Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Which type of floorboards is best for a kitchen? 3Jul 12, 2010 11:50 pm Waterfall -Contemporary Facade HO - proposed on 29th-OCT-2010 PCI - 14-OCT-2010 Ground level roof tiles covered --> 11-Aug-2010 First level brick cleaned --> 07-Jul-2010 Brick work done --> 30-Jun-2010 --> Frame -->23-April-2010 Slab -->9-April-2010 Photo Re: Which type of floorboards is best for a kitchen? 11Aug 13, 2010 11:30 am anthony_carter It has a GRIP strip that overlaps the underside of each plank which is pre glued with a glue that goes "off" when it meets the glue on the other board. It'd be an inch wide. So you just lay down a plank and put the next one down aligning the grip strip and pressing into place. It doesn't need as much floor prep as normal vinyl - in actual fact you get away with the same as a floater , around 3mm per metre variation. It can go over tiles, if the grout is reasonably close , without floor prep. It's pretty cool. Sells for rrp $49 mtr. Anthony, just wondering whether you can put a thick underlay under this. I understand Allure can be glued directly onto concrete but we are looking for a replica wooden floor with a bit of "softness" underfoot that is also not as noisy as real wood. Re: Which type of floorboards is best for a kitchen? 12Aug 13, 2010 12:11 pm melcur Thanks for the replies. We are having timber through the living room/tv room which joins onto the kitchen - wouldn't look funny have 2 types of wood floorboards? We were thinking to have tiles now instead in the kitchen. hmmmm its a tricky one Same here. I wouldn't use 2 types of wood flooring adjoining each other, it would look too much. We'll just use plain tiles. Have you done your floors already? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Which type of floorboards is best for a kitchen? 13Aug 15, 2010 11:20 am If it was me I would use tiles or slate. Go for something a similar tone to the wood it is butting up against so it doesn't break the area up in your eye and provides continuity Natural stone tiles like slate, travertine, and limestone add a timeless, elegant look to… 0 25487 Hi All New to the forum and looking for some advice, has anyone else renovated an old miners cottage in or around Ballarat and been able to identify the flooring? We… 0 8790 Hi there, looking to have a gym in a new build. Planning to install some sort of rubber mat flooring (on concrete) i.e. Asking the builder to not do floorboards in the gym… 0 1526 |