Flooring Issues

8 years ago

We have just laid floating floor in our backroom the floor looks more red then it came out in these photos

this area transitions into the kitchen with a step as you can see in the photo. We have pulled up the vinyl in the kitchen hoping to sand and stain the floorboards like the rest of the house unfortunately they are not the same quality and can't be used. We thought since there is a step the transition in wood would not be as bad, now that they can't be used we don't know whether to use the floating floor from the backroom in the kitchen or go with a completely different product like a tile or vinyl so the two woods don't transition straight into each other. This is the loungeroom and then the flow of all three, This photo shows the kitchen which are not saveable.

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SJ McCarthy
8 years ago
I'm having a hard time making out what it is you need help with. Do you need help with FINDING flooring for the kitchen? Do you need help repairing the kitchen? I'm not sure. The subfloors look to be slatted wood. Is that correct?

If you want a FLAT transition...then go with sheet goods. It is the easiest way to do this....but beware. The spaces between the planks will transfer through anything that is pliable. We call this telegraphing.
Kerry-anne Phillis
Original Author
8 years ago
Sorry yes trying to think of what to put in the kitchen now that we can’t use the existing timber boards. We don’t know whether to go with the floorboards we have used in the back room or go with something completely different in the kitchen like a completely different colour vinyl. The three rooms flow into each other and would mean 3 types of flooring if we do that. The lounge room is the lighter original floorboards I showed which have been sanded and stained.
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SJ McCarthy
8 years ago
You have two different woods already. If you "finish" the kitchen subfloor planks, you will have a third wood, am I correct?

Here's the problem I see: If you ADD the engineered wood in the kitchen you will produce a FLOOR HEIGHT variation that will be the thickness of the wood plank being used. That can be a trip hazard unless you use a wide/broad reducer (like 3" - 5" wide) between the floors. This type of floor-height variation is not desirable. If it HAS to happen, then so be it. But if it does NOT have to happen, then don't do it.

Now we are back to the problem of 3 different floors in three different spaces. Kinda like what you already have....just updated. OK...now the REAL fun begins.

Here's how I see this happening: 1) You bite the bullet and lay the engineered hardwood THROUGHOUT the space (have all three floors the same wood = expensive and you cover up the work you have already done). 2) You FINISH the subfloor planks that exist in the kitchen and simply LIVE WITH THE IT. 3) You put down a thin sheet vinyl product (no transition issues) and have a third flooring product inside of 10ft.

I'm sorry to say but this is where you are. As for the new engineered hardwood, the installation doesn't look quite right. I'm seeing plenty of "H" joints where the planks do not seem to be staggered properly.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
8 years ago
You need to finish a section before pronouncing whether or not the floor can be used. Looks fine to me.