Laminate flooring advice?

miamoo

I need some advice where to buy a reasonable quality laminate flooring. I need around 40sq metres and its for lounge/kitchen/hallway.
The stuff I have down at the moment is the click together kind and has been down for 13yrs it was from B&Q, its lasted so well, and still looks like the day we fitted it even though it was one of the cheaper ones (I cant rembember the name of it though).
Its a beech colour, and I would now prefer something slightly darker.
Is B&Q still as good quality?

McKneff

Whereabouts in the country are you.

miamoo

Northwest England.

flang

Cant comment on the B&Q stuff but we have Ikea stuff and its lasting really well. Comes with a good guarantee to I believe.

miamoo

Thanks Flang, I will have a look at Ikea, I hadn't thought of there.

McKneff

We bought ours from a company called Calverts Carpets, got some great stuff for about £9 a square m.

Textured, looks like wood, is bevelled and looks really good, I'll post a pic if you think it would be worth travelling over to Thirsk, in north Yorkshire.

miamoo

My OH works around the Yorshire area quite often so it wouldn't be a problem to get there. If you could post a pic that would be great thanks

McKneff

Its a pic of me really used in another thread, but the floor is on there too, I'll see if I can find the thread.

McKneff

http://i50.tinypic.com/98vqd1.jpg

You can get the gist of it from here, I asked for opinions on my outfit for a wedding and one of the posters commented how nice m 'floorboards' were lol

You can google Calverts Car[ets, they have branches in Ripon, Thirsk and Northallerton, really good value for money.

miamoo

Thanks that laminate is really nice, its exactly the colour I am looking for as well, what is that colour called?

McKneff

It was just on display amont a few others, it could be honey oak, but not too sure.

It is so easy to clean too, we just go over it with a swiffer, then over it again with a damp swiffer, no chemicals, no nothing, just water, all done in about 15 minuts, (just the way I like housework, short and sweet lol) we have it right throug, sitting room, dining room and then straight through the conservatory.

I know it was well under £10 per m, but lookds a lot more expensive.