Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 02, 2009 2:21 pm Hi all, I recently (3 years ago) had a house built in Melbourne’s West Suburbs. I have tiles in the wet areas (except kitchen), and no flooring everywhere else. I would like to have solid timber flooring (14mm-Overlay Grey Ironbark) installed throughout the house. I am considering having the timber direct-glued to the concrete slab, in order to avoid a step between the wet areas and the timber floor. My question is: As long as I have the concrete slab properly sealed (I understand that Selleys and Sika both have sealing products), and allow the timber to acclimatise, does anyone know/ have experience if it is okay to direct-stick the timber? Has anyone had any problems with cupping, gaps etc? A couple of installers I have spoken with tell me they haven’t had issues in the 10 or so years they’ve been direct-sticking to concrete. I think Boral has a solid timber floor that can be directly glued to concrete, anyone know if this okay in the long term? Also, does anyone have any experience with Grey Ironbark flooring, does it look too dark, how resilient is it too heels etc? Can anyone suggest if I should go for a water based or polyurethane sealer afterwards, so that the timber doesn’t darken too much over time? Cheers guys! Re: Timber Overlay over Concrete! 2Sep 02, 2009 7:46 pm Gaps are natural part of expansion and contraction - nothing you can do All timber darkens with age - nothing you can do The ironbarks are about as hard a commercial timber you can get so heels wont be an issue. Polyurethanes come in solvent base or water base - most use a water base these days but the choice is entirely up to you. Re: Timber Overlay over Concrete! 3Sep 02, 2009 10:56 pm I agree that Ironbark is one of the strongest timbers. We have used the Boral Slimwood (Tassie Oak) product as a direct stick onto concrete and have not had any problems in over 5 years. I think part of the key is to let the timber acclimatise before installation. Another part is that the concrete we stuck to had been around for a few years (so moisture content had stabilised). That combo of factors means we have no gaps and no problems. Tassi Oak is much less hard than IronBark and we have only had a few dings (lamp table knocked over, someone with a broken high heel cap caused a few dents) ... but it is nothing noticeable and a sand and repolish would sort it out. Re: Timber Overlay over Concrete! 4Sep 03, 2009 2:19 pm Check this website out it has alot of info regarding different timber flooring and also has pictures http://www.boral.com.au/timberflooring/ ... site=Boral We are doing our floor in Blackbutt timber overlay 14mm. Much a do about nothing. You can see the fall heading to the actual drains. Stormwater ingress will be minimal and it's far better to have the top sitting flush rather… 12 5208 As most others have posted above the install isn't compliant. The pipe is meant to be covered in loose soil or sand, the pipe has holes in it that leaks out a termicide… 10 4661 Just get as close as you can without hitting the posts. Once you are close to the edge of the path the chance of cracking is minimised. 7 7361 |