Real timber floors will always provide a more luxurious feel to a home. The longer timber floor boards have a completely different look to the manufactured engineered floor boards, that are all short lengths. As Floor sanders we are often asked to repair and re sand engineered timber floors. This can prove difficult at times as product lines are discontinued or the sizing changes and we are unable to find replacement boards. Sometimes during a home renovation a room may be extended and the owners wish to continue the engineer flooring into the new extension. This can cause major problems to the building budget when a matching product is no longer available. Engineered floors are a product worth considering in certain situations. Just make sure that surplus boards are purchased for that unforeseen mishap or for when the wooden floors require floor sanding and polishing or floor repairs in the future. Installation and Floor Sanding Engineered Timber Floors

I have millboard, front verandah and back patio, it has been down going on three years, lust love it. Easy care good looking product.

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I had some clients that had this colorbond wrap over their timber fascias, which was a similar style to yours and they were very unhappy with the end result. Judging from the age of your home the existing fascia is probabaly a rough sawn oregon timber which has its own character. As timber can be readily trimmed, filled and sanded, the junctions between pieces, and at corners can be easily disguised to give the impression that they are continuous lengths. The problem with the colorbond material is the lengths are limited, and that the joints cannot be readily disguised. In my clients house the installers overlapped the colorbond wrap, and joined the overlapped part with metal rivets. In their case the joint happened directly over the front door and is really obvious. So before you sign a contract to wrap your existing fascia in colorbond there are a few questions you should ask: 1) Do you repair/replace any rotting timber before wrapping? Or is the rot just concealed? 2) What is the maximim length of colourbond fascia that can be supplied, and how is it jointed? Where will these joints occur? Are the joints weatherproof to windblown rain? 3) How is the colorbond fascia jointed at corners, and finished at the ends of the run? The colorbond finish is flat and smooth, so the existing character of the rough sawn oregon fascias will be lost forever. With the eaves, concealed gutters and timber fascias of your home being such an important element to the style of the home I would be considering spending my money on the maintenance and upkeep to preserve the existing character. At least ask your installer to supply addresses of some previous jobs so that you can see how the joints and corners are treated.