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A high wear area, we made the mistake of a natural covering (sisal/sea grass when that was all the rage).


So the case is against carpet.

I am not a fan of laminate (what, surely not, I must be a heretic)

Engineered wood, would mean major job cutting out the old floor boards.

Similarly parquet, as lovely as it is, would mean lowering the existing floor as it would be too proud of the other rooms otherwise.

Kardean, like laminate, just looks wrong and needs major preparation (may as well use laminate)

Vinyl is cheap but looks naff

Painted flooring could be an option, but I expect wont go well with the generally traditional features of the house.

The original floorboards have been butchered and it would be major operation in relaying.

I thought that a pine laminate that looked like the original boards may work, but it doesn't exist - it all looks like old ship planks which may be OK for a Georgian house in Greenwich!

oak faced ply was a possibility, but with the joins I think that this would not work being incongruous with the rest of the house

I've found 14mm oak flooring which could be laid on top of the original, which might just work.

Any Kevin McCloud's out there?

Yes it is a First World Problem and all abuse gratefully received!

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malumbu Wrote:

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> Not sure about cork tiles though, very 20th

> century!


But that's the genius of them! Very 'mid-century modern'. And in my view much more 'natural' than all these 'engineered' wood floors - which simply look like pricey laminate to me.

Jenny1 Wrote:

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> malumbu Wrote:

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> >

> > Not sure about cork tiles though, very 20th

> > century!

>

> But that's the genius of them! Very 'mid-century

> modern'. And in my view much more 'natural' than

> all these 'engineered' wood floors - which simply

> look like pricey laminate to me.



I used to have cork tiles in my bathroom (in the twentieth century!)


Not sure they'd look right in a hall .... I agree with you re the engineered wood floors, though - a weird concept.

malumbu Wrote:

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> We'll lift the hardboard and see how good/bad they

> are. When central heating is fitted generally a

> lot of damage is done to the existing boards.

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I have central heating and my floorboards are fine, apart from some old woodworm holes, but I think that just adds to the charm .....

Sue Wrote:

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> fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> > Varnished chipboard. It's the new polished concrete.

> Yes it is, and it's just weird. But I'm guessing very cheap.


The raw materials, yes. But I think quite labour intensive... would probably require lots of coats of polyurethane plus buffing to get a smooth finish.

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