Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question? 982Feb 26, 2024 5:43 am Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: I work in flooring - do you have a flooring question? 983Feb 26, 2024 5:29 pm wyldey Hi Michelle We're looking at doing solid timber flooring up our straight staircase and across our top floor of our new build. Staircase is concrete, as is our upper floor slab. Been getting quotes and the main difference seems to be in the staircase cost. Seems some companies are quoting ply risers and self leveling compound while others simply do plywood to both treads and risers under the solid wood. I'm building with a reputable custom builder so would hope our stairs are already to Australian standard and pretty level. In your experience is self leveling compound really required? Thanks Hi!! I finally got a reply for you. Sorry I took so long! It depends how the flooring is to be installed. However the floor upstairs is prepared, the same will most likely need to be done to the stairs. ie, if the timber installer is applying a sheet or battens over the Concrete to nail the Flooring into, each tread will need to come up the same amount as all treads and risers must be the same as the next. I have heard that it can be done direct to the concrete now, but ive never seen that done. I would expect they would need to flow it anyway. If we were gluing Engineered Timber to it, we would flow coat the main floor and patch the stairs where required. The concrete stairs will be close, but never perfect. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40875 I posted the floorplan on Houzz.com forum and got some really good ideas and advice from people there. Then we reached out to a couple of renovation companies and one… 5 10460 1) I had requested R6 ceiling insualtion batts, however I noticed that on some areas there are huge gaps which will allow hot air to sweep in, and also noticed black/grey… 0 4773 |