Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jun 23, 2012 1:20 pm Just starting a new topic for a bit more traffic ... We are building a new house & getting solid timber (38mm floors). We ended up paying our builder extra $ to raise door jambs, architraves etc but now that we're at flooring stage (by an external contractor) it seems the carpeted areas eg bedrooms won't have the actual floor raised. (Carpet is going in after handover & we haven't sourced it yet). The carpet man at Harvey Norman told me in an initial inquiry they'd just create a 'ramp' under the carpet up to the doorway/transition. Is this the 'perfect' solution in terms of aesthetics ? Or is there an option to build the floor up in the bedrooms. TBH, I thought this is what we're getting with the builder but now I'm not sure as it doesn't seem to be specified in the paperwork with them. The other issue is transition to wet areas - in the builder paperwork they say the ceramic tiles will not be raised - that's fine but what's the best transition to wet areas ? Thanks in advance ! Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 2Jun 09, 2013 10:59 pm I also would like to know RE transition i'm in the process of tender for my home now. the builder would not install solid wood flooring. so we have to source after handover. Carpet will also be done after handover. the only flooring the builder will install is tiles for the laundry & powder room. do i need to ask the builder to raise the tiles? do they do this? the wood flooring im looking to install will only be 26 mm, 12mm ply & 14mm harwood. do i still need to raise my doors and architraves? budgnbear how much higher did you need to go for your flooring of 3.5mm? Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 3Jul 03, 2013 10:51 am We were faced with the same problem when we built - wanted hardwood timber flooring, but were concerned as to the height difference into the other rooms with different flooring (carpet, tiles) Our timber flooring was on 12mm ply, and the boards were 19mm - so roughly 31mm.....add a bit extra for the plastic and cement variations. Our tiler was first in and he screed (if thats the correct term) the bathrooms and laundry so that once the tiles were laid the height was about 35mm. When the timber went down there was a slight difference....maybe a mil or two, but in our opinion it was perfectly fine, then when I chose our carpet I went with the plushest, highest pile I could find and used a really good quality underlay.....then crossed our fingers......end result is not too bad. Here are some photos of the various transition areas - note that the timber floor layer did a lovely routed bullnose finish at each doorway to help with the end look of it all. Tiles to carpet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timber to tiles Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timber to carpet Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hope this helps. Owner Building on 1800sqm Sanity Intact so far Locked up March 2012 Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 4Jul 03, 2013 11:05 am We had bamboo flooring put in. The installers chamfered off the back of the board that goes across doorways where there was a transition to tile or carpet so the levels matched. Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 5Jul 24, 2015 9:50 am Thanks this thread was helpful. We're getting 14mm hardwood over 12mm ply and didn't think of difference between timber and carpet/tiles. What are our options if we don't want diminishing strips? My build thread: Building our first home in the Ascot Estate Pakenham - East West Homes viewtopic.php?t=77799 Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 6Jul 28, 2015 12:27 pm What about just using timber throughout? That would be my preference. We have solid hardwood brushbox floors throughout and they are brilliant. I have a profound dislike of carpet. I have renovated 5 properties and every time I rip out old carpet, the amount of stains and gunk that comes out of it makes me hate carpet even more. I guess if I lived in the southern parts of the country with cold winters I might have a different opinion as carpet is nice under foot in winter. Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 8Jul 31, 2015 12:52 pm 1960s, can't take carpet away from my wife. After cold tiles she was as passionate about carpet as I was about timber, and her passion is much cheaper Adsf, I've asked our builder if we can do plywood under the carpet, so I'll now just have to check if they can screed the wet areas to the same level. Thanks for your help! Re: Solid timber - tranisitions to carpet & wet areas 9Jul 31, 2015 5:03 pm This may be stating the obvious, but I assume that you have enough ceiling height to be able to lose 30-50mm and still have 2400mm clear height? Building Services Engineer Renovating our 1960's modernist home in Brisbane https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=82091 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7252 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8283 |