Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Timber flooring species 33Feb 01, 2010 8:18 pm gday, after 20 years in the building industry laying & seeing most hardwood floors, imo that qld spotted gum floors turn out the best especially when the colours vary a lot. The key is to mix up the colours as much as possible. When done right qld spotted gum floors have a warmth like no other. Have photos but wtf 256kib? Re: Timber flooring species 34Mar 08, 2010 7:03 pm Sorry to hijack the thread, but I am after opinions on the difference between select grade spotted gum and feature grade. Have been offered a great price for the feature grade wide boards, but a bit nervous as I haven't seen feature grade layed. Just posted a thread to see if anyone has any pics. I love the colourings of spotted gum, but don't like a lot of the black veiny lines you get on Marri, would these be the lines you would get on spotted gum feature? Or will it be more knots?? Thanks. Re: Timber flooring species 35Apr 12, 2010 2:15 pm You will get a fair amount of gum pockets and insect trails etc in feature grade spotty Re: Timber flooring species 37Feb 09, 2011 1:41 pm Hi All I am deciding which type of flooring to use for the top floor of our new house. We have been looking at Kempas can anyone give us feed back if this a good timber to use ? thanks Re: Timber flooring species 38Feb 12, 2011 8:35 pm Hi guys, I'm new here but I have been a timber floor sales rep for almost 10 years now and it is what I do everyday. I am currently located in Perth WA so my answers are mainly related to the Perth market although I am in touch with Eastern State Reps all the time. Kempas has been popular as a flooring choice for many years but is definitely now on the decline. It really depends on whether you are after a floating engineered floor, prefinished solid or a solid raw T&G overlay floor. In Perth you will be hard pushed to find any of the large wholesalers running raw T&G Flooring anymore. The days of Malaysian/Indonesian solid floors are really over as more people turn back to Australian species. Its not to say it is not a good material but rather you need to be wary of who is importing it and unfortunately as the US$ gets high there is a lot more importing going on and some questionable quality. Kempas as a engineered board is a better choice, you can still get 3.2 and 1 strip flooring and the quality generally will be more consistent. I prefer Kempas a couple of years ago when the colours were a mixture of lighter oranges and golden hues but most recent samples of Kempas is rather pink in colour. You will still find good suppliers of Kempas out there but you need to love the colour. If you search around I know first hand you can get many 1 strip Australian species ie Blackbutt, Jarrah, Spotted Gum, Syd Blue at around the same price. Prefinishing solid kempas (14-19mm) is now becoming available more in the marketplace but feedback from installers is the quality can be a little hit and miss so be wary again. Are you going to float it/ direct stick it?? being upstairs If so what type of underlays do you have in mind? Are you going to be going for Scotia / Skirtings? Cheers Re: Timber flooring species 39May 06, 2011 1:01 pm I used tassie oak as it helped keep my budget down. Wouldn't use it again, it goes yellow over time. Sydney blue gum is my pick. I think thats whats its called. Also, feature grade and epoxy resin filled is more important that the species. Re: Timber flooring species 40May 27, 2011 10:12 pm Bozza ooo we just ordered spotty gum select (boral classic grade) - floor will be laid 27/4-1/5 then will post photos Looking forward to seeing those pics, we've selected the same, we're still getting through the boring paperwork stage of our build so our floors are a long way off although it is one of the features I'm most looking forward to seeing! Building our custom design "Dream Home" Follow my Build - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46820 Contract Signed - 28/04/11 Siteworks Commenced - 20/06/11 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 16054 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 6299 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 6571 |