Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jun 22, 2009 2:53 pm We are first time renovators who have just bought a 30 year old home which needs a lot of work. We have decided to replace carpets in 3 bedrooms however cannot decide what to do with the living, dining & hallway. These areas are currently carpeted & have cypress pine timber (tounge & grove) floorboads underneath. I love the timber floorboard look however hubby thinks it my take a lot to prepare & maintain so he is leaning towards tiles. Has anyone had any experiences with this sort of dilema & any ideas of what is more expensive? Cheers, first timers Re: floorboards, carpet or tiles??? 2Jun 22, 2009 7:29 pm I have never had timber boards so I dont know if I am right in what I am saying here but....... If you already have the boards then I would remove the carpet and hire the machine to buff them up and then varnish them then live with them for 12 months or so and see if how you feel them. I dont know what sort of cost this would involve, but surley it must be cheaper than replacing them with tiles. Just my 2 penneth worth Know where your going in life............... you may already be there Re: floorboards, carpet or tiles??? 3Jun 22, 2009 9:26 pm took me a couple of weekends to polish up a australian hardwood floor that had rubber backed carpet that had been glued down in the bedrooms and lino in the hallway kitchen. worth the effort and once the finish is on there is very little maintenance required. I put three coats of cabots on and that was it. got me educated at Bunnings and as long as you take it slowly the job is easy for any rank amateur. ’’Quondo Omni Flunkus Mortati ’’ If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy. Stila BK1 Build Thread The best place to talk about sport Re: floorboards, carpet or tiles??? 4Jun 22, 2009 9:49 pm We ripped up the carpets in our old place and got a bloke in to sand and polish them. Cost $1200 to do the whole house (admittedly it was a pretty small house ) If you are going to give it a go yourself just be aware that its really important to get a nice flat finish, as any humps / bumps will really show up when polished. You'd be surprsied how quickly those sanders will eat a nice deep groove into timber if left in the same spot for long. Just make sure you keep it moving the whole time until the belt / disc completely stops. We learnt the hard way that QLDers (my mums house) with soft pine floors are not so easy to do. I wouldn't say timber floors are hard to maintain, We did nothing but vacuum and mop ours for the 4 years we had them and the real estate agent actually thought we'd just had them done when we sold. If you mean harder to maintain because they show dust rather than hide it like a carpet does, yes they do and i still dont know if thats a good or a bad thing when you have a clean freak of a wife like mine. Duuust!! Re: floorboards, carpet or tiles??? 5Jun 23, 2009 9:04 am Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it. The area is small so $1,200 doesn't sound too bad might go that way. This renovating business is exciting but also very consuming, all I can think about ..... Re: floorboards, carpet or tiles??? 7Jun 25, 2009 8:07 pm We have slate in wet areas, timber in one bedroom, front hall and central living and carpet in 2 bedrooms and another part of living. We have just built an extension and planning on putting timber floor (except inset of carpet in front of desk) Also plan to take up carpet in the living and putting timber right through. I like the tiled wet area but ours is a high traffic house with lots of people and some animals so I love how easy the timber is to clean. I would hate to thing what lurks at the bottom of carpet Only place timber REALLY does'nt work is anywhere there will be office chairs on wheels. The wheels rolling over the timber wreck the varnish on the floor. 1 15753 Hi All New to the forum and looking for some advice, has anyone else renovated an old miners cottage in or around Ballarat and been able to identify the flooring? We… 0 8767 Hi there, looking to have a gym in a new build. Planning to install some sort of rubber mat flooring (on concrete) i.e. Asking the builder to not do floorboards in the gym… 0 99 |