Engineered wood floor from tops tiles

blushingbride_3

Hi

In my local store they have engineered oak floor for £13.99 a meter, this would do my garage conversion for £184 bargain

Does anyone know what the quality is like? its reduced from £17.99m

ALso would a novice DIY'er be able to lay it?

thanks

helping_hubby

Not an expert on this, but when I was investigating engineered wood floor the cost of it could be due to the thickness of the actual wood used. I read that thicker ones would last longer because they can be sanded down like real wood floors. But if it's thin, it can't. So that could be a reason why it's a good price?

As for fitting, yes - it's like laminate flooring that clicks in (or at least the ones we were looking at were). That was one of the advantages for choosing engineered over solid wood for us. However we ended up with carpet

blushingbride_3

yes i asked in the shop he said it can be sanded down upto 3 times

just wondering i think it might be oak effect parawood, is parawood good?

helping_hubby

I believe parawood is a softer wood. If you google it you'll find more information about it.