I've spoken to many property owners during the last 30 years who thought that they had been fortunate, clever or well-connected enough to get bargain priced timber flooring. Nonetheless, flooring Melbourne homes is frequently not as straightforward as that and significant extra cost can be added to your flooring project which will quickly eat into any savings you may have made at the start.
As an example, some of the discount laminate wood flooring that costs just a couple of dollars per square metre can cause big big problems mainly due to the lower quality and risks associated with laminated floors. If installation has not been finished to very high standard by experienced and skilful flooring installers, the potential for issues is huge.
A typical problem where laminate wood flooring has been poorly laid is when there's a potential for moisture to be present in the house. This is often possible in basements, bathrooms and sometimes laundries. As the house heats and cools, any moisture will be absorbed quickly into the low quality flooring which will then warp, buckle or crack.
Another problem is when there's any potential for subsidence or sinking underneath the laminate wood floor. Because many laminate wood flooring lock securely together at the joins, any subsidence or sinking can damage the edges of the joins as there's no give.
These are similar issues to bamboo laminated floors which is very open to problems from moisture. Poorer quality bamboo flooring can buckle, bend and twist badly with even a low amount of moisture so a top quality product is even more important than for laminate wood floors.
Another issue with bamboo flooring is due to it being quite a new product compared with a lot of hardwood timber flooring of which has been in use for many hundreds of years. Considering this, many flooring businesses and installers simply don't often have the information or experience with the specific properties of bamboo to understand how and where it should be laid.
So, dollars can definitely be saved when first purchasing flooring products whether laminate wood, hardwood or bamboo flooring. But having stated that, to purchase discount flooring successfully absolutely requires that you have got the relevant product and installation information for that product so mostly, you can reduce your risks.
To get it wrong can be a very, very pricey mistake and I have seen complete floors requiring replacement because of mistakes made at purchase. Therefore, both product and installation go together and each must be chosen well if you are to benefit from a high quality floor over the long term.
As an example, some of the discount laminate wood flooring that costs just a couple of dollars per square metre can cause big big problems mainly due to the lower quality and risks associated with laminated floors. If installation has not been finished to very high standard by experienced and skilful flooring installers, the potential for issues is huge.
A typical problem where laminate wood flooring has been poorly laid is when there's a potential for moisture to be present in the house. This is often possible in basements, bathrooms and sometimes laundries. As the house heats and cools, any moisture will be absorbed quickly into the low quality flooring which will then warp, buckle or crack.
Another problem is when there's any potential for subsidence or sinking underneath the laminate wood floor. Because many laminate wood flooring lock securely together at the joins, any subsidence or sinking can damage the edges of the joins as there's no give.
These are similar issues to bamboo laminated floors which is very open to problems from moisture. Poorer quality bamboo flooring can buckle, bend and twist badly with even a low amount of moisture so a top quality product is even more important than for laminate wood floors.
Another issue with bamboo flooring is due to it being quite a new product compared with a lot of hardwood timber flooring of which has been in use for many hundreds of years. Considering this, many flooring businesses and installers simply don't often have the information or experience with the specific properties of bamboo to understand how and where it should be laid.
So, dollars can definitely be saved when first purchasing flooring products whether laminate wood, hardwood or bamboo flooring. But having stated that, to purchase discount flooring successfully absolutely requires that you have got the relevant product and installation information for that product so mostly, you can reduce your risks.
To get it wrong can be a very, very pricey mistake and I have seen complete floors requiring replacement because of mistakes made at purchase. Therefore, both product and installation go together and each must be chosen well if you are to benefit from a high quality floor over the long term.
About the Author:
Andre Roslaniec is a timber flooring expert with the business he started over 25 years ago, Astoria Floors. He is still passionate about helping property owners and renovators find out what they need to know to avoid costly blunders when selecting timber flooring and bamboo flooring Melbourne . His new book "The Little Black Book of Flooring Secrets", 2011 edition, is complementary and available at his blog site at "floors and flooring Melbourne". You can also view Andre's videos on his You Tube channel, or find him on twitter and face book.
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