Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Aug 23, 2009 11:49 pm i am thinking to have timber flooring at my new house my situation currently i am renting house, so the longer DIY, the more i have to pay if i haven't completed the flooring. so my option is tend to 3rd party or builders. i hope anyone keen to share their experience of having timber floor via builders or via third party or DIY. i have lots of question in my mind, but i am not too good to explain it in words, so i try my best to put the question into every subtopic (DIY,builder or 3rd party) timber floor: i am referring to prefinish timber floating floor. DIY Adv: Cheap ! friends ended up $4000ish for $80sqm quality finish, since you do your self, you will know the quality and what you can expect from it. Disadv: Time consuming and tired. just came from friends house and help to DIY the timber floor. From water level, moisture barrier, timber floor, using jigsaw, saw... glue and everything. ouch one day, and it's still about 15-20% for 80 sqm ! the good thing, we're getting better (quicker)... -- if i do DIY, that means, it takes time to complete it, and probably uncertainty of when you will finish the timber flooring. Via builders they charge heaps (currently i was quote 70sqm for about $8000-9000 installed) adv: i guess perhaps we dont have to do anything ?? i dont know. no security issue (everything's arranged) disadv Quality finish, can you expect a good quality? what if there's a big gap between the timber floor? what if there's something wrong? is the builder happy to re-do it? 3rd party adv: cheaper than builder? i was given quote $6500 per 70sqm is that a good price? disadv: the thing worry me is, when can they do the flooring? is it after the builder give the key to you/ handover? or can they do before the house complete? (last stage) in the end, most likely you will need to be with them, surely you dont want to have your item missing (security issue) quality finish, can you leave the quality to them? Final stage Re: Timber Flooring 3Aug 24, 2009 7:46 am Just make sure you are comparing 'apples with apples' Floating floors range from $10 sq. metre to around $140 sq . metre Re: Timber Flooring 4Aug 24, 2009 2:16 pm We're getting timber flooring in one bedroom only. Decided to go with Builder as it's just easier and is only one room. Doesn't need to be excellent quality for us because of what the room's used for. Life is; then you tell yourself a story. Re: Timber Flooring 5Aug 24, 2009 2:28 pm To give you an idea.... we are getting a overlay timber floor (real wood 14mm) which is more expensive then floating floors and it is roughly going to cost us $5900 for 53sq finshed (lay, sand, 3 coats of polish) which includes 5% waste which is the area under kitchen bench etc but I don't think they do that with floating floors . Re: Timber Flooring 6Aug 24, 2009 4:08 pm I wouldn't let my other half do it himself, I'd go with the builder or a 3rd party. You have to research the type of timber you want as they do go upto $200 for the better nicer timber flooring. Make sure you compare apples with apples like the previous poster suggested and go from there. DA approved Waiting on a few more Builder's quotes. Re: Timber Flooring 7Aug 24, 2009 10:53 pm comparing same things, yeah that's a good point thanks to dukekamaya and the others. i have just realised i haven't done compared same thing . i have just found out today, strips makes difference!!! 1 strip $$$ > 2 strips > 3 strips 3 strips i found is cheapest. today seems i got a quote of merbau 1 strip for $97/sqm, installed. is it good price ? Final stage Re: Timber Flooring 8Aug 29, 2009 5:33 am We got a similar price of CCall Dandenong ($99/sqm for 3 strip) and we thought we were getting a good deal - however I'm regretting going to a 3rd party for three reasons: (1) Their quote was subject to a check and measure. It was based on the plan we showed them. They underquoted for the job initially and now that they have done their check and measure we have to pay $1000+ extra - they are claiming the dimensions on the plan are incorrect - this is not true! We could fight this but it will only end up costing us more and they know it. (2) They assured us we had a cooling off period of 10 days which we realized later was not true. According to Consumer Affairs once you sign a contract at the dealers premises their is no cooling off period - the cooling off period only applies when you sign at your residence. (3) Their are delaying the project for unknown reasons (presumably they have bigger jobs to do) and its costing us - we don't know when this is going to be over. Now we are not even sure of the quality of the job they are going to do. All this could have been avoided by getting the builder to put in the flooring - we could have been well settled by now in our new home and probably had better quality at more or less the same price and more importantly saved ourselves a load of stress. Re: Timber Flooring 9Oct 09, 2009 11:45 pm thanks for sharing. We went for a quote at CCall too and the saleman was so pushy...... Melbourne, Victoria My Journey, My Mistakes, My Issues and My Problems My Blog : http://homebuildingresource.blogspot.com/ Re: Timber Flooring 10Oct 10, 2009 8:18 pm if building and doing flooring afterwards, bypass the ccall outlets and go direct to the wholesale division in your state that deals direct with the builders. Built 36sq Plantation "Retreat" on 4460m2 at Spring Mountain, Qld In Living and landscaping.. >>> ... http://retreatspring.blogspot.com Re: Timber Flooring 11Nov 05, 2009 9:50 pm I feel very fortunate to be part of a family who has their own floor sanding business! If you DIY make sure you you know what you are doing. You don't want to attempt DIY (to save money) only to find later you have wasted all your time, and money and pain (it's hard work) when you should have in the 1st place got a professional to do it. Re: Timber Flooring 12Nov 06, 2009 7:56 am Getting back to the OP topic, we're looking at putting in around 65m2 of timber flooring into our new house. Builder had a fixed price for a sub-contracted company to supply and fit. That price was irrespective of the species chosen. We contacted the same company directly and were quoted for the same supply and install after handover between 3.5-5k cheaper for the area we're looking at than the builders quoted price, depending on the species chosen. As the price between species does vary signifcantly. At this stage we're actually going to move forward with a different company as they have a timber species we like which is not available via the other company and the quote is reasonably competitive coming in around the 8.7k mark. In the end we're still saving around 4k over the builders quote, it just means it won't get done till after handover. Clearly the builders premium will vary from company to company but in this case we can't justify spending an extra 4k just to have it installed pre-handover even if it does mean having to have quads as the builder won't leave the skirting boards unfixed. Our Build - Places Fairhaven 23+ - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28045 Our Landscaping - Belial's Backyard - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=45375 Re: Timber Flooring 13Nov 10, 2009 3:19 pm We had a timber floating floor layed on the concrete slab the day before we moved in. Be very careful about the underlay and the preperation of the slab, we have had nothing but trouble with our floor , we have moisture coming through in patches and its worse everyday. The supplier and layer went out of buisness and we never had a garantee due to this. the floor cost $10,000 dollars and now we may have to replace it, unless we solve the problem of the moisture. also it scratches very easily. I wish you luck with it but I wish I had let the builder put it down, i know the cost would have been more, but I would have not had the problems I have today. Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 16057 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6302 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6573 |