Wickes have discounts on some of their wood flooring until 31st of this
month. Ranges from laminate (ptui! :-) through beech faced (about 7mm,
says you can sand it several times) @ about £20 per square metre, ditto
oak about £25, through to solid wood (c. £30 - £35 IIRC). All snap-lock
fitting like laminates (but a bit thicker?).

Anybody know if this is the canonical best price around or could I get
equivalent cheaper (or at similar price but from sustainably-managed
sources - I didn't see an FSC or similar logo on their packs of the stuff)?

Wickes have discounts on some of their wood flooring until 31st of this
month. Ranges from laminate (ptui! :-) through beech faced (about 7mm,
says you can sand it several times) @ about £20 per square metre, ditto
oak about £25, through to solid wood (c. £30 - £35 IIRC). All snap-lock
fitting like laminates (but a bit thicker?).

Anybody know if this is the canonical best price around or could I get
equivalent cheaper (or at similar price but from sustainably-managed
sources - I didn't see an FSC or similar logo on their packs of the
stuff)?

do you have a Makro card? If so, check out their stuff - just got bamboo
flooring for 14.99 m2 (plus VAT and they also had solid oak for similar
price. Goes as soon as a delivery comes in though - builders buy up the
whole delivery so you have to keep phoning and get there as soon as it
arrives.

dendee wrote:

do you have a Makro card? If so, check out their stuff - just got bamboo
flooring for 14.99 m2 (plus VAT and they also had solid oak for similar
price.

Somehow I doubt that. Even oak veneer is usually around the £20 mark.
Solid oak usually starts at ~£30.


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Grunff

"Grunff" wrote in message
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dendee wrote:

do you have a Makro card? If so, check out their stuff - just got bamboo
flooring for 14.99 m2 (plus VAT and they also had solid oak for similar
price.

Somehow I doubt that. Even oak veneer is usually around the £20 mark.
Solid oak usually starts at ~£30.



The local "German Wood Flooring" shop down the road in Hampton was selling
rustic grade european oak boards (5" ish) for IIRC £23 (+ vat I think) per
sq mtr. I have just laid exactly the same stuff (paid about a fiver per sq
m more for it, but that was before the offer started, so don't feel I've
missed out..) & it looks wonderful.

I think that you can also get overlay boards, these sound like the 7mm ones
in wickes. they were substantially cheaper than the 22mm thick standard
boards, but of course need a stable, flat subfloor.



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Richard Sampson

mail me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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Wickes have discounts on some of their wood flooring until 31st of this
month. Ranges from laminate (ptui! :-) through beech faced (about 7mm,
says you can sand it several times) @ about £20 per square metre, ditto
oak about £25, through to solid wood (c. £30 - £35 IIRC). All snap-lock
fitting like laminates (but a bit thicker?).

Anybody know if this is the canonical best price around or could I get
equivalent cheaper (or at similar price but from sustainably-managed
sources - I didn't see an FSC or similar logo on their packs of the
stuff)?

John, didn't realise the shop I was referring to in response to Grunff's
post had a website...

http://www.german-flooring-direct.com/products.htm


oak rustic overlay £13 + vat / sq m
oak rustick boards ~£20 + vat/sq m

if they're FSC or whatever compliant, then that's a damned good price.

I've been in there a few times and bought finishing products from them, and
ISTR that the owner does know his onions.


--
Richard Sampson

mail me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

RichardS wrote:
"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...

Wickes have discounts on some of their wood flooring until 31st of this
month. Ranges from laminate (ptui! :-) through beech faced (about 7mm,
says you can sand it several times) @ about £20 per square metre, ditto
oak about £25, through to solid wood (c. £30 - £35 IIRC). All snap-lock
fitting like laminates (but a bit thicker?).

Anybody know if this is the canonical best price around or could I get
equivalent cheaper (or at similar price but from sustainably-managed
sources - I didn't see an FSC or similar logo on their packs of the

stuff)?

John, didn't realise the shop I was referring to in response to Grunff's
post had a website...

http://www.german-flooring-direct.com/products.htm

Thanks. Poxy M$-generated pages don't work properly on either Mozilla
(crap version 1.6) or Konqueror - links don't work, but sticking
/prices.htm on the end at least got me that page!

oak rustic overlay £13 + vat / sq m
oak rustick boards ~£20 + vat/sq m

if they're FSC or whatever compliant, then that's a damned good price.

I've been in there a few times and bought finishing products from them, and
ISTR that the owner does know his onions.

Seems like I don't need to rush down to Wickes and buy n[1] packs of
stuff to clutter up the house with for ages until I get the next Round
Tuit comes along ;-)

[1] where n is large number but invariably rather less than the number
actually needed to cover the floor.

In message , John Stumbles
writes
RichardS wrote:
"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...

Wickes have discounts on some of their wood flooring until 31st of
this
month. Ranges from laminate (ptui! :-) through beech faced (about 7mm,
says you can sand it several times) @ about £20 per square metre, ditto
oak about £25, through to solid wood (c. £30 - £35 IIRC). All snap-lock
fitting like laminates (but a bit thicker?).

Anybody know if this is the canonical best price around or could I get
equivalent cheaper (or at similar price but from sustainably-managed
sources - I didn't see an FSC or similar logo on their packs of the
stuff)?
John, didn't realise the shop I was referring to in response to
Grunff's
post had a website...
http://www.german-flooring-direct.com/products.htm

Thanks. Poxy M$-generated pages don't work properly on either Mozilla
(crap version 1.6) or Konqueror - links don't work, but sticking
/prices.htm on the end at least got me that page!

oak rustic overlay £13 + vat / sq m
oak rustick boards ~£20 + vat/sq m
if they're FSC or whatever compliant, then that's a damned good
price.
I've been in there a few times and bought finishing products from
them, and
ISTR that the owner does know his onions.

Seems like I don't need to rush down to Wickes and buy n[1] packs of
stuff to clutter up the house with for ages until I get the next Round
Tuit comes along ;-)

[1] where n is large number but invariably rather less than the number
actually needed to cover the floor.

Even if you have a round tuit available immediately, "ages" has to be at
least 2 weeks, and preferably 4, according to the Wickes information
leaflet. Does it REALLY take that long for the product to become
acclimatised?
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!