Flooring · South East Queensland

What the job is, and what it needs

A two-storey house going to one continuous floor. This page is the size of the job, the plans it was measured from, and the boards under consideration. Quotes and costs are handled separately.

Floor in scope

252 m²

26 spaces, both storeys

To order

282 m²

counted plank by plank

With attic stock

291 m²

spare kept for repairs

Media room

32 m²

priced separately, carpet or vinyl

The order figure is counted, not estimated: every room is laid out plank by plank, rows across the width and the offcut from one row starting the next when it is long enough. That produces a count rather than a percentage added for waste.

The plans

Every room drawn to its interior wall faces, from the written dimensions on the original 2003 sheets and checked against laser readings on site. Shaded rooms are outside the flooring scope — wet areas and the stairs.

Ground floor plan, dimensioned — Ground floor — click for full size.

Upper floor plan, dimensioned — Upper floor — click for full size.

The boards

Three candidates, all luxury vinyl plank, all with the same 0.5 mm wear layer. What differs is thickness, pack size and whether there is an acoustic backing built in — which matters here because the upper storey sits over living space.

Board	Colour	Plank	Thickness	Wear layer	Pack
NFD (National Flooring Distributors) Tranquility	Classic Teak	228 x 1524 mm	5.0 mm	0.5 mm	2.09 m²
NFD (National Flooring Distributors) Cascade	Chandler 552	228.6 x 1524 mm	4.5 mm	0.5 mm	2.79 m²
House & Haven Series 150	Exotic Moy Oak	1525 x 229 mm	4.5 mm	0.5 mm	2.79 m²

Install method is not settled across all three, and it changes more than it looks: floating needs an underlay over a slab and wastes more offcut than glue-down, because a click-lock edge has to stay intact. That is a question for whoever quotes it.

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