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Post by manuela on Jun 3, 2007 13:57:14 GMT 12
we live in a 70s house... now the floor in the living area needs urgent attention (same "lovely" carpet since the house has been built) - I am not sure what's under the carpet - some kind of wood as it squeaks! I would love a wooden floor (but me thinks it is not in the budget) the next option would be one of those new vynil floors.... carpet is just too hard with pets and children....
who can help me? just some other opinions would be nice....
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Post by meandog on Jun 3, 2007 14:10:13 GMT 12
;D Right Manuela, are you or hubby able to see under the floor, like in the basement etc. to see if it is wooden floor boards. If so a commercial sander and polyurathane maybe the answer. If its particle board that can also be polyurathaned, but personally I do not like it. Hey! how long have we had spell checker on here???
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Post by Dalbyj on Jun 3, 2007 14:28:32 GMT 12
Hey! how long have we had spell checker on here??? Well, I registered on Sept 26, 2006 ... so just over 8 months
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Post by meandog on Jun 3, 2007 14:38:02 GMT 12
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Post by macker on Jun 3, 2007 17:09:13 GMT 12
Hey Manuela. We have the same issue in our house. We are quite lucky, half the floor of our house is matai, the other half is rimu.
One day (??) the living areas will be sanded and polished. The bedrooms will be carpet.
Will you be doing it yourselves? Because I believe Cowleys in Whangarei has a big assed sander for hire.
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Post by ladypenelope on Jun 3, 2007 17:41:05 GMT 12
I have to say that the new synthetic carpets are the only way to go with children and pets. They are sooooooo easy to keep clean and probably the cheapest flooring you can get.
They are very hard wearing and lovely to the touch.
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Post by ladypenelope on Jun 3, 2007 17:42:08 GMT 12
Now that I have covered that topic........ I'm away........ ;D
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Post by meandog on Jun 3, 2007 17:51:50 GMT 12
Hey Manuela. We have the same issue in our house. We are quite lucky, half the floor of our house is matai, the other half is rimu. One day (??) the living areas will be sanded and polished. The bedrooms will be carpet. Will you be doing it yourselves? Because I believe Cowleys in Whangarei has a big assed sander for hire. Yep! ya can't beat the native timber flooring, only one other way to go if it involves raucous kids and stroppy pets is tiles. LOL.
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Post by manuela on Jun 3, 2007 17:59:20 GMT 12
Hey Manuela. We have the same issue in our house. We are quite lucky, half the floor of our house is matai, the other half is rimu. One day (??) the living areas will be sanded and polished. The bedrooms will be carpet. Will you be doing it yourselves? Because I believe Cowleys in Whangarei has a big assed sander for hire. shivers.... we are twins cowleys up here got one too ;D we used it at work before! don't think we opt for the sanding - it is only cheap wood - but as you say madmac... who knows when this going to happen, the bathroom is overdue to be revamped, just very hard to tie a builder and plumber in at the same time, and I don't want to live in a construction site forever... also just found a cracked floor tile in our kitchen (only 3 years old), but that shouldn't be a major to fix ourselves??!!
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Post by manuela on Jun 3, 2007 18:01:21 GMT 12
Hey Manuela. We have the same issue in our house. We are quite lucky, half the floor of our house is matai, the other half is rimu. One day (??) the living areas will be sanded and polished. The bedrooms will be carpet. Will you be doing it yourselves? Because I believe Cowleys in Whangarei has a big assed sander for hire. Yep! ya can't beat the native timber flooring, only one other way to go if it involves raucous kids and stroppy pets is tiles. LOL. tiles are lovely but you need underfloor heating for that - I wish we put underfloor heating in the kitchen, just horrible in the winter (for my old bones )
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Post by macker on Jun 3, 2007 18:02:36 GMT 12
old?
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Post by manuela on Jun 3, 2007 18:10:10 GMT 12
old? today the bones feel old (and there is more yachting at 1am...) but hey and old wine and cheese... you can't beat
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Post by OasisNZ on Jun 3, 2007 18:12:25 GMT 12
Yep! ya can't beat the native timber flooring, only one other way to go if it involves raucous kids and stroppy pets is tiles. LOL. tiles are lovely but you need underfloor heating for that - I wish we put underfloor heating in the kitchen, just horrible in the winter (for my old bones ) Is there any insulation in the underflooring? this can make a big difference, we have started fitting this polystyrene accordion type stuff between the joists under the kitchen and it seems to be making a difference. We are also planning to tile the wash-house/toilet section, but won't be worrying about insulation out there, don't want to make the toilet too comfortable! Will need to invest in some slippers I guess...
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Post by OasisNZ on Jun 3, 2007 18:13:52 GMT 12
PS, that could be a good use for the polystyrene stuff you accumulate, take a bit of mucking about to cut it to size, but there you go!
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Post by macker on Jun 3, 2007 18:15:05 GMT 12
Friends of ours put in that underfloor insulation O, they reckon it made a world of difference!
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Post by OasisNZ on Jun 3, 2007 18:29:28 GMT 12
Kiwis have traditionally been pretty poor at designing and building good secure homes, Manuela will know what I mean there. I mean, where is the basement-come-bunker for one thing? Kiwis are building their homes out of straw, the big bad wolf will blow them all away.
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Post by snooka on Jun 3, 2007 18:38:56 GMT 12
Years ago we ripped up some Lino in our Kitchen... Not this house... Anyways it was a gib floor under the lino... So we hired a commercial Sander and went over it... Then put self adhesive tiles down... They were easy to put down and lasted years...
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Post by manuela on Jun 3, 2007 19:28:07 GMT 12
the kitchen is on (in ?) the second floor - slippers are the way
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Post by meandog on Jun 3, 2007 19:29:36 GMT 12
Yep! ya can't beat the native timber flooring, only one other way to go if it involves raucous kids and stroppy pets is tiles. LOL. tiles are lovely but you need underfloor heating for that - I wish we put underfloor heating in the kitchen, just horrible in the winter (for my old bones ) Ya! But don't you live in the winterless north? LMAO
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Post by macker on Jun 3, 2007 19:35:41 GMT 12
Winterless North?
That is a bloody fallacy!
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