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Wooden floors
Hi all
we're currently refurbishing our house and want some wooden floors for the first floor (ground floor will have original pine floors but due to extension we had to move most of the upstairs floorboards down..). Could anyone recommend a good supplier?
We prefer solid wood floors but would also consider something reclaimed.. especially if we could match them to the downstairs.
Our builder will do the fitting.
Any experiences and suggestions?
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Milda Rami on
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Actually.. I have a new question. Should probably start a new discussion but don't wont to risk being labeled a spammer, so..
Lots of people are telling us we should have carpet upstairs rather than wood. My heart is with wood but carpet would be significantly cheaper. What do you have and what would you rather have?
I prefer wood because it:
- looks so much better
- easy to clean and maintain dust free
Yet carpet would be:
- much cheaper
However carpet is also:
- a nightmare to clean
- collects dust and welcomes dust -mites
I have always said i'd never voluntarily live in a carpeted bedroom (years of renting has taken its toll) but now.. its more than a grand extra.. in rooms where not much of the floor would be visible anyway (I'm taking about the master bedroom, the guest bedroom and the study/future nursery).
Any ideas?
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Permalink Reply by Sophie Smith on
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Hi Milda -I had the same dilemma. Stripped off the old hideous laminate to find wooden floorboards in a sorry state (paint splatters mostly) underneath. I was wondering whether to sand and varnish them, or carpet which I thought would be warmer. But EVERY SINGLE PERSON that walked into my flat immediately went into raptures over my wooden floorboards - especially women. It was a no-brainer after that as they were clearly so popular I figured it would help my resale a lot. I had them varnished and no regrets.
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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I wish Upstairs had put in the not-much-extra-££ sound insulation under the click-together flooring he laid through the length of his flat.
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Permalink Reply by ant on
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Hi Milda, I've put wood flooring down a few times and carpet a few times too, so from that here's what i've found. A good wood floor with rugs (even cheap ones) is much nicer than carpet i think, and will add value to you home whereas carpet wont so much especially not when it gets a bit old and dirty, and carpet does get a bit dirty after a while even if you're clean and careful.
Noise with wood floors above someone elses flat might be a problem but when its your own house its not so much of an issue. Also you can put insulation underneath the boards when you lay them which will help a bit or a lot depending on what you do.
New pine floor planks can be quite cheap but don't look that great IMHO compared to older reclaimed boards or engineered wood. Some engineered boards can look quite good and be cheaper than solid planks but you really really do need someone who knows what they're doing to lay them which adds a lot to the cost. Builders often seem to want to do floating floors, ie wood boards stuck together but not nailed to the substructure, i've not had any good results from that and would avoid it.
Jordan Andrews in Crouch End has some really beautiful looking wood flooring but its eye wateringly expensive, £60, £80, even £120 per square metre. In our house we've put wood flooring downstairs and then later in the loft and both times i've ended up buying it on ebay as it was so much cheaper than anything else i could find, if you look for a bit you can get wide antique planks for the same price as new narrow pine boards. It is a bit scary spending £1000s on wood that you've only seen from a couple of little ebay photos, but it worked out ok for us.
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Permalink Reply by Bethany on
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The reclaimed oak company Sewardstone Hall farm sewardstone road Sewardstone E4 7RH 02085298504 07852963506 www.reclaimed.uk.com I paid £29 a sqm plus £20 delivery ask for Paul. I only needed 10 sqm so it might be cheaper if you need more.
I searched high and low, including ebay and this was the cheapest I found.
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Milda
Wood with nice rugs is far better than carpet.
I had mine sanded, and I got every single gap in-between each board filled in with what are known as Slivers... they are thin wedge like shapes that you bang into the gap , chisel off then sand over using the sander. Filling in the gaps with real wood.. transforms the floor.
some boards were a bit damaged so I got matching ones from a place called West 7 in Ealing, where they cut them down to size for you.
http://www.west7reclamation.co.uk/
picture with slivers in every gap before chiseling off..
After sanding I oiled the floor which really bought out the beauty of the wood.
Slivers expand and contract with the floor, no dust between boards, no cold air draughts.. and I think It looks better than using filler paste or having gaps, there are lots of films on you tube showing how Slivers work. http://www.oldpinecompany.co.uk/acatalog/Floor_Sanding.html
close up.. 3 years later... no more gaps!
best of luck with it!
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Looks really good. Thanks for the tip. Our original floorboards are really good quality (hidden underneath layers and layers of carpet for all these years!) with hardly any gaps in between but this is great idea if we were to find any. This could be really useful in the kitchen (yes, our kitchen/diner will also have original wooden floors, I know it may not be the most practical idea but I hope we'll be careful enough to keep it nice).
I'm checking all the leads but having spent the weekend looking at wooden floors in different shops and online we found some really nice yet affordable engineered wood at Jordan Andrews (Crouch End). We might go for them, unless something better/cheaper comes up. Also, its rather difficult to chose since wood comes in all shapes and colors so finished floor might not look as pretty as the sample on display but we're keeping our fingers crossed. I hope the extra £1000 will be worth it.
Happy with the no carpet solution, although my father in law things we're wasting money
Mind you, he has a strict 'no shoes, no food, no drink' policy for the upstairs which I dont think i'd be able to impose 
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Oh well. Another look at finances and carpet is back
Too much to do and everything is crazy expensive. Gutted 
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Miss Ahmed, was it the Old Pine Company who sanded your floorboards?
Many thanks
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"Paul Murray", how much have you paid Harringayonline for this ad? Get lost.
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Milda, I hope your move went well, sorry I wasn't around to give you those boxes.
From your last post, I understand you may not have had your floorboards sanded in the end, but I wondered whether you met with anyone who did this work and that you were impressed by or if you received any recommendations from anyone? Many thanks
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