Wooden Flooring - general questions plus anyone used SOLID BIRCH FLOOR?

super_reds

bargainlover2006 wrote:

At floor-2-go they quoted us £11 m2 for laying laminate, it might not be alot higher than that to do real wood flooring (but that again as mentioned previously, depends on what wood and finish you would like).

30/m2 sounds a lot to me even for the South East, I was quoted around about 15/m2 for Midlands and real wood.

sunshinejoclaire

floors 2 go have excellent prices

We bought our laminate form there, and I seem to recall that they had a few wood floors within your budget:T :T

ozskin

where are you in the country might be able to point you for finished solid wood within you budget

Kellm9

Our local Homebase currently has 25% off all flooring. They stock from laminate right through to solid wood.

I was looking at some solid Oak at £24.99 m2. This is solid wood right through, no ply backing or thin veneer. They do also have the plywood backed Oak so I would look around. Not sure when the 25% discount finishes but on 5th and 6th January they also have the 10% off weekend. So it could be possible to get this for about £22.50 m2. Plus you get ~2% on the spend and save card.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Kellm9

ellives

ozskin wrote:

where are you in the country might be able to point you for finished solid wood within you budget

Hi

Hertfordshire, thanks.

ellives

robv wrote:

Fit only I'm afraid.

£30 m2 to fit - bl@@dy hell, that's more than the materials!

I'll def. have to investigate.........

ozskin

if you can wait till the end of week and back at work i will try and get some info on herts for you

ellives

Kellm9 wrote:

Our local Homebase currently has 25% off all flooring. They stock from laminate right through to solid wood.

I was looking at some solid Oak at £24.99 m2. This is solid wood right through, no ply backing or thin veneer. They do also have the plywood backed Oak so I would look around. Not sure when the 25% discount finishes but on 5th and 6th January they also have the 10% off weekend. So it could be possible to get this for about £22.50 m2. Plus you get ~2% on the spend and save card.

Hope this helps
Cheers
Kellm9

Did you see the birch solid wood flooring there? It is 90mm wide strips, 18mm thick and various lengths from 300 to 900mm. It is solid, not veneer.

It looks like this:



I have a discount card and with the 25% off at the moment, plus a further 20% (from my card) it brings it down to £21.59 per 1.08 m2.

When assembled, each piece of flooring is clearly a separate piece (I like this look). However, my concern is that this type of fix (where the flooring butts up to each other is not flush) may be a problem re: keeping it clean?

Anyone got any experiece of SOLID BIRCH FLOORING? also of the type of assembly I so amatuerishly describe above?

becs

Hi,

Have you thought about bamboo? It is supposed to be stronger than oak and is suitable for wet areas aswell. It comes in a couple of colour options and most suppliers offer a 25 year guarantee on it.

We had it in our previous house and loved it and are now planning on having it throughout the entire downstairs. Most places seem to be doing it at around £15-20m2. We bought ours from http://flooringsupplies.co.ukwhich do also have a wide selection of real wood aswell. Noticed they do also have a few nice bits in their sale at the mo too!

As a side issue bamboo is also environmentally the better option as the plant reaches maturity in about 3 years so far more sustainable than anything else.

Becs

ellives

becs wrote:

Hi,

Have you thought about bamboo? It is supposed to be stronger than oak and is suitable for wet areas aswell. It comes in a couple of colour options and most suppliers offer a 25 year guarantee on it.

We had it in our previous house and loved it and are now planning on having it throughout the entire downstairs. Most places seem to be doing it at around £15-20m2. We bought ours from http://flooringsupplies.co.ukwhich do also have a wide selection of real wood aswell. Noticed they do also have a few nice bits in their sale at the mo too!

As a side issue bamboo is also environmentally the better option as the plant reaches maturity in about 3 years so far more sustainable than anything else.

Becs

Hi

Yes, but I think it is a bit too contemporary for my house - Edwardian. In fact, I'm wondering if my current first choice (Birch) may be too modern also?