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How Australian houses actually use floors — orientation and light, mixed versus continuous finishes, family kitchens, raised timber versus slab-on-ground, and matching new boards to old ones.
Photograph: A furnished living room with a timber floor. by Linsenhejhej. Source on Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. See all image credits.
Hydronic and electric systems versus timber, tile, hybrid and concrete — what can sit over heat, and what the warranty will actually allow.
9 July 2026 · Read Underfloor heating and flooring in Australian homes
Why ‘close enough’ species fail in raking light, how to blend rooms, and when a deliberate change of floor is kinder than a bad match.
18 June 2026 · Read Matching new flooring to old boards in an Australian renovation
Raised timber, crawl spaces, double brick and post-war slabs — how Australian construction types decide the floor before the sample board does.
20 May 2026 · Read Flooring for Queenslanders, weatherboards and slab-on-ground homes
Spills, grit, dropped pans and the dishwasher leak — a room-by-room brief for timber, tile, hybrid and the junctions that keep kitchens honest.
29 April 2026 · Read Kitchen flooring that survives Australian family life
When a single plane of timber or hybrid is the right Australian open plan, and when kitchens, entries and wet edges should break the drawing.
9 March 2026 · Read Open-plan flooring: one floor throughout vs mixed materials
North light, west sun, grey winters and the way a sample board lies — how to pick a floor colour that still works at 4 pm in January.
28 January 2026 · Read Choosing floor colours for Australian light
