Arthur2 wrote:

I was looking thru ebay at that idea earlier. The engineered wood laminates
appealed
to me as you get real wood surface. However, a potential buyer might see a
downside
in thinking it wil wear out in 5 years and need replacing.. I like this

The real engineered flooring materials have several mm of wood on top
(often about 6mm), such that you can sand them down a number of times.
They are in a different league to your typical laminate.

Something like:

http://www.vanillawoodfloors.co.uk/p...roducts_id=251

(the above is not a recommendation of the company - I have never used them)

could probably be used directly as a tread

It would be better to find a laminate with the deepest possible real wood
layer I think.

You could make your own just by gluing thinish real wood onto your mdf
base, and adding a suitable full depth nosing.

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Cheers,

John.

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