Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 01, 2010 8:22 pm Still in the initial design stages, however having trouble deciding on what to do about the floors! Love the clean look of Porcelain, especially when you see it in the displays, all shiny and the like, but unsure what its like to live with day to day? Foot prints, cat hair(buggers) and scuff marks etc... What's it like to keep it looking spiffy? Been living with natural timer floors for a while in a old cal bungalow and love them, however our new house will be quite contemporary with LOTS of natural light and sunshine, so im a bit worried about color fading and movement. So Bamboo, from what i've read, has very high UV resistance and is Very hard wearing, and is starting to look the goods from what i can see! However, still being a relatively new product, keen to see if anyone has been living with it for a few years and how its holding up? Any help or insight would be great1 Cheers Stolli Prelim's signed! council pending! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=37918 Re: Engineered Bamboo, Natural Timber or porcelain? 2Sep 02, 2010 11:54 am That's interesting. I am pretty sure that bamboo is much more likely to fade than solid timber, though I really like the look of it. I have had timber in a few sunny houses with no problems, and this is what i would choose. If your contemporary house has lots of sun I think it's nice to have some natural warmth in the flooring and this is why i don't like polished porcelain at all. But it's really a matter of your taste at the end of the day. Re: Engineered Bamboo, Natural Timber or porcelain? 3Sep 03, 2010 12:41 pm we too are having difficulties choosing which of these three flooring to go with. Our first pref was bamboo, and although it looks great and is very hard, its still a faily new product as compared to the others. Then we saw a friend's home which had polised porcelain tiles and we were just gobsmacked by how "classy" it looked. But the real issue if going with porcelain is finding an expert tiler to lay them perfectly flat and with mimimal grout gaps. Good thing we have the contact for the tiler who did our friend's place, as we had already seen his workmanship. Otherwise make sure you ask for references. 12 March 2010 - Land titles received 3 April 2010 - Signed building contract 14 April 2010 - Prestart 28 April 2010 - Loan approved 30 June 2010 - Slab completed 27 August 2010 - Brickwork completed 22 September 2010 - Roofing completed 30 September 2010 - Internal walls plastered 12 October 2010 - Lock Up 19 November 2010 - PCI 26 November 2010 - Handover 29 December 2010 - Moved In https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32584 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15923 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 6163 Hi, planning on using the attached stone pieces in my bathroom. I want to remove stains and gloss seal. Can I get some advice on best way to remove stains and best… 0 6712 |