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I see what your saying. Its not a fast a buck i am after, its just a larger profit margin, that can only be acheived by selling quality products at market rates. I have just seen a house fitted with laminate flooring, how can you gain a good reputation selling laminate, or vaneered MDF!! YUK!!

Thanks for the advice pete, Having found the same company that supply wickes, I am now setting up a letter of credit, the payment of which will depend upon final shipment. This will be drafted after visitng the company and ensuring that we get the same supply that wickes have. cant be any...

i will certainly post some more later the people who supply wickes alsp supply solid

I could give you far worse example than that, a retailer close to j5 of the M5 ;-) has a showroom fully of defunct chinese stock, at 6X normal retail and i would agree, that some of wickes wood floor stock needs extra care when fitting.

Import license/paperwork and duties are standard I have selected the same supplier that wickes use, i will also be going over to check that these things are excactly what i need and finished to the same standard, no point in spending 40k if your not willing to spend £300 for a flight over...

them picks are of engineered, had the very same in me hand all week long. its sources from china, and milled in china not sure about size of random planks, but can check for you I am laying a floor for someone who bought these from wickes, they are solid wood, vaneered, engineered...

20ft container is minimum, but its the same stuff being supplied to wickes and b&q - i know thats not quality, but its the mass market!! Woodulike, thank you for your input. I have just finished laying a wooden floor, its engineered - ie solid wood with top layer vaneered. the customer...

I am ordering a quantity of solid engineered flooring width 148mm x 15mm x random lengths top veneer 4/6 mm Oak, Walnut, Teak, Iroko, Merbau, Jatoba, Santos Mahogany, Asia Walnut, Red Oak Beli, Birch. 100 Sq meters of Oak = £2585 100 Sq meters of Oak = £2585 100 Sq meters of Oak =...

trouble with that is you may have left if too long, I would be thinking along the lines of :- 1) try sanding down the affected area 2) if this has no affect you may have to strip, stain and varnish the whole lot 3) replace affected area or whole floor l4) lazy mans way out! If your...

Run through this real quick - a few simple rules 1) tape some polythene down over the concrete, leave it overnight preferably for 24 hours, if there is condensation on the polythene or the concrete is discoloured you have a damp problem. the sheet should be 1.5m square and taped all along...

Run through this real quick - a few simple rules 1) tape some polythene down over the concrete, leave it overnight preferably for 24 hours, if there is condensation on the polythene or the concrete is discoloured you have a damp problem. the sheet should be 1.5m square and taped all along...