Quote for Engineered wood floor install

Bigphil1474

Just after opinions if this quote sounds okay. We've used the company before on a few different jobs, and they have always done right by us. Problem is I can't seem to get anyone else to come and quote anyway. The floor is approx. 22 square meters, it will be cleared of old carpet, grippers etc, and generally tidied up by me before they start.

Supply Oak engineered wood flooring and beading £1400 + VAT
6mm ply lining, Bitumen paper, foam underlay, trim, nails, silicone etc. £480
Labour for fitting all - £1,450 (Est. 5 days labour)
Total £3330
With Vat £3996

In our old house we'd have bought cheap carpet and get their fitter to fit, but we moved into a decent house and want something that will last.  N.b. we are having beading as we can't really have the skirts removed and refitted without huge extra expense. 

GDB2222

It’s not particularly cheap. For example the flooring is £76 / sqm. You can get cheaper, but the quality obviously varies.

5 days for fitting sounds like a lot, but it depends on the room layout. Complex edges take far more time than just laying planks next to each other in the middle of a square room. 

Silvertabby

When we had our engineered oak our fitter strongly recommended that we have the old skirting removed and new skirting fitted on top of the floor.  That way any flex would be hidden by the skirting boards.  He did a superb job, and 7 years later the floor still looks like new.

Bit difficult to compare price - ours was 7 years ago, 33 sqm, hall, lounge and dining room, and was just shy of £3K.  But the cost of wood has shot up since then.  We went for a more expensive flooring, with a really thick layer of oak, and then gave it a top coat of wax oil.    

Bigphil1474

Thanks for the responses. The flooring itself is actually £1,200 for 10 packs of 2.3 sqm, so a little over £50 per sqm (+VAT). The floor isn't square, we have a 3m long fire place area that comes into the room, and a corner section where the door is, but it's generally right angles. Yeah, it's unfortunate on the skirting. We made a decision when we had the living room reskimmed last year to keep the skirting on, so it would mean potentially not only repairing wallpaper/paint but the plaster as well. It's gonna be May now before they can do it. I'll keep trying to get someone else out to quote.

Silvertabby

Bigphil1474 said:

Thanks for the responses. The flooring itself is actually £1,200 for 10 packs of 2.3 sqm, so a little over £50 per sqm (+VAT). The floor isn't square, we have a 3m long fire place area that comes into the room, and a corner section where the door is, but it's generally right angles. Yeah, it's unfortunate on the skirting. We made a decision when we had the living room reskimmed last year to keep the skirting on, so it would mean potentially not only repairing wallpaper/paint but the plaster as well. It's gonna be May now before they can do it. I'll keep trying to get someone else out to quote.

Our new skirting is higher than the old, and so covered up the minimal damage.  We were re-decorating, but it wouldn't have been necessary.
  

jimi_man

The quote doesn't seem to be outrageous. Similar to what we paid two years ago and we had some hefty quotes.

Taking off the skirting is really non-negotiable. Beading just looks awful and looks like a cheapo laminate floor put down in a weekend and you'll be forever wishing you'd done it properly. It doesn't have to be a massive job, just take it off and you may get a few holes in the plaster which are easily filled. Then put new skirting back and if it's a bit taller than the original it makes it so much easier. As Silvertabby says you probably won't even have to redecorate if you're careful how you paint the skirting.

If you're paying £4k to have a floor put down then for the sake of a little extra work, don't spoil it with beading.

If you're really dead against removing the skirting board then I'd go for carpet instead. A good quality carpet will easily last 20+ years and you won't have the beading issue.