Engineered wood flooring

[AGumbo]

Looking for some advice

We are currently undertaking a complete house rebuild/extension and I will get round to starting thread but the basic premise is

Phase 1

Add two storey SIPS extension
drop ceiling height in the middle of the house
move stairs and replace as now 4 levels
new bathroom and shower room

Phase 2

convert bedroom and lounge into master suite

Phase 3

Convert Kitchen/Bathroom and Dining room into kitchen diner

I am now getting to the point when we can start looking at fixtures and fittings for Phase 1 and have sorted the lights sorted (thanks Guy and EcoLED) plumbing and radiators however I would like to fit some good quality wood flooring and reading on here the way to go is engineered real wood flooring which is much more stable but still looks the part.

So where is good/recommended we are looking at Oak

Thanks in advance

Gumbo

[AGumbo]

Thanks guys for the info will start looking at these and working out the area.

Stairs in yesterday so I can now get back to the bedroom and off the sofa bed!

[AGumbo]

bigdom said:

I'm currently in the process of laying over 60sqm of it, adding that to the other bit a few years back, circa 100sqm.

I've bought all mine from here: http://www.ukwoodfloors.co.uk/

They are relatively local to me, I found them from watching 'Grand Designs'. They make it to order in the UK (Farnborough, Hampshire), this enables any colour, texture, coating, width etc. So it can be personalised to what you want, rather than just off shelf.

Edited by bigdom on Thursday 23 April 14:17

This does look really good.

I also like the look of the french stuff so I emailed them through the website asking for samples and got a very quick reply and some are in the post. They seem to be very reasonably priced compared to the above but samples from both would see to be the way forward.

Thanks again for the advice

[AGumbo]

bigdom said:

DBSV8 said:

thanks , here's a big tip if your cutting around door frames , newel posts etc. well worth investing in a cutter



saves lots of bother and you get a great finish
cheers

I have one of those bad boys, it's one of those things you wonder how did without one until you bought it, very useful tool.

Samples are on the way

It looks like I will need a new toy as well I swear 20% of this build's budget has been from tools that I either need or replacements for the ones I have killed (battery drills/ impact drivers etc)

[AGumbo]

Little update for you

Box of samples from French Forest arrived last night which has opened the discussion up again as they included some engineered ash flooring as well which is not on the website and a thinner (and therefore cheaper 18mm version).

Couple of questions then (before the design consultant makes her choice tonight)

Anyone used the ash version?

The thinner 18mm board looks just as robust (albeit with a thinner veneer) what are the pro's and con's versus the 22mm board?

Thanks

Andy

[AGumbo]

M3ax said:

Depends what you are bonding it to. I'd advise not less than a 6mm wear layer. The 22mm version is most likely 15mm ply plus 7mm wear layer. The more robust the base, the less chance you have of rafting etc. are you going over screed or joists?

Going over both as it will be going in at least 3 rooms