Blackscooby

I'm currently looking into wood flooring for my living room and dining room.

Does anyone know whats the best type to go for ?

I was thinking of trying to avoid the B&Q / Ikea type of flooring, and go for some decent stuff and pay someone to fit it.

I could do with some ideas about where to start.
Does anyone know how much it costs (per sq foor, or sq metre).

Ta

Mark

JAMES BUSHELL

I know of a recliam builders merchants where we got our recalimed floorboards from.. once sanded and stained they look superb...!

where abouts are you..?

James

Fulham71

ive got the clip together Champion Timber stuff
its more expensive than the types you have mentioned but in my opinion looks better & is easier to lay !

Blackscooby

I'm in Cheshire.

I wondered about reclaimed flooring as it looks fantastic.

Seamus300

We looked at reclaimed Oak flooring for our cottage, prices were around the £25-£50 a square metre, plus fitting, depending on thickness and quality. Looks fantastic though.

JAMES BUSHELL

Black..

I'm down in Kent and the buliders is in Stonegate, which is just south of Tunbridge Wells..

Smiths of StoneGate.. - 01580 201258.. they may deliver, but chesire may be a bit too far..? if so there are quite a few recalim builder dotted around, so just do a search..

Our builder did the work for us... all i had to do was varnish them....

James

if you want more details you can mail me on james.bushell@brewin.co.uk

Scooby-dude

I've just recently had uni-clic laminate flooring fitted at £21.00/Sqm.

They do a really nice 'living surface' range that is in quite big planks. Looks the part and they fitted the lot (2 rooms and a hallway) in half a day!

Good luck

Scooby-Dude

Mr.M

Don't go for laminate flooring. Looks nice for a few months but doesn't ware well at all.

You can go for a real wood parquette flooring which is not too expensive. I paid roughly £40 per sq. mtr for oak from my local supplier. It's about 18mm thick and uses a 10mm ply base and 8mm oak on top. Can be sanded 5 times through its life. Guaranteed for 25 years too. Really tough too.

fast bloke

We've had Pergo laminate (27.99 per sq yd)in the kids playroom for 3 years. Looks as good as the day it went down. We put cheap uniclic in the living room last year (9.99) (we planned to replace it after doing building work this year) which looks tatty already.

Will probably put down recliamed Eucalyptus after the work is finished

Nigel H

We've got Amtico in our Bathroom. Looks the biz.

It's a laminate and you can get ALL sorts of patterns and colours with it. Same stuff as used in shops (e.g Next I believe).

It's about 50 quid per square metre though!

Sue

Agree with Fast Bloke on this one,Ive had Pergo laminate down for 5 years in my bedroom and en suite and its excellent..really good finish..the fitters are great and it lasts incredibly well..has survived the rigors of a 4 year old anyway and thats good in my book!

dsmith

You gets what you pays for...

Have pergo in he dining room and it still looks great after 3 years

Don't expect to get the wear from < £10/sq m stuff but to simply say NO laminate floor wears well is too big a generalisation.

Deano

dba

whhhoooooaaaaa!!

Laminate flooring doesn't wear well??!! Rollox!!

You just need to choose the right grade! Use 1600Ac4 fro high traffic areas and kitchen/bathroom where water will be spilt,go for AC3 elsewhere.

Be careful of some deals.Some laminate is chipboard baked and less than 7mm.This product is still ok for a spare room though,and is cheaper than lino!! £11 for 2 sq metres.For a kids room the Ac3 7.2mm mdf baked product is a steal for silly money and is ideal for bedrooms and dining rooms.many people fitthe stuf all over the house and have no problems at all.

Personaly I like real wood as well but its damn expensive,but there is simply no reason to be snobby about this product unless you get the base product and pop it into the kitchenh,then you will have probs.

As for which way to fit it I would suggest you fit the seams horizontal with the light source as a paralel fit can hightlight the joints.But the new non-glue "Loc" laminate is so easy to fit its silly.Just use a decnt underaly and its a doddle.And leave a 10mm expansion joint or you might find youself going uphill to the fridge.

The more expensive manufacturers would have you believe that you "get what you pay for" but what does that mean??!! Its a hard flooring,so is there's harder??!! Admittedly it may look better and the colours may be more subtle,but 7.2mm chipboard is the same wherever you measure it from.

btw,reclaimed wood flooring,luuuuuuurvly,but will cost.

Mossman

Agree with the people sayign it doesn't wear well - total tosh! I have Uniclic in downstairs which is nearly a year old and it looks as good as new, absolutely mint. Having Pergo Mahogany upstairs installed next week and cannot wait to get rid of the shockingly bad carpet!! Well recommended. If you want some advice from someone who knows try giving Lizzy a ring - do a web search for Hessle Wood Flooring - she is very nice and knows her stuff.

Cheers,
Mossman

Mick

iTrader: (1)

Actual 'UniClick' brand stuff seems to be pretty good. Preety easy to fit together. I too have the 'living surface' textured stuff in large plank style sort of mid oak colour 7.5 x 3.5 m room. Looks great. Don't forget cost of underlay etc and edging strips.

If you want heavy duty Uniclic do a version for shop floors etc with v. heavy wear properties.

http://www.quick-step.com/eng/defaulteu.asp

We got ours from an internet contact Birbek Floors Ltd www.wood-floor.co.uk/

All the best

Mick

LEE-69

which is the "correct" way to lay the laminate flooring ie direction?is it parralel with longest length of the room which makes sense or the opposite way?

did a search. parralel to longest straight wall which is what i thought.

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bros2

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