Anyone sell flooring?

[davidd]

I have two new rooms to floor, one is 3.4m x 3.75m the other (a bathroom) is 3.4mx 3m.

I would like to have a real wooden floor (the rest of the house is very old and has some great flooring), I have priced up reclaimed boards but they are silly money. I therefore wondered if any of our friends in the trade could help?

TIA

D

[steviebee]

If there's someone here, you have two potential customers!! But you'll have to get a move on cos' I'm buying at the weekend!!

David, if no one comes up trumps, Costco in Thurrock are doing real wood flooring at about £22m2. It's good stuff too - not a thin bit of real wood stuck to a bit of crappy pine!!

[tam girl]

Make that 3 potential customers! We are in the process of buying a warehouse conversion which needs wooden floors laid throughout.

[davidd]

Come on then there are three of us, we must be able to get a decent price

D

[groomi]

Hmmm, may be time to make a career change...







...Now where did I put that saw?

[ysnnim]

I recently had kitchen and Dining Room done - French oak (solid). Company took up all old rubbish on floor, put down a DPC, latex, battons, and finally the boards. I also have some laminate oak flooring in house as well.

The quality and feel of the real wood is far better than the laminate.

The cost for the real wood came in at around £60 per meter. Company was called Elite Flooring (based in South East) Can dig out number if required....

D

[tam girl]

ysnnim said:

I recently had kitchen and Dining Room done - French oak (solid). Company took up all old rubbish on floor, put down a DPC, latex, battons, and finally the boards. I also have some laminate oak flooring in house as well. The quality and feel of the real wood is far better than the laminate. The cost for the real wood came in at around £60 per meter. Company was called Elite Flooring (based in South East) Can dig out number if required.... D

Does that price include fitting?

[ysnnim]

Yup - although after having had a chat with other half, it came out at around £65 per meter - fitted. However there was a hell of a job getting rid of cork tiles which apparently were 'welded' to the floor...so that pushed the price up a little. They did an excellent job - including skirtings and some other stuff as well...

D.

[robertuk]

I know of a company in SW London (an old school friend works for them).

I'll post the details after 6pm Today

R.


>> Edited by robertuk on Tuesday 8th February 13:55

[tam girl]

ysnnim said:

Yup - although after having had a chat with other half, it came out at around £65 per meter - fitted. However there was a hell of a job getting rid of cork tiles which apparently were 'welded' to the floor...so that pushed the price up a little. They did an excellent job - including skirtings and some other stuff as well... D.

Please can you dig out the number? Sounds very reasonable. What type of wood do they supply?

[davidd]

I might get some from these people

www.btfltd.co.uk/characteroak.htm

If you look at some of the pictures in here

www.btfltd.co.uk/gallery.htm

the top right picture is the characteroak

Pretty reaosnable price if I fit it ontop of the existing floor it will be pretty straightforward.

It should come in at about £150 per room less than recalimed wood.

D

[robertuk]

Turns out my friend left the company.

I cannot personally vouch for them...


If anyone finds a good company let us know !
(I'm due to get new flooring in 4 months)

I believe they charge £10 per sq m for installation and do both solid wood floors and laminates.

R

[ysnnim]

Ladies and Gents,

The guy to speak to is Andy Bishop. Company is Elite Floors ( www.elitefloorsuk.com ).

Telephone number office - 01825 830999
Andy's Mobile - 07768 761 405

I spoke to him this morning - happy to recieve any enquiries. And I can vouch for their work.

We had French Oak laid - had it for over a year - excellent child/dog resistant properties...

Cheers

David

[tam girl]

ysnnim said:

Ladies and Gents, The guy to speak to is Andy Bishop. Company is Elite Floors ( www.elitefloorsuk.com ). Telephone number office - 01825 830999 Andy's Mobile - 07768 761 405 I spoke to him this morning - happy to recieve any enquiries. And I can vouch for their work. We had French Oak laid - had it for over a year - excellent child/dog resistant properties... Cheers David

Thanks. Have called him and he will call me back when he is back in the office. I love the floor on the home page!

[tam girl]

ysnnim said:

Yup - although after having had a chat with other half, it came out at around £65 per meter - fitted. However there was a hell of a job getting rid of cork tiles which apparently were 'welded' to the floor...so that pushed the price up a little. They did an excellent job - including skirtings and some other stuff as well... D.

Spoke to Andy today. I must say I was very impressed. He certainly knew what he was talking about and seemed very nice. He quoted £80 - £100 per m2 - are you sure yours was £65? Thanks

[gbw911]

If you just need the wood, you can pay as little as £25 to £35/m incl VAT. I personally wouldn't want to be paying £65 fitted on this basis.

[tam girl]

gbw911 said:

If you just need the wood, you can pay as little as £25 to £35/m incl VAT. I personally wouldn't want to be paying £65 fitted on this basis.

I was told that the price of the oak was approc £38 m2, and the rest of the cost was for the fitting, varnishes, sanding, batons etc. The complete job will take approx 2 weeks to complete.

[ysnnim]

Our price was based on confusion (as in constantly changing our minds) negotiations (as in 'ummming and ahhhing' and suggesting a lower price would really help) and having a trade link to him - he came through a third party builder friend - and so we got a 'good price'

D

[scoobyboy500]

I have recently just set up my own business laying floors and fitting kitchens. I can get solid oak flooring 22mm thick(ie quality) for approx £32 per sq m
Fitting is approx £11 if your in the cambridgeshire area.

I am able to get it in any length and board width

Cheers

Nigel