Wooden flooring deals?

"Layezee" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo
one that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which
will be £26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next
week, and I was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the
moment that could beat that price.


Wooden flooring - how old fashioned! Most of my friends are now ripping
it all up and laying carpet again. Common problems appear to be:

Cold and draughty
Noisy
Fur balls running in drifts around the bottom of the walls
Slippery when wet
Slippery when dry
Scuffs / scratches
Things *always* break when you accidentally drop them

Personally, I've never liked wooden floors whether it be floorboards, or
overlay of proper wood or the cheap and tacky laminate stuff. I liked it
even less when it became "trendy".




Hello,

I couldn't agree more - those cheap laminate floors become popular after
being promoted on DIY programmes. They are cold, damage easily and make the
room echo more. They are horrible compared to a floor with a good underlay
and decent quality carpet. I have wood block flooring over the ground floor
that is covered by an underlay and carpet, it makes the area look a lot
better.
Cheap laminate flooring or that fake lino looks cheap nd says a lot about
the person that has it!
All of my friends have also either removed it or put carpet over the top.

"Fred" wrote in message
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"Layezee" wrote in message
...
I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo
one that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which
will be £26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next
week, and I was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the
moment that could beat that price.


Wooden flooring - how old fashioned! Most of my friends are now ripping
it all up and laying carpet again. Common problems appear to be:

Cold and draughty
Noisy
Fur balls running in drifts around the bottom of the walls
Slippery when wet
Slippery when dry
Scuffs / scratches
Things *always* break when you accidentally drop them

Personally, I've never liked wooden floors whether it be floorboards, or
overlay of proper wood or the cheap and tacky laminate stuff. I liked it
even less when it became "trendy".




Hello,

I couldn't agree more - those cheap laminate floors become popular after
being promoted on DIY programmes. They are cold, damage easily and make
the room echo more. They are horrible compared to a floor with a good
underlay and decent quality carpet. I have wood block flooring over the
ground floor that is covered by an underlay and carpet, it makes the area
look a lot better.
Cheap laminate flooring or that fake lino looks cheap nd says a lot about
the person that has it!
All of my friends have also either removed it or put carpet over the top.




carpets hold dirt and germs
you never get the dirt out
wood or laminate flooring is easily cleaned
i would never go back to carpets
only part of my house carpeted is the stairs and thats just for the noise
issue
my two penneth
as for the build up of dust and fur
perhaps the guy should try cleaning sometimes

Hello,

I couldn't agree more - those cheap laminate floors become popular after
being promoted on DIY programmes. They are cold, damage easily and make
the room echo more. They are horrible compared to a floor with a good
underlay and decent quality carpet. I have wood block flooring over the
ground floor that is covered by an underlay and carpet, it makes the area
look a lot better.
Cheap laminate flooring or that fake lino looks cheap nd says a lot about
the person that has it!
All of my friends have also either removed it or put carpet over the top.

What?
Who mentioned cheap laminate. The OP was on about solid wood flooring
Now answer the bloody question

"Maria Rendhertz" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo
one that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which
will be £26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next
week, and I was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the moment
that could beat that price.

TIA!

Maria
The bamboo is zillions of tiny strips. If you like this - fine BUT be
careful as more to come apart.
Personally, for similar money I would recommend real Oak on engineering
board (also real wood NOT HDF)
Look at the Kahrs range - well respected make and amazing value
http://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/index.cfm

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:16:30 GMT, "DCA"
wrote:

"Maria Rendhertz" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo
one that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which
will be £26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next
week, and I was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the moment
that could beat that price.

TIA!

Maria
The bamboo is zillions of tiny strips. If you like this - fine BUT be
careful as more to come apart.
Personally, for similar money I would recommend real Oak on engineering
board (also real wood NOT HDF)
Look at the Kahrs range - well respected make and amazing value
http://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/index.cfm


Hi,

I'm planning on having real wood floors fitted in my new house as
well, http://www.flooringsupplies.co.uk/index.cfm is certainly a good
place to buy the floor from but they do not have a fitting service and
will not recommend one either!! So does anyone know of a reliable,
quality wooden floor fitter in the Norfolk/East Anglia area?

Morbius

Cheap laminate flooring or that fake lino looks cheap nd says a lot about
the person that has it!

What exactly does it says about the person?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:48:43 GMT, "Maria Rendhertz"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo one
that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which will be
£26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next week, and I
was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the moment that could
beat that price.

Costco have some solid wood (about 1cm thick) American Oak flooring
at about that price or a bit less.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

I fitted real oak in my living room & really regret it. We never use the
room & it scratches really easy & marks badly. Wouldn't have it again
BUT the costco price is good for that flooring!

"Peter Parry" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:48:43 GMT, "Maria Rendhertz"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm looking to buy some wooden flooring and I've just seen a dark bamboo
one
that I like in Homebase that is currently £29.99 / sq metre, which will be
£26.99 / sq metre when they have their usual 10% weekend next week, and I
was wondering if anybody knew of anything around at the moment that could
beat that price.

Costco have some solid wood (about 1cm thick) American Oak flooring
at about that price or a bit less.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:15:29 GMT, "Vicky G"
wrote:

I fitted real oak in my living room & really regret it. We never use the
room & it scratches really easy & marks badly. Wouldn't have it again
BUT the costco price is good for that flooring!

They appear to have a couple more types in the Watford store today
but was in a bit of a rush so didn't have a chance to see what they
were I'm afraid. Must say I would much prefer 1cm of solid wood
(which you can resurface many times) to a laminate a few mm thick or
worse that plastic picture laminate.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

Vicky G wrote:

I fitted real oak in my living room & really regret it. We never
use the room & it scratches really easy & marks badly.

Estate agents will claim it 'adds character'! Are you sure it was
oak? The beech stuff I had hardly showed a mark after twelve years.

Wouldn't have it again BUT the costco price is good for that
flooring!

--
Chris Game

"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct,
not tried it." -- Donald E. Knuth