Central Coast Home & Lifestyle Magazine Winter 2025

Flooring – on the level A nyone can click floorboards together, but there are several critical factors missed by would-be DIY’s and those that do not specialise in laying floors. These make the difference between a new floor to cherish and one to put up with. 3 critical points to get right: 1. Subfloors need to be levelled to less than a 3mm dip over a 3m span. Cracks or old grout are not important, but ‘valleys’ and ‘puddles’ will ruin your enjoyment like a roof leak. Finding the dips is easier than fixing them as levelling is a skilled job where ‘close’ is not enough. 2. Leave a suitable expansion gap around EVERY bit of the new floor edge. We suggest removal and refitting or replacing of skirting so that this gap is neatly hidden. Some areas may need scotia or quad where there is no skirting or kick boards. A gap ‘most of the way’ around the new floor is not adequate and will create problems. 3. Architraves, doors and fiddly bits like stairs require practice and the right tools. Nothing stands out more than botched and patched cuts and gaps. Most people can cut a 90⁰ angle, but very few houses are built with exact angles meaning that extra care and measuring is required to make trims and fittings ‘look’ right. Our professional installers know this and are looking to make the finished job a pleasure to live with. The cost of getting it right is small, compared to the frustration and

project. From first contact in our showroom, we make choosing the right flooring for your project simple and convenient. We will arrange for qualified, experienced & insured installers to lay your floor, or we can package all you will need to install your floor yourself. ProFlooring Umina Beach - Open Mon. to Friday 9am – 5pm, Saturday 9am – 12pm 256 West Street Umina Beach Phone: 4342 6666

disappointment of living with faults. The type of new flooring is also an important factor. A quality laminate is the most scratch resistant and low maintenance solution and with extremely authentic decors. Hybrid floors are essentially a vinyl plank floor that can be laid as a floating floor. Engineered timber will give you a timber floor you can sand back in later years without expensive laying costs. ProFlooring are Quickstep Premium Partners and can help with all facets of your flooring

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