SLUG Mailing List ArchivesThere's a mob at Terry Hills. We got a "floating" wooden floor laid over
our concrete slab (replaced the carpet my boys killed) use Tassie oak, I
think. They has a large selection of woods and styles. It was fitted
together with groove and no glue from memory.
Thus spake Terry Collins, on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 11:17:51AM +1000:
> Nick Croft wrote:
>
> > Btw, I did the floor here in `yellow-tongue' flooring. All 80m? of it. It
> > just fits together. Hold a batten against the groove and bang lightly with
> > your hammer.
>
> AFAIA; Yep, that the big sheets of toxic compressed wood waste and glue.
> Comes in various grades as indicated by the colour of the plastic strip.
> You will probably find this is used as flooring of "economical" housing
> nowadays, also under hidden floors like bathroom and laundry.
>
> This is different to the traditional tongue and groove boards.
>
> While we are on the subject; does anyone know of a company that makes
> tongue and groove to order from your choice of wood? (I'm trying to get
> Jon to use good aussie woods instead of a foreign import) {:-).
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Cheers,
Craige.
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