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Flooring woes...

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We're looking to replace our (no-longer) beige carpet in the living room and hallway, around 27 sq metres. There's only 2 of us living here and 3 cats, and the house is only 3 years old. I'm torn between laminate (Quick Step eligna for example) or self adhesive vinyl planks (looked at Polyflor camaro or Karndean knight tile). The vinyl appeals as it's warmer underfoot, 100% waterproof (occasional cat accidents!) and not as noisy. Downside being the floor has to be perfectly level, but the floating floors do seem to cost quite a bit more. I have also had samples from Moduleo (the floating click range) which I was really impressed with, but it would come out at over £1000 for the floor alone. It will be self-fitted either way.

The upstairs and stairs will remain carpeted, the kitchen and W.C were done in sheet vinyl by the developers, dented and dirty looking, not impressed!

Thanks!
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  • nikki2804
    nikki2804 Posts: 2,670 Forumite
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    I'm in the same boat, I want to change my livingroom, kitchen, hallway, porch and wc flooring as the flooring down is horrible, laminate but cheap laminate. I looked at karndean but the cheapest (and the one I wanted was mid range not the cheapest) was £48 per sqm supplied and fitted. That one can't be fitted diy so cant cut the installation costs. :eek:

    Engineered oak flooring looks like a good option. Pricey though :(
  • andrewf75
    andrewf75 Posts: 10,424 Forumite
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    You can get engineered oak for about £25 per sqm if you shop around.
  • Lgas
    Lgas Posts: 365 Forumite
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    I've not looked into engineered wood as assumed it would be super expensive, what aftercare do you need for that? Is a professional fitter necessary?
  • andrewf75
    andrewf75 Posts: 10,424 Forumite
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    Lgas wrote: »
    I've not looked into engineered wood as assumed it would be super expensive, what aftercare do you need for that? Is a professional fitter necessary?

    I think its supposed to be oiled once a year or something thats about it.
    Depends on your skills, we're getting ours fitted by our builder as its part of a big job anyway but I've heard its not that hard. You can get click-fitting stuff as well.
  • Lgas
    Lgas Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Aha, just had a look, this sort of thing?:
    http://www.woodandbeyond.com/products/Natural-Engineered-Click-Oak-Flooring-UV-Laquered-14%7B47%7D3mm-By-150mm.html

    Very interesting! That's thrown a spanner in the works, thank you, i'm going to investigate this further later.
  • notanewuser
    notanewuser Posts: 8,499 Forumite
    We'll be replacing our no-longer-cream carpets with engineered wood as soon as possible. Worth getting a good quality product professionally fitted - we paid £75/sq m for a room last year and its beautiful.
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  • Lgas
    Lgas Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Then there's this old thread just to confuse matters..
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2412501
  • I have this stuff in light oak throughout my whole downstairs. It's very easy to lay yourself - it's fitted as a floating floor over an underlay, and the only tools we needed were a measuring tape, a metal ruler and a Stanley knife. Also it's 100% waterproof, which is why I chose it in the first place. I was going to go for real wood but I was concerned about it being damaged by water, the dog, people's high heels etc.
  • Lgas
    Lgas Posts: 365 Forumite
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    Thank you, i'll have a closer look at that, that looks like what I was originally after, like the Moduleo but much cheaper! Moduleo is 4.5mm thick with a wear layer of 0.4mm and your one is 4mm thick with a wear layer of 0.3mm so not much difference.
  • jellie
    jellie Posts: 884 Forumite
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    I've just had Quick Step laminate installed and am impressed with it.

    I did look at engineered wood, but the cheaper ones weren't particularly good looking and had quite a thin wear layer.
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