated.

Adam

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easy to lay but....

Mon, 2014-03-17 16:24

I hate em!

like walking on cardboard, soft and spongy. I started out as a chippy and have laid bucket loads of solid floors and if it was me that's what I'd go for. You can direct stick to the pad or put down a thin sheet and glue and pin.

If you have chipboard down already then fix it straight to that.

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I installed 115m2 of Rediflor

Mon, 2014-03-17 16:45

I installed 115m2 of Rediflor Blackbutt in our new home, cost was about $85 a sqm including a decent underlay. This is nearly the top of the wazza in floating timber floors and feels very solid. Laying it myself took 3 days and saved $3500. Quality underlay is the secret....no echoing and sponginess

Pretty basic to lay...just need a good mitre saw and have a think about how you go about it.

Solid timber quotes were about $160 sqm laid.......not sure about metro prices.

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yep if you are handy it is

Mon, 2014-03-17 17:14

yep if you are handy it is pretty easy. think I put down about 50 sqm in a day. (I'd never done it b4 but I do have a trade behind me.....not carpentry lol). was a while ago but went through Planet timbers in osb park.

Mine was in a rental but used middleish quality and it came out great.

if you want to save some money and have time it's worth it.

FWIW I have solid jarrah in my house. (pro laid) it's really not comparable .....but neither is the price.

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Go for the Timber

Mon, 2014-03-17 17:38

I've installed quite a few timber floors and with the right gear not hard to do. As far as cleaning the timber floors are streets in front.

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don't get floating floor

Mon, 2014-03-17 19:42

I've got floating floors and am now looking at replacing it with tiling or the new floorboard looking lino to replace it. Floating floors do not like liquids.

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 Agree with Tot above, they

Tue, 2014-03-18 00:15

 Agree with Tot above, they feel like cardboard.

due to dogs lots of kids and plenty of sand, we skipped a solid timber floor and got good quality vinyl timber strip with a nice edging.

Solid underfoot and still looks great after 6 years

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I'm not a lover

Tue, 2014-03-18 07:06

 of wooden floors, love ceramic tiles, or carpet.  I'd love to tile the whole house here in Leeman but the thought of moving all the furniture to do each room and have to pay for  somebody extra to move everything is stopping me.  Don't like the sound of wooden floors when walking on them, seems so noisy.

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Solid floors are silent as !

Tue, 2014-03-18 08:38

Floating can be somewhat drummy but is easy to lay with a modicum of common sense and a good sharp mitre saw.  I have solid WA blackbutt and love it but it is amazing how much it has changed colour since laying (darker) but the grain is something else - very limited stocks available nowadays, Adam if it is intended to be permanent consider going solid - it is worth the extra expense in the long run as it add heaps of value to the home    

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carpet

Tue, 2014-03-18 12:55

Mmm, relatively easy to install wood floors that are easy to clean but may fade (which is an issue) versus carpet which may get dirty and a bit more costly to install..  Mmm, decisions decisions (can't really afford solid).  Cheers for the feedback.

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go for the vinyl stick on. we

Tue, 2014-03-18 13:05

go for the vinyl stick on. we have had it in our house for quite some time. not too hard to keep clean and look after. we have dogs in and out all day carting sand in with them. much easier to clean than carpet and no need for a vaccume. just a broom will do the job. they do look a lot like timber bit cheaper

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make sure your termite barrier is up to date

Thu, 2014-03-20 06:16

 wooden floors look gr8,but make sure your temite barrier is up to date,seen so many problems with termites in so many houses as far as im concerned wooden floors arent worth it imo,but every1 to their own,