Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 May 22, 2009 10:03 pm Hope the subject makes sense! Looking to do one of the floating floor brands in 1 strip, probably Red Ironwood or Sydney Gum. Might have been the Readyflor branded product, not sure but definitely wasn't Boral Silkwood.
Anyway was thinking instead of trying to match up my stairs in solid timber to the floating floor, why not do the stair case in MDF and then have it covered at the same time as the ground floor? Is this even possible? I got a quote for the staircase in Vic Ash at about $3300 but that isn't going to match either Red Ironwood or Sydney Gum. And even if the staircase people could source that timber, it is likely to cost at least double to do. Can anyone help me out here? Trusses are just going up so with the required lead time I'm need to get the stairs going. Edit: Just thought of the edge of the treads (whatever its called) having the bottom layers of the engineering boards exposed, so that won't work. All seemed good when I was typing it out! Re: Using floating timber floor boards over MDF stairs? 2May 23, 2009 9:49 am To add to the dilemma, what do they do with the floating floor if there is a lower floor section? I've got a sunken lounge (single step) which will be in the same timber as the main floor level. Gonna have to go chat with the floor and stair people again! Next time I'm doing a single story with no steps! Re: Using floating timber floor boards over MDF stairs? 3May 25, 2009 8:13 pm Found a possible option which might help others... Big River Timbers (Google it, not sure about posting links here) have a product called Armourtread which appears to be engineered timber stair treads. This matches their standard timber species flooring. So in theory I could do MDF stairs and then do the engineered timber at the end of the build. Have to try and find a local dealer to see what it looks like. Anyone know of any other companies with a similar product? Readyflor and Silkwood don't mention anything but I haven't got around to speaking to my flooring supplier yet. Re: Using floating timber floor boards over MDF stairs? UPDATED 4May 25, 2009 8:48 pm Any timber yard will be able to supply the engineered treads for you from Big River Timbers (they are a wholesaler) we did some in tallowood the other week Re: Using floating timber floor boards over MDF stairs? UPDATED 5May 25, 2009 8:58 pm Dukekamaya Any timber yard will be able to supply the engineered treads for you from Big River Timbers (they are a wholesaler) we did some in tallowood the other week Good to hear. Tallowood, you say? So there is more than than the 6 timber species listed in their PDF brochure. How would you rate the product? 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 6141 |