Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Oct 27, 2009 5:43 pm Went by the house today and they are installing our timber floors (not sanding/polishing til end). The plastering was finished yesterday but kitchen, bathrooms, wet area tiling, painting etc has not started and probably still a few weeks off. I thought flooring was the very last thing to go in? Will they be damaged when everything else is done as we still have a few months of building left... Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 2Oct 27, 2009 6:57 pm The flooring is best left to last, it should be installed after ALL 'wet trades' are completed i.e. painting, tiling plastering etc. The floor will not be acclimatised properly. Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 3Oct 28, 2009 5:58 am Damn, thats what I thought. I was expecting to see the boards sit in the living area for 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure these come from about 45 mins away and we are right near the beach. Its too late to do anything about it though... Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 4Oct 29, 2009 8:38 am I've heard all this before but my flooring people delivered the timber and layed it same day. It was done after plaster but before the fix. Cabinets, tiling, painting are yet to be done. They're providing a warranty so if the timber cups etc then they'll have to resolve it. I preferred this method as finish around my kitchen cabinets etc will look a lot nicer and not need any quad. Dunno if it means anything but I've had about 1/2 a pack of timber left over which has been sitting around loose now for over a month in the garage and it hasn't cupped or anything one bit. The timber mill supplier was Harfords? I think (Spotted Gum) and stored locally so guess that means don't need to acclimatise in my house? Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 6Oct 29, 2009 8:34 pm Acclimatising has less to do with cupping and more to do with actual width of the board at the time of laying. It is unusual for T&G flooring boards to cup, they generally have anti-warp grooves machined into the bottom of them. Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 7Oct 29, 2009 11:46 pm Now that you mention it, yeh they had grooves on the bottom. But with all the glue and staples, looked like 40-50mm, I doubt they could cup. Regarding the width, I recall hearing the term "run off" I think. The installer mentioned that the timber being used had almost none and I could find only a single tiny gap where it had happened. He said the previous mill they used was much poorer quality and had a lot of the "run off" which made it really difficult to do a good job. I was fairly stressed about laying the timber floor so early but it really hasn't been an issue. I've just made sure the to block the full day of direct sunlight on the boards and no one puts any water or products on them. Plus its pretty tough timber! Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 8Nov 11, 2009 3:05 pm Went by the house today and I could cry The floorboards that were laid have mud (wet) and grout ALL over them. Looks like a bucket of grout was split in our bedroom from the ensuite tiling. They are also using all the rooms the boards are in to do all the cutting with heavy machines I hope once they are sanded back they will be back to normal... Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 10Nov 11, 2009 6:06 pm EKT Went by the house today and I could cry The floorboards that were laid have mud (wet) and grout ALL over them. Looks like a bucket of grout was split in our bedroom from the ensuite tiling. They are also using all the rooms the boards are in to do all the cutting with heavy machines I hope once they are sanded back they will be back to normal... They should have had plastice down at least, you will probably lose two sands worth of timber to clean them up Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 11Nov 16, 2009 7:16 pm Can kitchen cupboards go in before timber floors (sorry to hi-jack) with kickboards put on after timber floor is put down? Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 12Nov 17, 2009 3:28 pm Yep, they just need to allow for the height of the flooring. The only prob would be if if its a walk-in type pantry, do-able but a pain in the butt Re: At what stage does the timber floor go in? 13Nov 18, 2009 6:45 am We arent having timber in the kitchen but the tiles are getting built up to the 34mm height so our kitchen guy had to pack the kitchen up to suit. That way after the tiles go in we can still fit the dishwasher and our bench wont lose 3.5cm! Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15905 The most likely cause of your timber swelling (parquetry?) is either a plumbing leak or carelessly leaving water on floors after use or both. Without seeing, i am ignoring… 1 3276 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7271 |