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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 06 February 2011, 17:39:05
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Our sitting room.
About 21m2
Carpet
Laminate
Engineered wood
Real wood
Decent flooring is going to be over £400.
Current carpet is tatty, so new carpet or some wooden flooring with big rugs.
Not keen on the cheap laminates, engineered is getting pricey, solid wood seems noce but not sure what to do.
Any ideas on the below?
http://www.greenappleflooring.co.uk/shop/engineered-flooring/vienna-cliq-3-strip-lacquered-engineered-oak-|824/
http://www.nagleflooring.co.uk/product_130-Oak-Natural_5_index.php
One child has house dust allergies
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Just Tiles used to do a pretty reasonable Engineered Wood floor :y
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The natural wood would be my choice but if your putting it on a concrete floor the adhesive can be costly for the good stuff
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The natural wood would be my choice but if your putting it on a concrete floor the adhesive can be costly for the good stuff
I'd be more concerned at the cost of the proper insulation ;) ;) Although not as bad if you're not planning to fit underfloor heating at the same time
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wooden flooring is always cold without underfloor heating but as the op says large rugs will be in place this helps.
Also wood floors are very good for people with allergies as the dust shows its self rather than just getting walked into the carpet
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i have wood flooring.
i can honestly say that its easy to clean but thats the only benefit!!! EVERY SINGLE time you drop the remote control you wake everyone in the world up.
get a carpet fitted and make sure you always leave your shoes in the shoe rack in the hall so it dont get mucked up!!!
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Cheap laminate has an advantage in that it seems not to scratch as much as real wood, and seems lower maintenence.
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my uncle has severe dust allergies and asthma and was advised by doctors to install wooden flooring throughout the house to cut down on dust.. he's done this and its been very succesful with his allergies so go for it
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I have real wood floor in my flat, not the nasty laminate stuff, in the late summer it was excellent nice and cool, but in cold weather, it was very, very cold under foot.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Flat/warming/DSC01551.JPG)
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i would go for engineered flooring, its easy to lay, quick and long lasting. and it looks good. have a look at this for ideas
http://www.floorideas.co.uk/TypesOfFlooringCategory.html
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I've laid solid, engineered and laminate over the years .
Solid is straight forward but I have floored three houses over the last year using engineered oak flooring in both oiled and laquered finish.
In Ireland ,at least down here , suppliers will only give a guarantee on engineered flooring due to the problems caused by the damp atmosphere .
I've got solid Oak throughout my house which is glued down but the engineered timber was laid as floating floors , both straight onto concrete.
Neither have given any problems at all but do follow the well documented rules of laying timber floors.
In saying that I did once encounter a problem once on an Ash floor where the timber had been supplied by the client. It was straight from the timber yard and in long circa 4 M lengths . The lengths were actually slightly " Banana " shaped which caused fitting problems which meant the timbers had to be clamped to get a parallel fit so I'd suggest you stick to lengths of less than 2 to 2.5 M to avoid this .
The large house I laid the oiled engineered floor looks the best actually and if you are selective in your choice you'll get at least two sandings from a good engineered floorboard.
I'd avoid laminate if you are serious about timber flooring although sometimes " Needs must " .
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The solid wood seems to dent quite easily (No high heels for the Mrs!!!). Also found that when I had my dog the sound of the claws on a solid floor was annoying after a while.
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We have engineered in the dining room and cheap stuff in the boys bedroom.
Will have to think carefully on this.
Will be concrete floor
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real wood can be scratched easily.. needs lack from time to time..so needs care..
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I have real wood floor in my flat, not the nasty laminate stuff, in the late summer it was excellent nice and cool, but in cold weather, it was very, very cold under foot.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Flat/warming/DSC01551.JPG)
That looks a bit clean and tidy. Have you been doing "pink jobs"? :o
;)
Kevin
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We went through floors 2 go when getting our flooring, but I also wangled a discount of 20% just by asking :y
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Personally I would stick with carpet, wood floors are only a gimmick thanks in most part to the DIY shoes on telly. And if you have to cover it up with rugs then I see even less point in it.
I would not have it in my house. I have one tiled floor in the conservatory and that is it, even my kitchen and bathroom are carpeted.
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I have real wood floor in my flat, not the nasty laminate stuff, in the late summer it was excellent nice and cool, but in cold weather, it was very, very cold under foot.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Flat/warming/DSC01551.JPG)
That looks a bit clean and tidy. Have you been doing "pink jobs"? :o
;)
Kevin
Mother T's been round in the last few days obviously. ;D ;D
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Get some reclaimed Parquet flooring. It took me ages to clean the old bitumin off the back of the stuff I bought and ages to lay it because wifey wanted a herringbone effect but once done I think it looks the dogs and it didn't cost that much to do our 18ft X 21ft sitting room
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/PICT0112.jpg)
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I have real wood floor in my flat, not the nasty laminate stuff, in the late summer it was excellent nice and cool, but in cold weather, it was very, very cold under foot.
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Flat/warming/DSC01551.JPG)
That looks a bit clean and tidy. Have you been doing "pink jobs"? :o
;)
Kevin
Mother T's been round in the last few days obviously. ;D ;D
Actually no, I've been doing Pink jobs :o
That was just before my flat warming party, although the day after it looked a bit different! ::)
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Get some reclaimed Parquet flooring. It took me ages to clean the old bitumin off the back of the stuff I bought and ages to lay it because wifey wanted a herringbone effect but once done I think it looks the dogs and it didn't cost that much to do our 18ft X 21ft sitting room
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h64/pickledpepper/PICT0112.jpg)
all of our downstairs was parquet floored when we moved in,first job was carpet throughout :D,seems a waste but neither myself or wifey like it ::)