Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jul 02, 2009 11:39 am Our home is near on completion and we now have to decide what flooring we want to put down. I want either timber flooring or the bamboo flooring but my partner would like the laminate flooring. I find most of the laminate flooring is very loud. My partner is a carpenter and is able to lay the flooring himself, but with timber and bamboo flooring it also needs to be sanded and sealed, does that need to be done with all timber and bamboo flooring? I know it doesn't need to be done with the laminate. If anyone could give me any hints and whether they would recommend the timber, bamboo or laminate flooring it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 2Jul 02, 2009 12:45 pm Hi there. We're going with bamboo flooring and we've been quoted around the $60 - $80 mark per sqm. Most of the strand woven bamboo flooring that I've seen is actually pre-finished. You just simply lay an underlay and then put the floor down. It all looks very easy for a handy person. I hate the laminate! But that's personal opinion. Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 3Jul 02, 2009 12:49 pm Thanks for that GSK... yeah i am not very fond of the laminate flooring either. Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 5Jul 02, 2009 1:35 pm Well we still have a budget that we would like to stick to, that is why we are tying to weigh up the pros and cons. Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 7Jul 09, 2009 12:49 pm We have decided to go with the Tasmanian Oak, where picking it up on Saturday!! Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 8Jul 31, 2009 6:56 pm Floating timber floors are most popular because they're inexpensive. Unlike solid timber, they're made up of wood veneer just a few millimeters in thickness. This veneer is laminated onto less expensive wood, or onto a wood composite. Bamboo floors, on the other hand, can be made of solid bamboo. That means that they're more durable, and may be less expensive than a solid timber floor. As a plus, bamboo is harder to damage and much stronger than most woods. A bamboo floor, unlike floating timber, is fixed permanently to the surface on which it sits. That makes it a lot more stable than timber. There's less movement or opening of the joints between the individual pieces.For more info on this refer to http://homeimprovementcontractors911.com/ Re: Timber/Bamboo vs Laminate Flooring 9Jun 21, 2013 12:44 pm Building our dream home with Rawson Homes - Metford 28 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65769 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15907 Just about completed a renovation project and hit a small issue that we didn’t see We have laminate floors now where we had tiles before (turned out it was actually 2… 0 4930 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair At a bit of a loss on this one - we're thinking the original owners never removed the protective laminate covers from their kitchen cabinets after installation and in the… 0 6330 |