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| Thread ID: 122241 | 2011-12-10 08:46:00 | The what of floors? | beetle (243) | PC World Chat |
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| 1247943 | 2011-12-11 00:12:00 | That false wooden flooring is pre finished so it's put down and forget but as Metla says dogs will scratch it as unlike cats they can't retract their claws. There are several different types what's important is the underside some is plywood and some is crap chipboard | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1247944 | 2011-12-11 00:31:00 | My :2cents: Like Gary I've been in the trade and the click together fake wood, basically tempered hardboard with vinyl coating, is reasonably straight forward to use if you have the right gear ... It isn't easy to cut and unless the skirting boards are off, you're going to run into problems getting a neat finish. The Real Wood click together is easier to cut, but often not pre-finished and you have to sand then polyurethane after it's put down. Lino ... be careful that the old stuff is not asbestos backed if you're considering lifting it up ... take a sample into carpet shop and they should be able to advise you if it is or not. One thing I have seen done is to get everything up to the point of carpet ready to go in and put it on the market with the added bonus (marketing jargon) that the owner (seller) is prepared to re-carpet the place in the buyers choice of carpet, up to a value of $xxx.00 That option may be your best bet, but that's only my opinion ... |
SP8's (9836) | ||
| 1247945 | 2011-12-11 03:36:00 | That fake wood looks good when installed properly, and really really bad when its not . I bought a house with those exact strips over a particle board floor . It looks like crap . Metla's right - it has to be laid right . In my case whoever did it made the trow too short so some of the strips actually slide back and forward when you walk on them and expose the floor underneath, and many have larger than natural looking gaps between them for the same reason . Also, if you spill a sufficient amount of water, or leave any water on the floor it can soak between the strips and make your particle board floor underneath swell into lumps, which looks even more awesome . I wouldn't recommend it . I don't think it looks more natural to be honest . It looks like a badly laid floor that someone has tried hard to make not look fake, but has failed miserably . Mine is the only floor I've seen with those lino strips, so maybe others look better, I wouldn't know . |
catspyjamas (15614) | ||
| 1247946 | 2011-12-11 03:57:00 | ^ Sounds like the floor was laid poorly. I still say it's a good product. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1247947 | 2011-12-11 04:36:00 | It is a good product. Should be laid by a professional, and don't forget that any floor covering is only as good as what is underneath it. If the original floor is 'bouncy' you may need something like the stuff they nail down before laying tiles. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1247948 | 2011-12-11 06:54:00 | it would be going on a concrete floor, which has yellow lino on it............ my whole house is concrete floor. :) | beetle (243) | ||
| 1247949 | 2011-12-11 06:55:00 | There is a coating you can apply to them to protect them from water, recommended for when used in kitchens and bathrooms. Funny enough I was just visiting the in-laws and they had their kitchen floor done, Looks mint, Changed the entire room. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1247950 | 2011-12-11 07:03:00 | Here is a photo or 2, of the area, its not super clean, the dust just keeps turning up, and yes i have washed the floor. they just wont come clean, the big slab shape was a fire place before i came along, and the other bit by the tiles black and yellow was a wall, also before i came along. beetle :) |
beetle (243) | ||
| 1247951 | 2011-12-11 07:03:00 | it would be going on a concrete floor, which has yellow lino on it............ my whole house is concrete floor. :) You need a lino lifter, or you can use heat to soften glue and lift yourself, then it needs sanding after that. That applies to whatever you replace your current lino. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1247952 | 2011-12-11 07:20:00 | But the last people didnt........ they put lino over existing or carpet over existing.... thats why i have 9 different types of lino in my house....... :( the whole house is lino. |
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