Engineered Wood Flooring

[N.Wood]

Yo,

Im going to fit some engineered oak boards on my living room floor. Its about 25m sq. and fairly simply shaped - Rectangular and only a fireplace and stairwell to go around.

Anyone laid this kinda floor before? Any hints or advice on good boards to use?

Cheers then.

[GaZaa]

My only experience is that I used to sell it when I worked at a Timber Merchants. Engineered is probably the best way to go as it is pretty versatile, hard wearing and depending on what particular type you decide to go for can be reasonably cheap compared to some solid products out there.

What are you going to be actually fitting it on top of? When I worked where I did you could get a really decent quality 3 strip lacquered oak engineered for about £19 per sq m + the old VAT. Another benefit to a lot of them too is that they come with a click system so fairly straight forward to fit in comparison to solid hard woods and they are a lot more stable with regard to movement. In our hallway at home we've had a 3 strip for about 10 years, floated on top of underlay on existing floorboards and it's held up really well considering the amount of abuse it gets. Plus it's never moved a millimetre.

Have a quick look at this link anyway http://www.tuscanflooring.co.uk/how-to-select-a-floor.asp there's some pretty helpful information on there and Tuscan do some really good value and quality stuff.

Hope that helps a bit.

[N.Wood]

Thanks for the reply, very helpful!

Its going ontop of a concrete floor, yet to decide what is the best underlay - Any tips? Yeah engineered seems to be a happy medium for me, I'll be paying for it myself and at 23 cant really afford the ££££ for solid oak when i have a sofa, tv, paint, carpet etc to pay for as well!

[AdamR28]

Get in touch with Anal (Teflon), he's the man.