floating timber floors in the kitchen

[Cassandra]

Trav,
we just put a real solid wood floor in the kitchen. My husband did it all himself and he said it was fiddly but easy. We ended up getting a new product from Brazil that is only 11 mm thick and is glued down over wood or concrete. It is already finished too. It cost $60 a sq metre. The result is absolutely wonderful! It was worth the hunting around to find it. Only one place has it, near the airport in Sydney. The only trick was to use solvent based glue. The rest was easy.
Cassandra

[Markw]

Trav,
Only one place has it, near the airport in Sydney. The only trick was to use solvent based glue. The rest was easy.
Cassandra

Cassandra,
Could I have some more details of this product (is it a single timber or layers of timber, click together etc) and the retaillers location.

with thanks

[Cassandra]

The company is Indusfloor. Phone number is 9516-0733. Address is 20/2 Bishop St, St. Peters. Tell them you went to the home show and saw it there. They have permission to sell to the public under that condition but otherwise are wholesalers.
We used 60 sq metres so far and have another 30 or so to go before done. The budget is tight so that room will have to wait.
It is very thin, one range of colours comes in 8 mm thick and the others in 11 mm thick. We chose the 11, chestnut. It comes from plantations in Brazil. The only problem we had was using a water base glue first time then had to pull all that up and do it over again with new wood and solvent based glue. We have glued it to the wood floor and there is also a section that was concrete......about 2 sq mt. Glued to it too. We are extremely happy with it. No ledge into kitchen that is noticeable, already finished. Been down a month now and not a mark even though we have 2 dogs and 6 kids (all of whom are in their 20's, only 4 are ours, the other 2 are boarders).
Hope that answers the questions.
Cass

[Cassandra]

Realised I didn't actually answer your question. It is solid wood with tongue and groves on all 4 sides. Easy to put together.
Cass

[seriph1]

hi cassandra

Does this product "click" together? Also .... any chance of a pic - of the floor, not the tribe

[Cassandra]

It has little 'projections' coming out of the edges like a tongue and groove. They slot into the next piece. A bit tricky to get the gaps even, says hubby but he has done it all himself and it looks stunning!
I'll get hubby to do the photo. I'm inept with those things still. He'll be back tomorrow. I'll include the ones of the kitchen. If you remember we have had a lot of discussion on what lights, floors, windows, etc to use. Kitchen is now done, except some little touch ups that'll get done before we move in 20 or so years...........lol.

[Cassandra]

here goes. Photo of floor and kitchen.
Cass

[seriph1]

thanks heaps for the pics

well done on the results! That timber looks like jarrah in the pic ..... is there a very slight bevel on each board to accentuate the joins?

[Cassandra]

Yes

[Markw]

Many thanks Cassandra, this looks like something I might use