Quickstep/ Wooden / Engineered flooring
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No laminate should be considered a substitute for solid wood, However Quickstep is the best laminate I have ever fitted. The boards are well made, solid and easy to install. The tounge and grooves are robust too. The boards have a nice deep and well defined grain too so they have a nice feel under foot and are never slippery like cheap laminate and that was the key selling point for me.
They have also proved to be very resistant to scratches.
They have also proved to be very resistant to scratches.
We have quickstep across the ground floor. It's fine.
I took off the skirtings before getting the Quickstep down.
The floor layer insisted that I use Timbermate excel underlay.
When a local carpenter came round to quote for new larger skirtings, the first question he asked was: "Did you glue the engineered floor down?" When I said it was laminate flooring he got down to examine it and said he didn't realise it was that good.
Properly laid, on the correct underlay, it does a fine job. Easy to look after, never needs treatment. Just don't get it wet.
I took off the skirtings before getting the Quickstep down.
The floor layer insisted that I use Timbermate excel underlay.
When a local carpenter came round to quote for new larger skirtings, the first question he asked was: "Did you glue the engineered floor down?" When I said it was laminate flooring he got down to examine it and said he didn't realise it was that good.
Properly laid, on the correct underlay, it does a fine job. Easy to look after, never needs treatment. Just don't get it wet.
Paul Drawmer said:
We have quickstep across the ground floor. It's fine.
I took off the skirtings before getting the Quickstep down.
The floor layer insisted that I use Timbermate excel underlay.
When a local carpenter came round to quote for new larger skirtings, the first question he asked was: "Did you glue the engineered floor down?" When I said it was laminate flooring he got down to examine it and said he didn't realise it was that good.
Properly laid, on the correct underlay, it does a fine job. Easy to look after, never needs treatment. Just don't get it wet.
That is almost exactly what I was going sayI took off the skirtings before getting the Quickstep down.
The floor layer insisted that I use Timbermate excel underlay.
When a local carpenter came round to quote for new larger skirtings, the first question he asked was: "Did you glue the engineered floor down?" When I said it was laminate flooring he got down to examine it and said he didn't realise it was that good.
Properly laid, on the correct underlay, it does a fine job. Easy to look after, never needs treatment. Just don't get it wet.
Terzo123 said:
I have quick step installed in my house. Looks good, obviously not as good as real wood, but it is miles cheaper and wears well. If your other half or visitors wear high heels, it won't mark unlike real or engineered wooden boards.
Exactly why I don't have real wood in the high traffic areas of the house 
I deployed quick-step laminate in our place about 12 years ago.....had to take up and re-lay some when we had some extension work done 8 years ago, but no problems with that....& still it looks great!
As mentioned before, the groves look good - we only have them on the long edges (wasn't fussed by the "plank" look that had only just come out), but the quality is (or was back then!) top notch!
Highly recommended....ours is harvest oak, looks good..
As mentioned before, the groves look good - we only have them on the long edges (wasn't fussed by the "plank" look that had only just come out), but the quality is (or was back then!) top notch!
Highly recommended....ours is harvest oak, looks good..
5ohmustang said:
I have 1 inch, southern white pine, tongue and groove. It's easy to install yourself...
That's impressively thick flooring! Would need to let that acclimatise for some weeks before laying. 5ohmustang said:
.. As others have said, don't use laminate, it looks terrible.
No they haven't, no it doesn't My Quickstep has been down for 12 years and has worn brilliantly, have it all through living space, kitchen and hallways.
However, have just had to pull up more than 50sq.m of it due to a leak in a concrete buried hot water pipe beneath, ouch.
The stuff of this vintage is scrap, our flooring fitter says the newer version is better and more water resistant.
I'm going Amtico type this time for the area we're replacing but no issues with the Quickstep, just fancy something different.
However, have just had to pull up more than 50sq.m of it due to a leak in a concrete buried hot water pipe beneath, ouch.
The stuff of this vintage is scrap, our flooring fitter says the newer version is better and more water resistant.
I'm going Amtico type this time for the area we're replacing but no issues with the Quickstep, just fancy something different.
I laid quickstep aquanto http://www.diy.com/departments/aquanto-classic-oak...
in our shower / utility rooms I also glued it as well at the tounges to make it more water resistant.
I must say I found it very difficult to get it to click together and I've laid a reasonable amount of laminate in my time. (I did wonder if the glue created an issue but its sold by quickstep as well.
Anyway its a great product once down.
B&Q have good deals just now!
in our shower / utility rooms I also glued it as well at the tounges to make it more water resistant.
I must say I found it very difficult to get it to click together and I've laid a reasonable amount of laminate in my time. (I did wonder if the glue created an issue but its sold by quickstep as well.
Anyway its a great product once down.
B&Q have good deals just now!
We have Quickstep laminate on most of our ground floor. We went for their "impressive ultra" range so it was certified as waterproof.
We love it. Unless you get down on your knees you wouldn't know it wasn't engineered/real wood. It feels completely solid and has a real wood like texture. Its been subject to lots of abuse from high heels/moving of furniture/spillages/pet nails/pet urine accidents and it literally looks as good as the day we bought it. Extremely hard wearing. The previous floor was engineered wood and it scratched so easily.
My only (very slight) complaint is there's a limited number of variations on the grain so you can see some repetition if you look really really closely.
I would recommend it without hesitation.
We love it. Unless you get down on your knees you wouldn't know it wasn't engineered/real wood. It feels completely solid and has a real wood like texture. Its been subject to lots of abuse from high heels/moving of furniture/spillages/pet nails/pet urine accidents and it literally looks as good as the day we bought it. Extremely hard wearing. The previous floor was engineered wood and it scratched so easily.
My only (very slight) complaint is there's a limited number of variations on the grain so you can see some repetition if you look really really closely.
I would recommend it without hesitation.
There's some strange snobbery when it comes to floors. I'm partly guilty.
When we did our floor I liked the quickstep walnut but something in me didn't want Laminate 'because it's pictures printed on mdf' . So I fitted engineered walnut.
Big mistake, the floor was f
ked before I even finished it, it's so soft it's silly. Our last dog literally destroyed it, any type of light means it fades to fk as well. The only good point is it can be sanded, I'm actually having to give the guy who's buying our place the money to have it done.
Karndean and amtico seems to be 'luxuary' but what's the difference between pictures printed on Lino strips or pictures painted on mdf. The same as porcelain tiles, it's still a printed image, composite decking, same thing as well.
Not sure why laminate gets such a raw deal. I've seen quickstep which has been down for several years and still looks new and even to my fussy beady eye actually looks pretty real.
As such I reckon I might fit it in our new house if I go for a wood floor.
When we did our floor I liked the quickstep walnut but something in me didn't want Laminate 'because it's pictures printed on mdf' . So I fitted engineered walnut.
Big mistake, the floor was f
ked before I even finished it, it's so soft it's silly. Our last dog literally destroyed it, any type of light means it fades to fk as well. The only good point is it can be sanded, I'm actually having to give the guy who's buying our place the money to have it done. Karndean and amtico seems to be 'luxuary' but what's the difference between pictures printed on Lino strips or pictures painted on mdf. The same as porcelain tiles, it's still a printed image, composite decking, same thing as well.
Not sure why laminate gets such a raw deal. I've seen quickstep which has been down for several years and still looks new and even to my fussy beady eye actually looks pretty real.
As such I reckon I might fit it in our new house if I go for a wood floor.
It seems to get pretty good reviews.
I was looking at this http://www.quick-step.co.uk/en-gb/laminate/perspec...
And the underlay you wouldn't recommend the quick step stuff?
I was looking at this http://www.quick-step.co.uk/en-gb/laminate/perspec...
And the underlay you wouldn't recommend the quick step stuff?
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