Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 18, 2010 8:06 pm Hi Wanting to hear ppl's experience in having 130mm (solid) boards laid. I really prefer the look of the wider board, & our home lends itself to it. Pretty much settled on blackbutt. But after reading ebyelyakov's report, I am conerned about cupping & shrinkage. The builder who will do the job seemed to think that shrinkage would not be a huge problem. I have seen 3 homes where he has laid 80mm board but not any 130mm. Would appreciate your comments, Luke. TIA HH Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: 80mm Vs 130mm Flooring 2Jan 18, 2010 9:20 pm There us a good research on www.fwpa.com.au by D.Hayward "advanced research into floor performance..." and plenty of others. And all for free. Also "timber flooring manual" from www.atfa.com.au - look under education, free downloads section. ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: 80mm Vs 130mm Flooring 3Jan 26, 2010 12:49 pm The normal width of solid wood flooring is around 92mm. The wider, the more expensive. Shrinkage should not be a problem for 130mm wide flooring as long as the flooring has been especially toasted to be adjusted to the local climate.
Re: 80mm Vs 130mm Flooring 5Jan 26, 2010 9:07 pm I would go for slimmer boards. They look much better to me than the wide ones (but that's just my personal prefernce in respect to the look). I love the repetitivnes of long slender lines in a room ... But, what really matters is the performance, and there are too many factors in the game. So, my approach is to reduce the risk, as I did read some other material long ago about slimmer boards having a better chance. Again, it comes down to many factors, even individual houses and suburbs lend themselves to one species or flooring type more than to any other. Haven't read the reports referenced here (yet), but basically it makes more sense to me that a slimmer board would behave more uniformly since its chances to develop "zones" due to its width are reduced (if this makes sense ). My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... 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 6191 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15904 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 6467 |