Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Matching hardwood stairs to engineered timber floor - solved 6May 26, 2009 1:48 pm Probably should just have this thread deleted but I've solved the issue sort of. The quote for using Sydney Gum or similar for my stairs ended up bumping the price from ~3k to ~$7k. So sticking with the Vic Ash for the staircase. I could do a bit of a stain but will probably just polish and clear them. As for the floor, my local store had 2 types which looked good. Spotted Gum in the Silkwood product (store recommend a walnut stain on the stairs and quad to match up). The other was Southern Eucalypt made by Armstrong Flooring which the store said is made up of Vic Ash, Blackbutt, Mesmate and something else? It looked really good with the different timbers and would match the staircase perfectly. The only downside I could see was they mentioned the local timber was exported to china, the boards produced and then sent back for sale. Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15907 Hi All. I'm currently resurfacing the hardwood floors and when removing the old layers that there's a long dark line running across the boards. Does anyone know what or… 0 12770 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6140 |