Lets talk about wooden/laminate flooring

Kuztardd

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laurence2163

I've laid a couple of laminate floors and found them fairly straightforward to do (one tip- start in the hardest part of the room i.e. door frame). We put a fairly thick underlay down to improve the acoustics and no problems were found.

Jeewhizz

Go for the best you can afford - IMO, the cheap stuff starts looking very worn after a few years, whereas the proper hardwood stuff keeps its *sparkle* for a lot longer!

misgrace

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=4659365#post4659365


Here is a link from another thread similar to your question, and also further down under my name you will see I posted another link, if you know what I mean lol.

misgrace

Kuztardd wrote: »

I've had a sneaky peek at what is under our carpet (only in one small corner) and i could see the concrete was not level, in fact it had a dip/hole in, is this normal. is it wise to fill in all dips with filler? or will the underlay be enough?

Your welcome Kuz forgot to add, but we had a few dips and uneven bits, and we got this compound stuff that you knock up, and pour over the dips etc, it sort of moves around the uneven bits and fills them, so it evens itself into the dips and uneven bits.
For our engineered floor we used a tuplex underlay specially to go over our orginal concrete base, so even if you go with laminated, our engineered, or even solid wood, you have to take into account the underlay.

I wish I had got this done years ago, but also thought I would be cleaning the floor more, but it has worked out much less housework for me.
I give it a good sweep once a week, then mop over with a damp mop using clear water.
Admittidly we have no kids or pets, but I was always forever hoovering the carpet, and there was always quite a lot of dust on the furniture, theres hardly any dust now, so I am really pleased we decided on the egineered flooring.:D

ormus

you can do an average room for about 100/150 quid. with the click laminate stuff from wickes etc... use the green feltboard for the underlay.
ive used it lots of times and never any real problems.
best tip is to remove the skirting and replace it with new or the old stuff.
cheaper than the edge trim they sell. thats expensive compared to the laminate.

gardnt1

Best underlay to use would be duralay excell gold or treadair .....these are approx 5- 6mm with moisture barrier for concrete. Use self levelling compound to level floor if really bad, otherwise underlay will take some out.

Homebase is really as bad as that ! If going for lamiante use Quickstep 800 or 950. Long lasting and easy fit.