Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 2Oct 18, 2012 6:40 pm CALL 1300GOHARVEY www.harveynormanflooring.com.au Carpet, Rugs, Timber, Bamboo, Laminate, Vinyl & Vinyl Tiles TIMBERMAX Real Australian Hardwood Flooring IN STORES NOW Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 10Oct 28, 2012 2:01 pm Thanks Nobl - we are very happy with our bamboo floors, it's looks fantastic and we've had nothing but positive feedback. It sounds like you've done the right thing and researched prices, I'm not sure that there's much more you can do. The higher price must be something to do with the brand/supply vs. demand in your area. Sorry I can't be of much help! But I don't think you will regret going with the bamboo if you do decide to stick with it Kayla Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 12Oct 29, 2012 10:18 am Happy to hear that you've been happy with your floors Kayla! I can't wait to live on bamboo Flooring choice can make me go around in circles....but in the end, I think I will be happy with a natural product, and if it's affordable, even better. Cherie, I actually haven't decided on the bamboo yet, I just know that I will be getting Natural because I like light colours for my floor. But I think Australiana is beautiful, more like timber than any other bamboo colour. Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 13Oct 29, 2012 12:07 pm nobl Happy to hear that you've been happy with your floors Kayla! I can't wait to live on bamboo Flooring choice can make me go around in circles....but in the end, I think I will be happy with a natural product, and if it's affordable, even better. Cherie, I actually haven't decided on the bamboo yet, I just know that I will be getting Natural because I like light colours for my floor. But I think Australiana is beautiful, more like timber than any other bamboo colour. You'll find natural is cheaper because it doesn't have to be stained like the redder colours, it will probably come on sale of you have time to wait. We could've got ours $10 cheaper per metre if we went natural or coffee but we loved the red Uluru too much to be swayed. Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 14Nov 05, 2012 12:25 pm kjw7 nobl Happy to hear that you've been happy with your floors Kayla! I can't wait to live on bamboo Flooring choice can make me go around in circles....but in the end, I think I will be happy with a natural product, and if it's affordable, even better. Cherie, I actually haven't decided on the bamboo yet, I just know that I will be getting Natural because I like light colours for my floor. But I think Australiana is beautiful, more like timber than any other bamboo colour. You'll find natural is cheaper because it doesn't have to be stained like the redder colours, it will probably come on sale of you have time to wait. We could've got ours $10 cheaper per metre if we went natural or coffee but we loved the red Uluru too much to be swayed. Yeah, I'm thinking of natural, and I found them to be cheaper than the stained ones but no different in price to the coffee. Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 15Nov 05, 2012 12:43 pm I have another question...hopefully someone knows something about this. Just to recap, I'm laying floating bamboo floors on a concrete slab. I want to avoid sealing the concrete slab if possible, and just use a moisture barrier and then install floating bamboo..am I taking a risk by doing this? It's a new house if that makes a difference to how much water might rise through the slab? At the moment, with the limited knowledge I have, I am thinking to skip the concrete sealant, not really because of the price (I was told about $300 for a few buckets) but also because it seems I don't have the skills to apply it without getting it everywhere. And I am not sure how many layers of this it needs (and apparently I need to get each layer to dry first before applying more layers)...so it could add another few days to the flooring project. Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 16Nov 05, 2012 3:22 pm Nobl - our concrete wasn't sealed at all before the bamboo was put down, I hadn't even heard of this until now. But the bamboo isn't laid directly onto the concrete, an underlay is put down first. Kayla Re: Cost of Installation? To DIY or not... Bamboo floating f 18Nov 06, 2012 6:38 am Thank you Kayla and Carmel, I will just use a waterproof underlay and not worry about sealing the concrete. That would make my life A LOT easier !!! Too much to worry about already Thanks again... 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 6436 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I mean, I install them/sell them for a living so I haven't done DIY, unless you count the first one I installed lol. (electrician by trade). Usually a 6-8 hour job for… 3 41782 Thanks, that's the motivation I needed to give it a try sooner rather than one day! 4 3287 |