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Recycling parquet floor tiles

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I lifted wooden parquet floor tiles from my lounge, as new CH pipes were to be laid in the screed. Anyway, I have ~6 boxes of tiles. They are the small finger type, so hard to relay, with bitumen on the back. Are these of any utility value? Or are they just waste?

I put them on Freecycle, but got no takers. I could take them to the tip, but it seems a waste, no pun intended.
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  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    I think we ended up putting that sort of thing in the bin when we took them up. If people are getting a wooden floor they get laminate now.
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  • phead
    phead Posts: 214 Forumite
    Leif wrote: »
    I lifted wooden parquet floor tiles from my lounge, as new CH pipes were to be laid in the screed. Anyway, I have ~6 boxes of tiles. They are the small finger type, so hard to relay, with bitumen on the back. Are these of any utility value? Or are they just waste?

    I put them on Freecycle, but got no takers. I could take them to the tip, but it seems a waste, no pun intended.

    Try ebay, I paid £100 for a load of them. I needed to fill in an area that had a fire hearth in it. Make sure you put a photo up to show the colour as people may need slightly different shades.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    SailorSam wrote: »
    If people are getting a wooden floor they get laminate now.


    Yuck .
  • I would try the reclamation yards as well, they would probably be interested.
  • fluffpot
    fluffpot Posts: 1,264 Forumite
    Don't bin them! As others have said - ebay or reclaim yard
  • Leif
    Leif Posts: 3,727 Forumite
    Thanks. Ebay is a good idea, even if it sells at a low price they will be re-used.
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  • theGrinch
    theGrinch Posts: 3,133 Forumite
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    I sold about 30 sq metres of it (herringbone pattern) for 600 gbp 18-months ago.
    "enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb
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