solid oak/ engineered oak flooring

charlie_chaplin

could anyone recommend somewhere to buy solid oak or engineered oak flooring, i'm not sure what the actual cost should be and don't want to get ripped off, would appriciate advice.
thanks

CL

Around £20-25 per square yard is about the going rate for solid oak, I would go to an independent flooring company rather than one of the big chains, where abouts are you and maybe someone can recommend a place

charlie_chaplin

thx for your advice, i'm in east london, so anywhere in london ,essex, herts, would be great

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Makro sells solid oak flooring at £11 sqm, but it's the small strip variety with lots of knots and grains, I had it installed in my old flat and it looked great.

andrewmoorcroft

I read a post on this before buying mine. The conclusion was that cheap solid is likely to be imature and unstable and engineered wood is better unless you pay allot more for good solid. The reason is that they use only 1/4 the amount of solid wood on a engineered floor on 2 sheets of plywood. Each layer is bonded at 90 degrees making it more dimensionally stable. Wickes had some at 20% off a couple of weeks ago making it £15.99 per sq metre. Stax trade centres have some offers starting at £9.99 + vat but you need a card.

charlie_chaplin

thx for your advice, if anyone else knows any good firms then please post up the name of them.
cheers

tigertiger_3

Allied has some offers on at the moment both on solid and engineered boards, I can recall a solid oak at about £28 m2.....but they charge you just as much to fit it.

tawnyowls

The best manufacturers, in my experience, are Bruce and Tarkett - if you contact them, they should be able to tell you your nearest stockist.