Flooring for extension on 1940s house
We are extending what is currently our kitchen to be an open plan kitchen-dining- sitting area. The question of flooring is a challenge! Our floorboards aren’t available anymore and are quite distinctive, so was going to have something different like a coordinating wood or a tile for the whole new open plan. The challenge is I think the floorboards are also the structural floor, but i’m keen on having level floors between the old and new. The photo shows where there would be a transition - with the black laminate an overlay in the current kitchen. Appreciate any thoughts!
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PROlast yearHello Alex, three things, 1) if you are making this open plan by removing walls, you know there is no flooring under the walls. 2) going back to your original comment that you can't match this timber. Spotted Gum is actually a very close match to what your images show. Where if you find a supplier like Boral Flooring or others and
you select the boards you want yourself you should come close. 3) Your kitchen flooring is likely Vinyl Day-Tiles (pull one up and look so you actually know if there is this timber underneath. So as Kate said, if timber you can re-uses this) You could achieve an overall homogeneous floor by pulling up the existing and re-laying it as a whole, while interspersing new planks.
Hope this helps, Malcolm.
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