sorry to hijak this thread a little Lex (I hope you don't mind!), but it seems like an appropriate place to ask. I'm wondering a similar question to what Lex originally asked, only with carpet..... we are doing timber (partner is doing the timber himself) in main areas and carpet in the bedrooms/theatre. What should go down first??
I did a search but couldn't come up with anything, but if it has been answered before please point me in the right direction!
Thank you (and sorry again for hijaking!)
Hi Karakarakara, have a look in this thread, there are a few pics too and explanations!
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=30546
Lex...about to take some pics for you!
EDIT: Karakarakara (that's harder to type than you think!), I know when we did ours, the timber went down first. It was done this way as the timber creates so much dust (sawing the bottom of the architraves), and there was mess walked everywhere through the house. I would not have wanted that dusty residue walked into my new, just laid carpet!!
Hahaha feel free to just type one Kara! haha
Thanks so much for the info and the link to that thread. Yeah I was thinking that the timber will go down first as I can imagine the dust would get in to the carpet.... and I don't want brand new carpet to be filled with dust!!
I was unsure though as with the floor levels, I was thinking we may need to ramp the timber down a bit so that it meets the right height of the carpet where they join.... I wonder if this would be more difficult to work out and do without knowing exactely what height the carpet will go to..... if that makes sense!