Flooring that easy on backs/feet, to be laid over concrete slab
trishjt
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Comments (10)You could break up the expanse with raised garden beds, line the base with shade cloth or weed matting to allow drainage but stop mix running out the base, there have been some very successful gardens made on old tennis courts for example, fill in the gaps as suggested before with gravel. Another option along the lines of the paving paint, Porters do a concrete wash, limited colours but very easy to apply, stains the concrete, rather than covering it completely, not slippery I have used it on a Besser brick retaining wall in dark charcoal and it made it much more appealing. Think very realistically before pulling up that much concrete. You will be stunned at how many skips it will fill and how long it will take to do. A narrow path down the side of our little old house filled a whole large skip!...See MoreYour Personal Experience on Concrete Floors Please?
Comments (6)Make your decision well before the concrete slab has been costed and planned. I have seen some shocking floors where clients have decided to polish an existing slab that has had patchy aggregate exposed (or not exposed consistently), hairline cracks and old plumbing locations that have been patched up. One of my clients hated the patchiness of their old slab after the expense of polishing it so much that they ended up paying to have it tiled over! As long as you are clear with your decision well beforehand there should be the proper attention paid to the right aggregate and its location. You have just as much chance of chipping a tooth on a porcelain tiled floor as these tiles are just as hard as a concrete slab. Like a porcelain tile they are very unforgiving on any dropped crockery which will smash. You should also pay careful attention to the threshold height difference between your old floor and your new slab. Ideally there shouldn't be a difference between old and new when the polishing has finished, but this can be hard to achieve neatly....See MoreTile over, microcement or sheeting to cover shower walls and floor?
Comments (17)Hi squirrel30. I ended up, on a professional's advice, having the whole bathroom stripped and redone. It actually worked out cheaper than any of the seemingly more innovative solutions. It seemed a shame to discard a lot of stuff that was in good order, but to get the result we wanted it proved the best approach and I'm delighted with the result. We had the floor pulled up and replaced with 600 x 600 textured grey tiles and 900 wide tiles in the shower with a grate at the end so in a very, very large shower we have only 3 grout lines and they are dark grey. We used slab tiles on the walls in the shower with dark grey grouting and 600 x 600 tiles elsewhere. Again resulting in very few grout lines, and no glass at all! I posted pictures of the main bathroom at Bathroom reno done! Thanks for the suggestions | Houzz AU The ensuite looks similar but has a twin vanity and larger shower with a tiled nib wall rather than glass. I'm still interested to know more about microcement but I can't get anyone to answer inquiries. I've responded to a dozen or so ads but nobody has ever bothered to contact me. Not sure I would trust a supplier who is that disinterested in potential customers!!...See MoreFloor plan question - back deck
Comments (10)Well based on that my feeling would be to move the back gate and fence forward of the current carport roof. Park your car in line with the neighbours car. Either use the existing carport as an alfresco area or if the roof is made of something unattractive pull it down and have a cafe blind installed over that area instead. Bringing your outdoor area in line with your living area's for easy access. Remove the single access door from the kitchen and use the wall space there to create a larger opening of some kind. I'm assuming your carport has a concrete slab floor? So yeah you could build a deck over the top and extend it to emcompass the existing deck or refinish the slab, although if your driveway is anything to go by it might not be in good shape. If I were doing that I would have the entire deck built all at the same time as it will be a cost saving to do it that way. Or another option may be to replace your existing deck and turn the carport area into a nice garden with ferns, and stepping stones leading to the deck further down the back. That way there is a decent transition for access, your deck size is smaller and creating a garden in that area will not be very expensive. All of this assuming of course that you don't desperately want to keep the carport for parking the car under....See MoreKate
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