need some help and ideas if possable

so far we have decided to go tiled floor through out the down stairs as we like it BUT and heres a big BUT

we aint paying 500 quid for under floor heating,,,,,,,, i far too tight for that


so i was thinking about tiling the outside and i the center having a carpet in a location where a rug would go

has anyone done this and whats the result

or would it look pants

i done it in my parents front room with laminate and carpet in the centre and it looked good and still gave the general nice look of laminate and the carpet cause its only 2 metres by 2 metres is easier to just bin than a whole carpet when i decide to rebuild another engine in the front room


so has anyone tried this and what did you use for the edging so the carpet looked tidy still

 

why not have carpet, or laminate....

what do you hate about an easy life

hope this helps

 

Why do a job and not do it right? If your gonna tile the whole floor then it needs heating...simple. The heating costs 500 quid so allow that in your overall budget and stop singleing it out as a hinderance when it is needed!

Its like building a 500bhp cossie engine and then using a STD rst intercooler on it

 

ive tiled living room floors that look like natural wood, sorry no pics though

 

i cant have laminate as the floor is too slippy and its sooooo been done many times,,,,,,, my first flat had laminate flooring


cant have carpet as we got a small flat so we need light colours to give the effect of space, we got a nice carpet that we have had for a year,,,,,,,, infact all the carpets downstairs are fucked due to when we had our boiler fitted and me bringing in car parts and making a mess ( dont say dont bring parts home,,,,,,,, its my house and so i have a right to make a mess as i pay for the damages )

tiled flooring is a GREAT approach imo, looks good, hard wearing BUT its coldish compared to carpet

im just not sure if i should just tile the lot and cry about the mistake ive made by not heating it OR do the carpet centre so all the beer we spill wont stain the carpet and we can still do it doggy when watching top gear and not hurt knees,,,,,,,, just burn em alittle

heated flooring IS the best option but at 500 quid per room plus 200 for the hallway and it dont actually keep the rooms warm but just takes the chill of the tiles

not like its gonna gain any value to the flat ( like i give a shite about that anyway )

so help me please

 

its nothing like that

its like building a stage 1 cossie and then thinking about getting quipped hoses or just having standard ones

500 quid for heated flooring is fine but 12 months ago we fitted a twin boiler thingy to our flat that allows us to have hot water or central heating or both as our last one never done that aswell as fitted thermostats to all of our rads to help reduce our heating costs and our gas bill is STILL higher than our electric bill and all we use it for it hot water and central heating,,,,,,,, everything we cook with is electric


im not inot house proud gadgets that are loads of money when its a relative simple idea tbh

dont get me wrong o do feel its needed BUT 700 quid ontop of everything else is loads of cash,,,,,,,,, rememeber ive got 3 cars to run too

 

ive only ever been in one house with a tiled living room,,, it was cold and the three-piece rocked

 

ill posta pick when its done,,,,,,, guess ill have to paint the room in warm colours


thank fuck my kitchen has the hot water pipes under the floor and that will be kept warm in there

 

Sounds like ya minds made up then Bal, Another wasted topic

Personally i do the job right, and it would get underfloor heating! My bathroom has pipe undertile heating as i wasnt getting out of the bath in winter and getting cold feet for the sake of a few quid

 

real wood laminate all the way.,..

whilst on the subject.. my walls are bare.. any ideas?? i was thinking like art retro, or those scarface art pics... dont want it to be tacky tho

 

i dont think i can recomend pictures as ive got a cool art drawing of may saph,,,,,,,, actually ive got 2 as fasterfordchris made 2 for the missus wanted to get me it as a prezzie last christmas

and the rest are pictures of my little girl as the tosser of a photographer took 9 photos of my little girl and we had to choose the best one,,,,,,,,, i dont know ANY parent who can send a photo of there kid back so we requested all of em at 12 quid each

thats our wall stuff but must admit we have pure white walls and cream carpets so if it wasnt for our green leather sofas we would have no colour at all

scareface pic IS cool,,,,,,, but sooooo over done on batchelor pads imo,,,,,,,,,, as 2 of my mates have got the same fucking ones,,,, that and pulp fuction ect



what about the dogs playing pool,,,,,,,, i DO love them piccys



see what i mean about taking advice off me

 

EXACTLY the same thing I was thinking

 

THese gotta be cheaper than Ł500 underfloor heating right?

 

why do need or want underfloor heating when you say you have radiators??...i've fitted a few bathrooms with tiled floors that have had underfloor electric heting...this came as a kind of 'electric blanket' and then tiled over ....just connected on a fused spur....

 

thats still underfloor heating,, its just a secondary heat source,,,

cold tiles and bear feet is bloody horrible

 

BEAR feet are horrible full stop Gaz

 

 

Absolute Nero Granite Tiles (Ł200 worth!!!) with Grey Carpet. It is spot on and we simply put Gripper-rod around the edge of the tiles, then the carpet went down. No edging.

We did it purely because we wanted something a little different. Also, we planned to put a Coffee table on the tiled area, but like the look of the tiles so much that the Coffee table sits elsewhere!!

 

Sorry Christian, not a fan - looks like "you missed a bit"

 

that must be one thick carpet and underlay to go over the edge of the tiles

PS is the bathroom finished? get some pics up

 

you could have finished the rest of the room off! ....



sorry.. not keen on that at all.. looks too 80's if you get what I mean....


I've just fitted real wood 'laminate' with underfloor heating.... you're right on the price.. worked out about Ł600 with a bling remote controller

heres a shit pic..




and weve only been in the house 1 month so still decorating!

 

Great pic dave yeah can see a lot of it there

 

you can see the floor cant you .. you blind little scrawny cunt!

 

Looks like a blind little scrawwny fooker fitted it to me And whos decorating? David Blunket?

 

fuck off... lets see a pic of your front room.. you helm

 

Dave,

Any more pics of the flat? Hoping you haven't just gone for the "universal" artwork on the walls, and have personalised it a little

 

flat? flatscreen?


and that is just some shite art for the walls from doris..

canvas' will be going up


just done my 'studio' aswell... proper bling set up mate

 

Nope, its full of boxes at the moment and quite bare as we are packing up for moving! Ill post some of the new one soon

 

what is it with women and the NEED to put stones in anything made of glass

the bling controler IS a must for the heating



btw

UPDATE: on telling my old man about my dilema he said the same thing as lee and said I MUST get the heating to remove the chill


hes only gonna pay for it for me birthday as theres nothing i actually wanted for it as i HATE birthdays

BUT has to be said am I the only one whos loving the look of christians place,,,,,,,, BUT it does remind me of AH HA/wham and filofaxes

but the i like the look, need more piccys christian though IMO so we can see the PROPER effect

 

cant beat a nice shagpile imo. warmer and looks more homely

 

AROFL

 

I agree with Mike. Have you really thought it thru tho Bal, as its a lot of money to shell out and not be happy. Even with the radiators on, and the floor heating turned on, youre never going to get the cosy feeling in the room. Its the same in our Dining kitchen, we have wood flooring and its just not the same as carpet for that cosyness. Does its job in there but i would not have anything but a good carpet in the living room!

 

lee we bought carpet for our front room for the nice feeling ect, problem isim not compatible with it

we have a small flat so we need light colours to make it appear larger than it is

the problem is im always fucking about with something dirty and my garage is about 2 miles away near where my parents live so i never actually get bothered to go there

i do LOADS of stuff in my flat i shouldnt but i do as its part of me so to speak

ive stripped a engine in my front room, got loads of car spares in my bedroom such as 2 erst heads ive practiced porting, 1 cossie cloth trim ( complete ) 1+1/2COMPLEATE COSSIE ENGINE IN BITS,,,,, thats 4 cams, 1 head, 1 block 2 cranks 8 rods 6 pistons, 2 turbos ( t34 and t3) everthing from the engine bay actually including the bling and rad/cooler, saph cossie bootlid with rouse spoiler,,,,,,, that i painted in my bathroom


i know i shouldnt but i like working from home and tbh my little girl makes more mess than i do,,,,,,,, potty training for a start is interesting

so we plan to tile the whole down stairs so it can be light colours and still give the effect of space,,,,,, down side is you cant chill on the floor BUT ive got a cabin chain, footstool, 3 seater sofa and 3 seater sofa aswell as my little girls mini sofa and we NEVER have guests if i can help is so we can chill on the sofa,,,,,,,,, infact i always use my cabin chair for chilling ect as i watch tv and browse on the pc all the time anway,,,, its my own chair that nobody uses

but i do agree with what your saying but the disadvantage of comfy floors to lie on is out weighed by the fact that im always covered in greese and dirt and so what happens is we have guests who see nothing but stains on the carpet,,,,,,,,,,,,, looks far more worse imo

im just too tight to buy underfloor heating but the old man is flush and he offered and when i refused he sugested my birthday so its not as bad as taking money off him

 

Well if youve thought about it go for it! But heat the fooker or youll regret it!

 

the old man is funding that so that part has done

now just to decide if marble or ceramic

 

Get some fucking lino

 

i may act a pikey but the missus is far from it

 

sorry?


ACT!??

 

lol! whats the reason for the post in the first place

Seriously I probably wouldnt with a kid as young as yours (what is she 2?). Unless you are going to have mats which are slippery and would defeat the purpose of having tiles if you cant see them. Maybe hold off for a few years by which time you would have the $$ to get the heating as well.

 

Its surprising how photo's can paint an odd picture. When we chose the decor for that room, the main thing we wanted to stay away from is old dated styles and we are really pleased with the results.

I personally DONT do Laminate. If I were going to have a 'Wood' floor, it would be 'Wood'.

The room is painted 2 contrasting shades of grey and the black leather sofa is a very modern style.

I guess you have to see it in real life!

Anyway, Ginge, the join between the Carpet and the Tiles is faultless. They are at identical heights. My main worry was that if the tiles ended up high, that when you vacuum the carpet that you might knock the corners off the tiles or break the hoover. Infact it couldn't have ended up better. That's careful planning for you!!! I will take a close-up photo later to show you.