Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 26, 2010 1:27 pm Hey guys Finally, our black butt floating floorboards go in next Tuesday. All up around 45 sq meters Big open plan lounge/kitchen area, and entrance hall and hall way....hall is L shaped. Any ideas on what to expect ? How long should it take ? How noisy is it ? Is it dusty ? I have plasma on wall, I aim to put components (DVD,foxtel iq, 360) on a small wooden chair that the guys can hopefully 'work around'. Heaps easier than unplugging everything. We have removed all slate all carpet and pulled up all old staples. Thanks peeps! Re: floating floor install...what to expect 2Sep 26, 2010 2:02 pm Any ideas on what to expect ? How level is your subfloor? That's what I'd be looking at first ... What type of installation is this (float or glue)? If they are not levelling your subfloor, and if you're simply floating it on foam underlay, and if you are not sanding the floor after laying, the noise&dust is nothing to worry about. I'd also say in that case they can finish everything in 2 days max (2 people). My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: floating floor install...what to expect 8Sep 29, 2010 10:39 pm Installer came out tonight Wed. Tells my wife WE need to organise a sander for about 4-5 hrs of sanding @ about $400-$500 And WE need to remove ALL skirts around the house. About a 5 hour job. Is this normal ? I thought the installers would do all this. How the hell can I organize trades to do this in such short time. My wife has RDO friday and I can start late 3pm on Monday. And floor is being installed TUESDAY. He said the install will only take 6 hours. Why didn't we get more notice, and is installer doing his job or fobbing some of it off on us ? Said we need skirts off so the floor can sit under, or they have to use round edgy stuff that 'don't look as good' Re: floating floor install...what to expect 9Sep 30, 2010 7:41 am Hey dg, Would be good to know / see your skirting boards, how firmly are they attached. Is it old or brand new house? SBs can be removed, but some damage will happen to plaster - depending on how firmly are the skirts attached. You need a sharp thin stanley knife and a super strong flat paint stripper, about 75-100mm wide (or both). Alternatively (easier) - don't touch the skirts, but you'll have to have the additional moulding. BTW, 45m2 is not a lot of skirts to remove, but again, it depends! Why do you need a sander? You said earlier that "And we won't be sanding the floor afterwards". My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: floating floor install...what to expect 10Sep 30, 2010 8:08 am Installer used a piece of wood on the chipboard to see if chipboard floor is straight, and found a few bumps and bows. Said it needs to be sanded before he starts. Idiot me tonight they would do the lot, prep, install. Re: floating floor install...what to expect 12Sep 30, 2010 10:01 pm They should have explained about the skirting boards. It's a dog of a job too, plan on some of them getting damaged, you will need to allow for replacing some of them. Also, getting them off might take off some of the paint/plasterboard on the bottom of the walls so you will need to touch up paint. You can minimise this by carefully running a stanley knife along the top of the skirts before ripping them off. You'll also need to fill and repaint holes on the skirts when you nail them back on. We had a friend come over with his nail gun and compressor and help put them back on, which helped a lot. Re: floating floor install...what to expect 14Oct 15, 2010 6:43 pm Hi, Less than a week ago I had a floating floor installed throughout most of my house (except bathroom and laundry). Premium Uniclic Readyflor heavea is the product that was installed. My house is in rural Midcoast NSW. I had it installed professionally by the Retailer's recommended installer. I have posted a photo of the scotia in my new topic "Premium Uniclic Readyflor" at the kickboards of the kitchen to show the issues I have with the gaps. You may be interested? It was very dusty near the saw and the dust was throughout the house. It seems to be very important to have a level floor for floating floors if you want your perimeter scotia or skirts to have no gaps under them, but even having a perfectly level subfloor like my concrete slab is no guarantee of a flush job. Thanks, that's the motivation I needed to give it a try sooner rather than one day! 4 3017 To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 416 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 6164 |