#55 - Floors, Levels & Transitions - Flooring Explained for Renovations

About this episode

This episode covers various flooring options and considerations for renovations.

Flooring is one of the biggest design decisions in a renovation - but it’s also structural, thermal, and incredibly hard to change later. In this episode, we cover everything from timber, tile and LVT to polished concrete, terrazzo, carpets, subfloors and underfloor heating compatibility. What we cover Engineered timber vs solid timber - and why engineered wood is so popular these days Stone, porcelain and the maintenance requirements LVT, glue-down vs click, why levelli...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jenny Sheahan, Kate O'Driscoll

Topics covered

• flooring
• renovation
• design decisions
• materials
• maintenance
• underfloor heating

Keywords

• flooring
• renovations
• timber
• LVT
• polished concrete
• maintenance
• underfloor heating

Mentioned in this episode

Products: timber, tile, LVT, polished concrete, terrazzo, carpets, subfloors, underfloor heating, Engineered timber, solid timber

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