Laminate flooring question

vein

Hi,

I was searching threads for info last night on laminate flooring and I've picked up from the search that I need to be looking at a thickness of at least 8mm. I'm looking to put laminate throughout my house in the 2 bedrooms, hall and living room. Overall that is roughly 57m2 and I'm looking to have the same style throughout the house, probably a light maple effect. My budget can stretch to about £10m2. I've got a few questions though that I hope some folks may be able to help on.

- Has anyone got any opinion on the laminate that IKEA sell? They have the style I'm looking for at 6.99m2 but its 7mm thick.
- Some of the laminate I have looked at is 7mm, is that drop of 1mm really a bad thing for lack of quality, wear and tear, etc?
- Does anyone have any reccomendations for suppliers out with the obvious B&Q, Wickes, Homebase, etc?

Thanks in advance.

ormus

you will never know the difference in 1mm thickness. esp in a bedroom setting.
low traffic area.
you may want to consider even thicker laminate in an area such as the lounge.

vein

ormus wrote: »

you will never know the difference in 1mm thickness. esp in a bedroom setting.
low traffic area.
you may want to consider even thicker laminate in an area such as the lounge.

Thanks, problem is that my wife is insisting that the laminate is the same type the whole way through the house, nothings ever easy

OK_Sauce

I've got laminate upstairs, you may want to consider using thicker underlay otherwise it may get pretty noisy.