Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 41Jun 25, 2010 11:32 am I'm not ignoring the t&g. I am using as per your sketch 1, part 1. The one thing that is missing on the sketch is the horizontal line showing the bottom of the ply/start of slab. These are all the other variables I used: Timber is 14mm, the ply is 15mm. The nail is 28mm, starting at the t&g (as per sketch 1), which for 14mm Hurford's timber is 5.5mm (according to Hurford's). Nail goes under 45 deg exactly. Result: Nail penetrates thru timber and ply and ends short of bottom of ply (slab) by 5.5mm approx. Conclusion: It means that about 5mm of ply remains "unbitten"/free/unused. My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 43Jun 25, 2010 7:23 pm I agree. The adhesive does most of the holding anyway Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 44Jun 25, 2010 9:47 pm mickve Lex dont stress just pick a timber from a reputable company let them do there job and if it goes wrong they will fix it. Yeah, but which one is it ?? On fixing - why not do it right the first time? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 45Jun 25, 2010 10:43 pm Any big name flooring company not the cheapest backyarder you can find.Dont worry about nail lengths etc each layer will have there own ways of doing things you have to trust someone go to a few big name shops then go with your gut. Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 46Jun 25, 2010 10:44 pm as long as the installation specs are followed there won't be a problem Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 47Jun 25, 2010 11:25 pm ... as long as installation specs are followed... the results of my search for a good floorer show that not one of them follows the installation specs. So, it's choosing between someone who will not full trowel the overlay, or someone else who will not use the min. number of anchors, or a third one who will not level the slab, or the fourth one who will space the nails too far, or another one who will not acclimatise the parquetry, or another one who will not straighten the boards but rather just lay them as-is and then fill in the gaps Hmmm... which one is the least of the evils ... ... but that's only the stuff a general consumer is aware of ... not to mention other, more scary things that automatically eliminated some (scary for being quite basic) ... My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 49Jun 26, 2010 1:23 am dude get tongue and groove. Decorug, SE timber. i only say this cause its easy to repair you get 3 resands and its relatively priced. there is no nails, very little glue needed and being floating floor you dont have to worry about movement, twist or anything like that. You can change a board no matter where its located easily and you have a huge choice of timber variants. and im talking about natural timbertops not laminate. starts at $30m2 and goes to 95m2 this is for single strip tops (uses more of the log hence more expensive). https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=37134 THE THREAD https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=35962 THE BLOG! http://pedrosinspiredbeauty.blogspot.com/ BRICKS BRICKS ARE FINISHED... ROOF STARTS TODAY 03/02/2011!. Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 50Jun 26, 2010 8:24 am Overlay flooring is all pre-straightened so there are no issues there. Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 51Jun 26, 2010 9:49 am mickve Lex timber isnt for everyone i think you should get tiles by the time you find the installer your happy with you will be ready to move house. You know mick, even that managed to cross my busy mind preoccupied with options and potential problems But, when I saw & felt a tiled living room floor, it was a no brainer ... I am narrowing it down (again ) ... it's gonna be what we always thought we'd get anyway My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 52Jun 26, 2010 8:12 pm Lex mickve Lex timber isnt for everyone i think you should get tiles by the time you find the installer your happy with you will be ready to move house. You know mick, even that managed to cross my busy mind preoccupied with options and potential problems But, when I saw & felt a tiled living room floor, it was a no brainer ... I am narrowing it down (again ) ... it's gonna be what we always thought we'd get anyway Hope you are happy with the end result which ever floor you get. Re: Overlay Flooring - OR Parquetry??? 54Jun 26, 2010 8:42 pm Hey, thanks mick, and thanks suh for the samples, they look yummmmmm !! Love that rich red too ... If it wasn't my house , I might go for turpentine, it is abs fabs!!! and I love brushbox (we like soft and light colours, so I think we'd go for the bottom right, just because it looks least busy ) 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 3662 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 11502 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 4443 |