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  1. #1
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    Default timber floor or concrete

    Hi everyone !
    This is my first post so go easy on me please!
    Im going to become an owner builder and need to decide whether to install a timber or concrete floor on my new home.
    What is cheaper timber or concrete?
    I have priced concrete at $180 per cubic metre . and would think the land is h type soil.
    (untested as yet)
    Any help would be much appreciated!

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    hey riley, welcome, i thought concrete was cheaper for flat and timber for sloping sites. If H type, concrete and reo beome expensive quickly unless you try waffle pods

    Cheers
    Pulse

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    Depends if you are doing a slab construction or not I guess.
    Reality is no background music.
    Cheers John

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    Thanks for the help so far
    The slope on the block is 50mm every metre
    The proposed house is 16m long and a fall of 800mm which I probably could still grade out prior to boxing with a small retaining wall 800 mm or just 45 degree garden on the upper side of the block.
    What I am thinking is by the time I grade the block and buy floor coveringsand the concrete it might just pay for a good polyurethaned hardwood floor most of which the labour I could do myself.

    Can anyone give me a rough price per sqaure metre for materials only on a timber/steel subfloor with yellow tongue flooring and or softwood flooring.

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