Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 14, 2010 1:39 pm I would like some advice about laying timber flooring after changeover. I think I have decided to with timber flooring, but it can only be done after house complete. Does this make any difference? What about mess with the sanding stage? Do you have to take out all appliances - dishwasher and stove? Is that all? Has anybody else done this and had no regrets? Any advice greatly appreciated. Re: Timber Floor laid after handover? 2Jun 14, 2010 8:50 pm Hi Angieg, We are laying hard wood timber flooring after handover. Builder refused to allow us to organise a tradie to do the flooring while construction to avoid having quads. When laying on concrete slab, need a layer of ply. Ply wood will need to be glued and nailed to the concrete slab then the timber is nailed to the ply wood. The other thing to consider if you are laying hard wood timber after handover is the clearance measurement. The clearance is the gap from the floor to the base of the door. If you have a clearance of 25mm, maximum ply will need to be 12mm and also 12mm for timber. With a total of 24mm, I think there is still a problem opening and closing doors even having 1mm difference. We asked our builder (M3tric0n) and they can't even tell us the clearance gap so we can't really pre-purchase our timber and organise a tradie. I'm sure your stove is fixed to the bench, you'll need to move the dishwasher. Good luck. ---------------- upgraders Bel-Air 37 : Contemporary Fascade (Major Interior Makeover) <img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;10738;127/st/20100317/e/Site+Start/dt/14/k/8a06/event.png"></a> Re: Timber Floor laid after handover? 3Jun 16, 2010 5:23 pm Thanks for that... The only good thing then is that I have only the front door and another bedroom door to think about, and I guess worst case scenario is to take it off and plain it down?? Yes, its a pain that you cannot have qualified people come in for a short time to lay flooring that would be so much easier then, rather than later. Re: Timber Floor laid after handover? 4Jun 16, 2010 5:40 pm Quote: We are laying hard wood timber flooring after handover. Builder refused to allow us to organise a tradie to do the flooring while construction to avoid having quads. When laying on concrete slab, need a layer of ply. Ply wood will need to be glued and nailed to the concrete slab then the timber is nailed to the ply wood. The other thing to consider if you are laying hard wood timber after handover is the clearance measurement. The clearance is the gap from the floor to the base of the door. If you have a clearance of 25mm, maximum ply will need to be 12mm and also 12mm for timber. With a total of 24mm, I think there is still a problem opening and closing doors even having 1mm difference. You also have to take into consideration the height differences between floor types. If your timber floor is 25mm thick, then there will be a step onto the carpet (or the carpet is taken up at the junction and laid up to the floor). The other problem is the skirtings. Will they be installed ? The skirting height will be different against the timber floor if the skirting is laid first (as the timber floor could be higher than the carpet butting into the skirting). You will also probably need to re-paint the skirting after the floor has been polished. If the skirting is laid last (in order to avoid using quads), then you may have to cut it down to match the skirting that the carpet butts into, or it will sit higher that the other skirting. You could lay a pre-finished engineered floor, which are 15mm thick and match with other surfaces, such as carpets. THere is then no need for sanding. No matter what you do, you will have to take out any appliances that sit on the floor. Blog is now up - http://www.jbdave.blogspot.com/ Re: Timber Floor laid after handover? 5Jun 16, 2010 11:36 pm Hi anieg, We have installed a timber floor after handover in 2 houses now. The first was plank on ply as described by upgraders and we had to trim the bottom of the doors to fit. The carpet areas were only slightly below the timber floor level. The house we have now we have direct stick boards throughout the house. They are fairly level with the tiled rooms. You will only have to move any appliance that is not fixed in place. The house was full of dust but we just cleaned it before we moved in. It was no problem at all. Sonya I had new concrete laid, extended the alfresco and had the sidewalks concreted too. I noticed the concreter didn't put the expansion foam anywhere, there are expansion… 0 8132 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15924 The most likely cause of your timber swelling (parquetry?) is either a plumbing leak or carelessly leaving water on floors after use or both. Without seeing, i am ignoring… 1 3282 |