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I should have sorted it weeks ago but I've been working long hours and now I need to sort it out fast,
I'd like a real wood floor,an engineered one because eventually I will have underfloor heating... I need about 120m2 so quite pricey.
- does anyone have any good tips for good or excellent quality brands/suppliers- ideally at good prices?
- I'm planning to put the flooring down temporarily (for about 3 years) then lift it to do major refurishing or rebuilding and then re-use the wood - so far I'm not getting encouraging messages about being able to re-use the flooring, one guy said i could uses "secret screws" (ahem!) instead of "secret nails" to make dismantling it easier - any thoughts or experiences on lifting and reusing this type of flooring, which brands/types might be best and how to lay them temporarily?
Thanks
I've just put 40sqm down from howdens. It's a 200mm wide, triple strip oak plank. Really nice stuff to be fair. I fitted a gloss cream kitchen with light walnut block worktops, hours really well with it. Customer only wanted it in the kitchen diner, but asked for the whole ground floor when she saw it finished.
Best thing is that it's on sale at the moment, £16.80 p/sqm, comes in a 3.2sqm pack, 14mm thick plank with a pretty thick veneer so it can be re sanded in future. It's self locking so no glue or screws required. Joints are very right too, so light moping shouldn't be a problem. Think it has a 15 year guarantee
I suspect it'll only be floating? use a click type floor, it will be reusable, just make sure you number all the cut pieces before you take it up.
I'd have thought the chance of it looking as good the second time it's laid is pretty small. I'm assuming you're laying it yourself but even so it's going to cost you a lot in time. Have you thought about putting down a cheap carpet and treating it as having a 3 year lifespan?
I put down some Quickstep laminate over electric underfloor heating - works & looks great.
Don't buy laminated or the cheapest....
thanks for the responses, will look into Howdens hadnt thought of them
Real Oak Floors in Leeds does a great range and was pretty cheap. Get an unfinished one for you to seal yourself (using Osmo hardwax) then when it is relaid you can quite easily re-sand it and re-seal it giving you a chance of getting a decent result.
I wouldn't hold out too much hope of it being a success any which way you cut it though.
Underfloor heating does not work well with any type of wood flooring. Seriously bear this in mind as you will be disappointed with the results. Wood is a poor conductor of heat and will basically act like an insulator! Just s thought.
Oh and the miserable ****ers at howdens will only deal with trade!
It was a few years ago but we bought solid character oak from [url= http://www.hardwood-floors.co.uk/ ]Millenium Hardwoods[/url]
At the time it was really good value.
Underfloor heating does not work well with any type of wood flooring.
Incorrect.
Survey says Eh-Eh.
Dd which survey would that be then??
Even though it can sometimes be marketed as exclusive and is therefore expensive, apparently it does grow on trees.
HTH.
Well I'm currently walking on one, laid over underfloor heating last year. Toasty on the feet. Not a gap to be seen. Boards still flat as a pancake. Not the first one I've seen either.