Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 30, 2011 10:38 pm I didn't see anything in the forum rules not allowing this, but if it does breach any of the rules I apologise to the support/administrators. I've noticed that there are many posts through this forum regarding general questions about bamboo flooring. If you do have any questions about bamboo flooring (underlay v. direct stick, wear and tear against pets, etc) post here and myself or any other bamboo flooring experts (hi Bamboo King if you're reading this ) will get back to you ASAP. In the mean time, opinions on the tiger strand? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 2Oct 01, 2011 8:17 am No questions at this stage but I think I like Tiger Strand. Have never since anything like that before. Would love to see a pic of a whole room done in it. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 3Oct 01, 2011 11:15 am Hi rocketship,
If you type in "tiger strand bamboo flooring" into google images a ton of photos of the tiger strand installed come up. Unfortunately I can't post them here due to copyright issues. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 4Oct 01, 2011 11:19 am We have floating bamboo floorboards, that creak. I mean really creak when you walk on them. Any ideas what causes this? The company who put them in still hasn't come round to check it out. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 5Oct 01, 2011 11:24 am Sorry but that Tiger Strand does nothing for me. I think bamboo looks lovely in the right colour - have seen some in a coffee tone that is gorgeous. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 6Oct 01, 2011 11:50 am Rowena We have floating bamboo floorboards, that creak. I mean really creak when you walk on them. Any ideas what causes this? The company who put them in still hasn't come round to check it out. Hi Rowena, the creaking could be caused by a number of reasons. Firstly just a background check, do you have click floorboards or tongue and groove? And has the floor been installed on concrete or over something else? If you have the click lock flooring, it might be because they didn't wax the "locking tab". If you have tongue and groove, there can be several reasons such as uneven floors, etc. Kyton - Thanks for your opinion. We're currently deciding whether we should import the tiger strand or not. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 7Oct 01, 2011 2:01 pm I'll bite: what's the pros and cons of floating on underlay, vs direct stick, besides the obvious being that the former is easier to remove. We currently have natural strand woven direct stick (tongue and groove, direct stick onto concrete) in my study that was done 4-5 years ago, and it has worked well, and we're about to extend that to the whole house, but was told now with the uniclic, to go with the floating board rather than direct stick. I've seen some floating boards from the tongue and groove days, and they can sound "hollow", so I'm concerned that it will be a problem in future. Re: The Unofficial Bamboo Flooring Topic 8Oct 01, 2011 2:48 pm Hi PHL, Besides the obvious that floating floor is easier to remove, it is cheaper and depending on the quality of underlay used, the floors will feel less "hard" to walk on than direct stick flooring. Generally the elderly prefer floating floors as its easier on the joints. Like you said, floating floor is more prone to the "hollow" sounds or creaking. You have to be very pedantic on the levelness of your floor to prevent this, and being floating floor they are more likely to move than when directly stuck. The uniclics are also called click and locks because, funnily enough each floorboard click and locks onto each other. They are less likely to move as oppose to tongue and groove; where joints are simply inserted into place. Also, depending on how level the concrete floor is and the quality of the underlay it is also less likely to have that hollow sound than tongue and groove. Please excuse the horrible, horrible diagrams but hopefully you get the idea. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The biggest disadvantage of having floating floors is that it is very difficult to sand down and revarnish over time. As there is nothing binding floorboards to concrete, when a sanding machine is applied to the floorboards it's likely that the flooring will rise. Direct stick flooring is more secure and less prone to creaking or hollow sounding. It is more expensive, but if you have unleveled or uneven floors glue is more forgiving and slightly evens out the concrete our where as the underlay does not so. And of course if after time your flooring looks really worn out, you can sand down and revarnish without any problems. Hope this was helpful and best of luck. 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 6173 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 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 6432 |