Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Vinyl planks Vs engineered timber Vs tiles 9Jul 21, 2015 10:06 am Thanks everyone. We are now ripping up everything and putting down tiles. The vinyl floors over the top of the existing tiles would have made the ceilings under legal height - so a bit of a risk. The engineered timber we love, but there would be a slight height difference between the timber and tiles so they would need to be transition strips around the kitchen area (a BIG space) and the lounge. It would effectively put a big metal box around the areas and would look really average. So tiles it is. Looking into under floor heating now, although I suspect it might be out of budget not a deal breaker as we live on the GC and winters are pretty mild anyway. Hi l plan to install a self adhesive vinyl plank floor. l first need to attach masonite boards underlay to by plywood subfloor of my house. What size nails and how many… 0 8370 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15907 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 6141 |