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floorboards imported from china?
I'm referring to solid timber as far as my line of work goes. Carpet stores generally handle the floating stuff here
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Attach pergola to the house or not?
Attaching a pergola takes away the majority of lateral stability issues. Freestanding will need posts in ground and bracing to stop it from falling over
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floorboards imported from china?
It has nothing to do with the Dept. Of Forestry
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floorboards imported from china?
I find it difficult to believe the ATFA said this when they have published many articles recently on the importance of it and the inherent problems caused by so many…
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floorboards imported from china?
ALL TIMBER FLOORING MUST BE ACCLIMATISED IN THE DWELLING
Almost every pack of timber flooring regardless of the mill comes with a brochure detailing the need for acclimatising as well as…
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floorboards imported from china?
I'm sorry but you have no idea what acclimatisation is and why it is necessary. You should not be posting this mis-information.
Are you trying to say that Spotted Gum out…
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Import or Australian made solid timber?
Yes it will be acclimatised to the pack in the warehouse its sitting in - not to their house where it counts.
People seem to get very confused about the definition…
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155mm kauri pine board
Danmar Minyak (also known as Malaysian Kauri Pine) is often used in place of Australian Kauri
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Import or Australian made solid timber?
The vast majority of pre-finished solid hardwood flooring - including Aust. hardwood - is machined and finished in China
Whether the timber has sat in a warehouse in Sydney for 5…
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Patio Roof Trusses
I mean if you decide to line it and there is no anti-con, the condensation that will form under the roof will drip and eventually rot the timber.
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Patio Roof Trusses
What you are talking about sounds like a gable roof, not a trussed roof
Decide if you are going to timber line now as you will need anti-con under the roofing…
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Decking Tool
Do you mean space the boards evenly?
There is a product called Deck-Mate which works very well.
I'm not sure where to get it sorry
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sikkens cetol hls teak on merbau deck?
IMO Sikkens Cetol HLS is the best product you can use on a deck - the 077 or 078 from memory is the natural finish from memory.
Traditional oils are evaporated…
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Best timber for verandah/deck flooring in heritage cottage
I can't imagine the imported species merbau or belian being allowed on a heritage listed house. Generally the original timber or closest match must be used.
Cypress or Tallowwood was very…
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
I don't know anyone who still clamps the floor boards - the norm now is to fix with the secret nailer and then go across with the T-nailer. Its much…
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timber staircase
What you would be getting is Pacific Maple (Meranti spp.), not North American Maple.
Whilst it is a hardwood its not a particulary hard timber. It would be softer than the…
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
We have a customer(home owner) taking another customer ( lic.builder) to Dept. of Fair Trading at the moment for secret-nailing of flooring not suitable for it and the problems it…
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
I mean Boral don't produce wide board overlay flooring that is suitable for secret-fixing so have come up with this 'method'
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steel joists for tongue and groove boards
I've never heard of it, not sure how they would fix it
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
Also be aware there is NSW Spotted Gum and Qld Spotted Gum - the Qld is fairly dark whilst the NSW can range from lightish to mid tones - it…
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
Essentially its Borals poor attempt at countering the 130mm and 180mm x 14mm overlay benefits.
There are that many disclaimers and conditions most installers I know have balked at it
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
Yes, generally dearer per sq. metre
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Solid Timber Spotted Gum - Wide or narrow planks???
If your using 19mm solid flooring the wide boards must be top-nailed whilst the narrow boards can be secret-nailed.
Other than that its purely aesthetic - me personally I'd go the…
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Door Wood
there are threads if you do a search but you need to upload the pics to a host such as Photobucket then paste the link between the IMG tags
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What material is used to "close off" the eaves?
Eaves fibro is 4.5mm and comes in 450mm and 600mm widths
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Radiata Pine
There was also a lot of baltic pine around then as well as Australian Kauri pine laid in the earlier 20th century
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Advise on Blackbutt Feature Timber flooring
Radiata and cypress, whilst both pines are completely different species
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Advise on Blackbutt Feature Timber flooring
Many people buy feature grade for the 'feature', not just for the price. There isn't actually a need to fill borer holes and gum pockets with putty filler