Amtico/karndean/?others

[pchelpman]

Hi everyone

We are ripping out our old flooring from the kitchen/conservatory (brick built)/downstairs (very small) WC and are thinking of a new surface.

We have been through the variety of floors available (hard/solid/engineered/tiles; wood/vinyl/ceramic/lino and so on) and have now been pointed in the direction of amtico/karndean. At this early stage in our research on these two they appeal to us.

What we think you may have are thoughts on either of these or, indeed, any alternative(s) we may have overlooked.

Any and all thoughts most gratefully appreciated.

 

[RigidRaider]

Interesting you should ask this question as my wife and I are going through the very same process. We finished our en-suite 6 months ago and are still walking on bare boards because we can't agree on a floor.

She asked me what I thought would be a reasonable budget for the floor. I thought "Hmm... say £100 but let's double it - £200 then." This is a small room about 4 metres square. The quote for Carndean was ONE THOUSAND POUNDS! This is because of the cost of the material but also the big song-and-dance that goes with installation, levelling etc. I strongly suspect that the public is being spectacularly conned over these "upmarket" floors.

I would be happy to put down some vinyl, on the basis that if I needed to take it up to repair a leaking pipe it wouldn't be a disaster. But vinyl is just not acceptable, apparently.

And so the argument continues.

 

[WoodYouLike]

£200.00 for a quality 3-strip engineered (real wood) floor would be alright (based on 4 - 5 sq m), if you DIY-it That price even includes the underlayment and 1 threshold (oh, and the VAT)

 

[RigidRaider]

Over the weekend we have found this:

http://www.therubberflooringcompany.co.uk/

Great colours, nice little company, excellent service, just up the road and reasonable prices.

We are doing our bathroom in tiles in pistachio, with the J section edging strips.

 

[prod]

we had the same debate 12 moths ago soon ditched amtico as too expensive,double the cost of karndean and not much difference in quality,fitting is all in the floor preperation no lumps, bumps or dips,we had professional fitter ,good finish but after watching him work im certain i could have saved £450 and diy'ed it ,also shop around for prices as there can be big differences you might want to check this site http://www.floorsonline.co.uk/

 

[Richardp]

Well I can highly recommend this one.
http://woodyoulike.co.uk/index.htm

 

[WoodYouLike]