Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Nov 17, 2014 3:01 pm We are getting to the end of our new home build. Anyone advise what goes in first - carpets or engineered timber? Carpet people are saying they install after timber flooring and timber flooring people are saying carpets go in first! Re: Install carpet to timber first? 2Nov 17, 2014 3:09 pm We were told by the place that did ours (they did both timber and carpets) that the timber needs to go in first. Something to do with the doorway joins... Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: Install carpet to timber first? 3Nov 17, 2014 4:02 pm When we had ours done, the timber went in first. There's a lot of dust created from cutting boards, quad and fitting them under doorway skirtings....and you don't want that through your new carpet! Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7284 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15909 That's a fantastic result! Happy you got it sorted out. cheers Simeon 6 8640 |