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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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1247963	2011-12-12 04:02:00	well everything that i am painting is grey, grey or grey and grey just for a change........... so i want a dark steel gery carpet...with dots.............................................. ................ :p you can see in the photos above the lounge wall, thats the darkest grey i have used, and i think it looks good if i dont say so myself...... beetle	beetle (243)
1247964	2011-12-12 04:17:00	Just an idea. Carpet tiles are cheap,easy to lay,and the floor underneath does not have to be perfect.	gradebdan (2186)
1247965	2011-12-12 06:54:00	Pre-finished cork or lino tiles in the bathroom and kitchen ... carpet in the rest ... neutral colours of course beetle ... nothing to OTT ... :DExactly. You do not want to devalue your house so stick to basic carpet in all living areas and lino (or lino tiles) in the wet areas. Don't recarpet until you are ready to sell the house, otherwise the dogs may mark the floors.	Jen (38)
1247966	2011-12-12 07:00:00	Pre-finished cork or lino tiles in the bathroom and kitchen ... carpet in the rest ... neutral colours of course beetle ... nothing to OTT ... :D Usually a mistake as unless the edges and joints are sealed properly they will look like crap in no time. Standard cork tiles with five coats of moisture cure polyurethane will seal everything. The other thing is pre-finished cork tiles are not a very good quality of cork.	mikebartnz (21)
1247967	2011-12-12 10:30:00	Just a quick question beetle: is the subfloor concrete throughout? That isn't quite clear from your descriptions. We have a mix of tongue & groove and particle board flooring upstairs, and concrete downstairs. Our floor coverings have proved very durable, and. upstairs is mainly carpet with cork tiles in the kitchen, dining and bathroom. Downstairs we have carpet apart from the bathromm and that is cork tiles again. After 23 years we are only now on our second lot of carpet, but the cork tiles are still as new. They were sealed with a moisture cure polyurethane and it simply doesn't wear. They are great for kitchens, laundries and bathrooms/toilets. If you have glued down vinyl you could carpet over that no sweat, but I wouldn't try that fake wood, better to do a reasonably economic wool carpet in fact, as a buyer would probably rip anything else up as soon as they moved in and would negotiate the price accordingly. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
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