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Green Building Bible, Fourth Edition
Green Building Bible, fourth edition (both books)
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    • CommentAuthorWeeBeastie
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2013
     
    Looking for hard floor covering, ideally seamless. The carpet needs to go.

    Cork itself is a green product, but if I choose a cork floating floor, does the HDF core layer mean that it's actually not so eco-friendly as it sounds? There's the alternative of tiles, but what would be an environmentally friendly subfloor to glue them to? Same goes for Marmoleum.

    Or is the more sustainable option to go with timber and sacrifice a bit of the seamlessness?
    • CommentAuthorowlman
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2013
     
    Is it a suspended floor? For a while now I've mostly been using scandinavian ply for suspended flooring.
    • CommentAuthorWeeBeastie
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2013
     
    Yes, top floor conversion flat. Existing floorboards under the carpet are very poor condition.
    • CommentAuthorowlman
    • CommentTimeMar 30th 2013
     
    For any floor that has the potential to get wet then I'd use ply T&G boards. For any floor that you may want to susequently, traditionally nail hardwood flooring to then I'd use ply T&G boards, ( ply holds the nails better than chipboard.). For carpeted rooms then you could use chipboard. Ply T&G is more expensive than chipboard, roughly twice, but IMO far superior especially in the instances I've mentioned, doing the whole lot in ply may also give you a better price for a bigger quantity. I'd also tie the joists when resurfaceing, whatever material you go for.
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