Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Feb 01, 2010 8:24 pm Hi, Does anyone know the difference between the different grades of timber for floors? We are getting tassie oak and I thought it was meant to be B grade, however it has now arrived and it seems like there are many rough spots and marks on them.
I did go down to the timer place and the salesperson mentioned that there was only a 5% difference in the boards between A and B grade - so that it why we went with the B grade. Perhaps the builder has ordered C grade to save some money.. they do everything as cheap as possible i think! Re: timber grades? 5Feb 02, 2010 7:05 pm http://www.northernriverstimber.com.au/grade.php This may help. Speak to the SUPPLIER of the timber, not the builder to get an accurate description of the grades. Life's too short too drink bad wine Re: timber grades? 6Feb 02, 2010 9:49 pm Following off hammerhead's link, the couple of suppliers we've looked at yet have all had select, standard and feature grades. Going from least imperfections to most, also note wastage tends to increase as you go down as the likelyhood of a board being unusable due to a split or knot is higher. 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 grades? 7Feb 15, 2010 1:29 pm Grading classifies appearance only. Grades are determined by visual inspection only. According to AU Standards there are something like three grades being character, standard and select and everything else seems to be a product by marketing teams. Character will have the biggest amount of natural feature in the timber while "select" - the smallest. ... 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! Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 10695 Depends... Brick veneer required the window to be attached to the house frame, this is usually achieved by screwing through the timber reveal into the frame. There are… 1 4556 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 4411 |