The cost of Wooden floors

[worz]

Hey guys,

I am very soon to be buying approx 30 sqm of wooden flooring to do my new extension and hall.

So my question is considering the massive price diferentials of wooden flooring, can someone please advise on what you actually get for your money?

We are after a rustic engineered oak floor, that will be fitted by myself floating.

Prices seem to range from £20ish to well over £100 per sqm

Any advice please

Worz

 

[WoodYouLike]

£ 20.00 = great chance it is a 3-strip Oak rustic with lacquer finish (or rubbish, veneer top layer 0f hardly 1mm or very low quality backing)

Basic good quality costs around £ 35 - 40 upwards per sq m.
The higher price bracket normally gives you very thick engineered boards (6mm solid top layer, total thickness 20 - 21mm)

It just depends what you want.

 

[worz]

Well I am not 100% sure to be honest.
I really like the Hertog's flooring on your website WYL but cannot afford it. So am looking for something similar at about the £50 mark.
But it is so hard to see what you get for your money, there being so many ranges to choose from.

Is there a general rule about how thick you want the veneer and how do you tell how good the finish will be?

Thanks again WoodYouLike

 

[WoodYouLike]

I'm not allowed to blatantly advertise here, but we do have a Basic Aged & Smoked around the £ 50.00 mark - not a Hertog's one but good quaility (we only sell good quality )

Best thing always is to visit a local - preferable specialised shop - to see, feel, touch and even 'smell' large samples of wood floors.

 

[worz]

After taking your advice WYL and visiting a couple of local suppliers, who were very helpful i might add, but did tell me that I couldnt float a solid oak floor! I am sure I have read this is possible on other websites, why would they advise this?

Also I think I may only be able to really get away with 15mm deep planks. Will they feel just as stable as 20mm? What are the pros and cons of 20mm over 15mm.

Likewise 6mm of real wood on a 20mm v 4mm on 15mm planks, does this make much of a difference do you think?

Thanks in advance.

Worz

 

[WoodYouLike]

Installing solids floating: you do need to take more precautions than with wood-engineered. Some manufacturer still advice not to float a solid, more and more know it will costs them clients.

20mm is more rigid than 15mm, less prone to 'bounce' when your underfloor is not really level. If your floor is level you can use 15mm.

6mm top layer needs a thicker backing - again making the whole more rigid.

Hope this helps

 

[worz]

Thank you once again WYL

 

[worz]

Right I am nearly there

I have seen a couple of 15mm Eng Oak floors I like, but my local shop is telling me they only come in 2m lengths, I thought most came in varying lengths? Will this make much difference, or is it I just have to pay more attention to a pattern forming.
I did have a look on another website <winks> and they seem to be the same.

Thanks again in advance.

Worz

 

[WoodYouLike]

No, basic wood-engineered flooring normally comes in one length. Some quality products to have one or two already cut in 2 boards in a pack (where the cut in half or 1/3 - 2/3 boards do have T&G all around) to make the staggering easier.
If this is not the case you just have to be aware per row you don't create a fixed pattern. Simple way: if your room has a fixed length, you can end up with a fixed pattern very easily, because every cut from the last board to start the next row will be the same as one or two rows before.
Cut of a bit more from your cut off to prevent this.