Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 17, 2008 12:30 pm We are loving living in our new home ! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... &start=315 Re: Has anyone used Boral Slimwood ? 3Jun 17, 2008 1:34 pm We are loving living in our new home ! https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... &start=315 Re: Has anyone used Boral Slimwood ? 8Jun 17, 2008 9:23 pm Hi rowan - I'm not quite as fussy as DH, but you can feel the difference - just not as solid underfoot, I guess I would say. The Boral Slimwood is glued down, so you wouldn't have that 'hollow' feel. It doesn't bother me all that much, but it DOES bother DH I guess it's just one of those things that's a matter of personal taste.
Googled "Gunns" - it's in Tasmania . Anyone have any suggestions for where to look in suburban Melbourne? Solidarity, not solidity.......The Lexicon of Life Re: Has anyone used Boral Slimwood ? 9Jun 17, 2008 9:39 pm The Boral website might have a list of their outlets. Someone gave me a list for Adelaide & boral slimwood was available through many outlets including carpet court.
We ended up getting ours (sydney bluegum 13mm I think ) through planet timbers who source their own timber, & we used the direct stick method. We've also had a floating floor & didn't like the "feel" of it as much, all personal choice though. Re: Has anyone used Boral Slimwood ? 10Jun 17, 2008 11:48 pm Hi Petal,
We're in WA, but Gunns is national - in Melbourne its located at 1 Rogers Street, Port Melbourne Ph: 03 9646 0088. There is one in every state. They only have the best select grade, so the colour and grain is really nice. For the price, the boards are much wider and being prefinished is very convenient, no mess! We particularly wanted prefinished with a nice shine, http://www.gunns.com.au/timber/distribution.html As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17935 Hi All, we are starting to think of building with Masterpiece Builders in Victoria, has anyone had any feedback or experience with them 0 13654 Hi we are looking to talk to people who have built with them recently. We have signed mid range built contract but identified that a lot of things are not included.… 0 747 |