Hey guys,
We are having new flooring in our hallway, kitchen and utility area. One quote for this was around £1,300 for Quickstep laminate, and about £1,800 for engineered.
I'm leaning towards the engineered thinking it's basically a real wood surface so I can sand and re finish if I want, and can also spot repair, plus it's real wood, which I feel will look superior.
The only benefit I can see for laminate besides cost is that if stuff is dropped it won't 'dent' like engineered, but I'm not sure how valid this claim is.
We're a family of three, a couple and a 1 year old...
In addition, all these places say they do the floor only, we'd have to pop off the skirting and apply new skirting (which we want to replace, as it's crap)... I've always attached skirting when I've been able to brace it with bits of wood and screws into the floorboards. Obviously I can't do that here, so how do I 'clamp' it to the (occasionally) uneven walls?
Thanks!
We are having new flooring in our hallway, kitchen and utility area. One quote for this was around £1,300 for Quickstep laminate, and about £1,800 for engineered.
I'm leaning towards the engineered thinking it's basically a real wood surface so I can sand and re finish if I want, and can also spot repair, plus it's real wood, which I feel will look superior.
The only benefit I can see for laminate besides cost is that if stuff is dropped it won't 'dent' like engineered, but I'm not sure how valid this claim is.
We're a family of three, a couple and a 1 year old...
In addition, all these places say they do the floor only, we'd have to pop off the skirting and apply new skirting (which we want to replace, as it's crap)... I've always attached skirting when I've been able to brace it with bits of wood and screws into the floorboards. Obviously I can't do that here, so how do I 'clamp' it to the (occasionally) uneven walls?
Thanks!
