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 1596 Posts Member #: 8027 Post Whore Thrapston, Kettering, Northants NN14 |
25th Jan, 2013 at 12:19:57am
If your planning on keeping the house for the forseeable future then i would fork out and use the real wood, if your selling tho real wood floor could be a selling point so reaaly you will never loose out, if your having the other stuff i wouldnt want at least 6mm of real wood as it soon sands through if its any thinner. And as for laminate, its never good. On 17th Feb, 2011 apbellamy said:
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 1751 Posts Member #: 10190 Post Whore belgium |
25th Jan, 2013 at 08:34:43am
On 25th Jan, 2013 Rick.SPI said:
If your planning on keeping the house for the forseeable future then i would fork out and use the real wood, if your selling tho real wood floor could be a selling point so reaaly you will never loose out, if your having the other stuff i wouldn't want at least 6mm of real wood as it soon sands through if its any thinner. And as for laminate, its never good. if you sand it with a woodboy (machine) you take of 0.6 to 0.8 mm at a time doing this once every 8 to 10 years ..... takes you an avarage of 57 years to sand trough 4 mm.... so enething from a budget 4 to a royal 6 is good. do not now prices in uk but for 20pounds (being 25 to 28 euros) per square meter you can find this for doing yourselves in good quality. laminate diamond ( best quality go's around 15 pounds here) if the floor is soft used you might also consider a cork floor. always a warm feeling there. you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
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250 Posts Member #: 1615 Senior Member Ferndown, Dorset |
25th Jan, 2013 at 11:07:35pm
had a chat to one of our wood fitters at work as i dont do much wood (i do mainly contract vinyl and carpet) he agreed with what ive said. take a look at quickstep laminate flooring, its quite good tbh, dont bother with the shite you get at B & Q. asuming yours is a straight forward room, he said its just over half a days work.
On 1st Mar, 2009 MikeRace said:
Hmmm weberyyy On 21st Apr, 2009 madcatminis said:
I hope she's got knickers on or you'll have a funny runny mark on your bonnet. Quite like what a snail leaves behind. |
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1751 Posts Member #: 10190 Post Whore belgium |
26th Jan, 2013 at 06:13:49am
On 25th Jan, 2013 nick1275 said:
had a chat to one of our wood fitters at work as i dont do much wood (i do mainly contract vinyl and carpet) he agreed with what ive said. take a look at quickstep laminate flooring, its quite good tbh, dont bother with the shite you get at B & Q. asuming yours is a straight forward room, he said its just over half a days work. with reagrd to sanding, to sand properly allow to take minimum 3-4mm off before refinishing 3 to 4 mm in one time? That is far to much! 1mm at the most you'll spend a day sandimg that one mm off. If it's flat it will not even be 1mm. you can do anything if you set your mind to it...
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
26th Jan, 2013 at 08:16:18am
I have just bought a load of wood floor, to see how tuff it was i dug my key into the samples before we bought
Crystal Sound Audio said:
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336 Posts Member #: 9941 Senior Member Derby |
26th Jan, 2013 at 09:37:57am
This comment about the underfloor heating is a load of rubbish as I have fitted a wet system before that has been covered in a 1" thick solid wood and it worked fine!
On 22nd Jan, 2013 liam mini 35 said:
Do you have under floor heating? If so forget real or engineered, wood is a very good thermal insulator so you wont feel the benefit. Engineered is another man made floor, it uses MDF etc as a base layer and then a real wood top, of around 2-3mm. Your best option is to go real and get as thick as you can. 18mm is most common and generally has a top surface of about 5mm. This will allow you to sand and re varnish etc. so for look and life span i would always go real. |
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 6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
26th Jan, 2013 at 09:53:54am
On 26th Jan, 2013 Rammie2000 said:
On 25th Jan, 2013 nick1275 said:
had a chat to one of our wood fitters at work as i dont do much wood (i do mainly contract vinyl and carpet) he agreed with what ive said. take a look at quickstep laminate flooring, its quite good tbh, dont bother with the shite you get at B & Q. asuming yours is a straight forward room, he said its just over half a days work. with reagrd to sanding, to sand properly allow to take minimum 3-4mm off before refinishing 3 to 4 mm in one time? That is far to much! 1mm at the most you'll spend a day sandimg that one mm off. If it's flat it will not even be 1mm. |
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6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
26th Jan, 2013 at 09:55:49am
On 26th Jan, 2013 jamiestevenbell said:
This comment about the underfloor heating is a load of rubbish as I have fitted a wet system before that has been covered in a 1" thick solid wood and it worked fine! On 22nd Jan, 2013 liam mini 35 said: Do you have under floor heating? If so forget real or engineered, wood is a very good thermal insulator so you wont feel the benefit. Engineered is another man made floor, it uses MDF etc as a base layer and then a real wood top, of around 2-3mm. Your best option is to go real and get as thick as you can. 18mm is most common and generally has a top surface of about 5mm. This will allow you to sand and re varnish etc. so for look and life span i would always go real. |
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6729 Posts Member #: 618 Post Whore Glasgow |
26th Jan, 2013 at 10:04:28am
Sorry for the multi posts but i can't seem to respond to multiposts on the pad
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