In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
-GB-Carpy GB wrote:

Hi everyone

We are replacing the old horrible carpets in two rooms, and have
decided on a wooden floor for both rooms.

Now we are trying to decide between laminate flooring (looking at
Witex Castila range) and engineered wood flooring (such as Kahrs
Linnea range).
We have ruled out solid wood floors because we have been told they
aren't as hard wearing as the above two types, and can be easily
ruined.
I quite like the engineered wood, as it's actually real wood rather
than fake wood........

I think part of the problem is that there is simply too much choice
out there. Our floors are just floorboards, with plywood over the
top. I'm assuming I can just underlay straight over the ply and then
get laying......
Anyone got any more experience with either of these types of floors?

The title says it all. Laminate is *not* wood - full stop! It's entirely
synthetic, and has never been anywhere near a tree.

In my view, there's no contest. Engineered flooring is *far* superior.

If you make sure that your sub-floor meets the required flatness criteria,
and you avoid having joins in the engineering boards coinciding with joins
in the plywood, you'll be fine. Don't forget to remove and re-fit (or
replace) the skirting board - and undercut the doorframes and architraves -
in order to make a job of it. This will avoid the need to use unsightly
beading to cover the expansion gap - since you don't want to shout to the
world "this is a retro-fit job"!
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Cheers,
Roger
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