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.
What we measured
252 m²
26 spaces, both storeys, measured to the wall faces
What we are asking for
265 m²
of plank — the floor plus its offcut. 273 m² if spare is kept for repairs.
| Figure | What it is |
|---|---|
| 252 m² | The floor itself: 26 spaces across both storeys, measured to the interior wall faces. |
| 265 m² | The plank to buy. The floor above plus the offcut that cannot be reused — about 12% here, counted rather than assumed. |
| 273 m² | The same, plus roughly three packs kept back for repairs. Boards get discontinued; a matching plank in five years is worth more than the pack costs now. |
| 32 m² | The media room, which is inside the figures above, not additional. It may go to carpet instead — if it does, the plank drops to about 232 m² (239 m² with spare). |
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 flat percentage added for waste — and it is why the number is 12% over the floor rather than the 5–10% a rule of thumb would give.
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.
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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