laminate flooring

naf123

Lvt (luxury vinyl tiles ) are waterproof - the huge advantage over laminate 

bearshare

naf123 said:

Lvt (luxury vinyl tiles ) are waterproof - the huge advantage over laminate 

And apparently less noisy to walk on.

naf123

bearshare said:

naf123 said:

Lvt (luxury vinyl tiles ) are waterproof - the huge advantage over laminate 

And apparently less noisy to walk on.

Oh yes, forgot that one too - can get even quieter if you go for foam backed LVT 

ejv

Have you decided about the thickness of the laminate? Is 12mm necessary for homes?

JIL

We had laminate in our old house on all the downstairs floors, the fitters did it in three days which also included fitting new skirting boards. What I particularly liked about it was they ran it all off the boards so the rooms ran into each other, no grippers or bars at any doorways. It was just continual laminate.
We used quickstep and it looked great for ten plus years. It also wore really well. 

In our new house we have had three  bedrooms fitted with quick step laminate. The fitter charged £160 per day. It took him three days. That was to lay the laminate and new skirting. He even did the inside of a built in cupboard.
The laminate, underlay, skirting and other bits was £862.  The materials came from Howdens and the fitter got a discount which he passed on.

Emmia

We've got laminate in the hall / lounge and LVT (Amitco) in the kitchen 

I'm planning to redo the hall/lounge next year in LVT as its warmer underfoot, as the laminate (installed when we moved in) is worn badly /water damaged  in a couple of areas, and has been installed with that beading stuff used to hide the gap between the floor and the skirting, rather than replacing the skirting to get a good finish.

I'm also pondering getting the bedrooms refloored in Amitco (currently carpet) whilst they're at it!

sysadmin

We have our entire downstairs having LVT fitted next week (kitchen, conservatory, living room, front room and hallway) it’s costing £2.7k which considering the area it’s covering isn’t too bad. We already have 2 bathrooms done and it’s much nicer than laminate.