Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 20, 2011 2:26 pm We are building in Yeronga, Qld and had some flooding last week , all of the house except the garage slab is elevated on posts/bearers/joists but unfortunately the council 100 year ARI's were still not conservative enough to escape the first floor being covered with about 400mm of water for around 12 hours . We had no gyprock on the walls yet so after a good wash down everything seems to have survived without damage including the yellow tongue structaflor, so at this stage we have got away lightly compared to many. However this brings me to my question. I had planned on having floating timber engineered floors on a 3mm acoustic rubber underlay on both levels (apart from kitchen/bathroom/laundry where it will be tiled). I was going to use Hevea as my wife and I like the lighter colours and it is very reasonable price wise. But after this event I'm worried that even IF I manage to get insurance (try that at the moment!) they no doubt will not cover me for flood so I'm thinking about the best way to ensure any future clean ups will be easier and cheaper. If I was to go for a T&G hardwood downstairs what do you think the best method of fixing to the floor would be? Glue and secret nail? Secret nail only? Nail down straight boards without T&G (do they still make those?) and fill over the holes. Could I use prefinished boards or am I better off to have a traditional floor where you sand and varnish? My goal of course would be just for a hose down (of the floor) after a flood event, I understand the gyprock would probably need replacing though. I'm assuming that the structaflor is not porous so if I went with engineered boards over the rubber underlay there would presumably be no way for trapped moisture underneath to evaporate without lifting it all, that would be a hassle. What would other members do in my position? Thanks and looking forward to your thoughts/experience. Re: Best timber flooring method to survive flooding 2Jan 30, 2011 8:02 pm Having also experienced the same flood with 2ft of water through our bottom level I would avoid wooden floors at all coats. We have t&g ironbark floating floors which are completely trashed. Polished concrete for us. Re: Best timber flooring method to survive flooding 3Jan 31, 2011 10:45 am Thanks but I can't do polished concrete as the house sits on bearers/joists/19mm structaflor. It was built in the air to avoid flooding, clearly not high enough. Anyone else with any thoughts? Until you find the cause of the flooding you need to take action to mitigate potential damage to your home. Get automatic float pump and dig a pit then connect to power… 2 4845 The bottom of the downpipe has been taped (see the black tape) to seal the necessary gap between the downpipe and the adaptor that would normally prevent the downpipe… 3 9194 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 |