Flooring seleciton advice please...

[DaMekon]

Looking to get our hall and living room re-floored.. been looking into getting shut of the carpet in favour of wood...

Now, Ive learned there are 3 main types, laminate, engineered and solid wood...

I know laminate is the cheaper, and from what I have read, engineered is perhaps more durable and stronger than solid, which perhaps explains why price wise, solid and engineered and similar...

The living room is about 24sqm and the hallway prob about 8sqm.

Im thinking that as the hallway (front door to kitchen & living room) is likely to see more traffic, perhaps go for the laminate.. then splash out on engineered for the living room...

Would both require underlay??

Would appreciate any advice.. thanks!

 

[lymmranger]

Laminate is usually the cheapest option (depending on range chosen of course), and yes it requires a suitable underlay

Engineered/real wood also requires an underlay if fitted as a floating floor

...will you be having the whole job professionaly supplied and installed?

If so you should also consider LVT flooring (karndean/amtico)

....this is because some of the alternate manufacturers (Polyflor, Distinctive, True forrest, lifestyle, etc) can offer products fully installed for a cheaper price than quality (not diy rubbish) engineered/solid wood. LVT is a more durable (certainly more scratch resistant) flooring it is quite water resistant and warm to bare skin. More importantly it is much quiter to walk on than laminate or wood.

As a guide (here up North) engineered goes for around £80m2 - over £100m2, whereas LVT can be had for around £55m2 upwards - these prices are fully installed.

...Does that help???