Laminated flooring question

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Planing to get some 35 square metres of laminated flooring. I had in mind the quick - step. I saw it first in Dess Kelly. A few weeks ago, was toild that they might have a special offere when they fit it for free. I tried my vbest to ask the salesperson when will this offer come ahead but he said he did not know (I believed him).
Does anyone here know when do they have this offer or do they probabluy already have it? It would save me a good deal of money if I catch it!
The second thing is the flooring for downstairs. I am sure Lex will be availabe for some info here. I thought of getting solid or semi-solid flooring for the living room but have been hearing a few "rumours" lately that the best quality laminated flooring is as good as the above. Thew quick-step looks great and the perspective series seems to be nice for downstairs. What do you think?

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Does anyone know?:)

Lex Luthor

There are laminates better quality than semi-solid and you can get semi-solid better quality than some solids, it all depends on what you want from your floor.

I prefer solid myself, just for the knowledge of that solid wood feel you get from walking on it.

You can pay as much for a good laminate floor as for a cheap solid, or if you shop around you can always find good deals on solids.

garyh3

Hi Put the quck step in all three rooms downstairs from Des kellys (was the cheapest). I was lucky as I had read in the local paper for the free installation. You just need to check every week in the local paper as Des kelly will do the free intallation every few months. Only took the guys 3 hrs to do the job (three rooms). We put in the perspective 950 with the v groove....

As a note its really nice stuff but at about 30 sq yrd its not cheap... When the Kids are a bit older Im going to put the real stuff in as I think laminate is better with kids around and if they damage any it just a simple step to remove and replace, I have spare planks....

Garyh3

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garyh3 wrote:

Hi Put the quck step in all three rooms downstairs from Des kellys (was the cheapest). I was lucky as I had read in the local paper for the free installation. You just need to check every week in the local paper as Des kelly will do the free intallation every few months. Only took the guys 3 hrs to do the job (three rooms). We put in the perspective 950 with the v groove....

As a note its really nice stuff but at about 30 sq yrd its not cheap... When the Kids are a bit older Im going to put the real stuff in as I think laminate is better with kids around and if they damage any it just a simple step to remove and replace, I have spare planks....

Garyh3

The same plan here. We would like to put in the perspective 950 with the V grove in 3 bedrooms upstairs and are not sure would perspective be good enough for the living room downstairs or should we go with the soli/semi sold option.

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Lex Luthor wrote:

There are laminates better quality than semi-solid and you can get semi-solid better quality than some solids, it all depends on what you want from your floor.

I prefer solid myself, just for the knowledge of that solid wood feel you get from walking on it.

You can pay as much for a good laminate floor as for a cheap solid, or if you shop around you can always find good deals on solids.

Lex, could you point to any retailer that does decent deals on solid or semi solid flooring. What would a reasonable price per square meter be for a solid and what for a semi solid.
IO saw a brand called Junkers somewhere but it seems very expensive (albeit nice looking). The guy at Des Kely sad that if I get solid, once a "biggish" lady with stiletos steps on the floor, all that is left is to wheep!

Should I be prepared to be ripped off by the fitters or have their prices gone down. Do you have an idea how much they charge for their service. The flooring is for a new house in Newbridge.

Lex Luthor

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Lex, could you point to any retailer that does decent deals on solid or semi solid flooring. What would a reasonable price per square meter be for a solid and what for a semi solid.
IO saw a brand called Junkers somewhere but it seems very expensive (albeit nice looking). The guy at Des Kely sad that if I get solid, once a "biggish" lady with stiletos steps on the floor, all that is left is to wheep!

Should I be prepared to be ripped off by the fitters or have their prices gone down. Do you have an idea how much they charge for their service. The flooring is for a new house in Newbridge.

regedit, I got my solid floor from Heiton Buckleys in the Robinhood Ind. Est. they were 5" wide white oak planks and cost about €35/sq yd.
I know a guy locally here in Naas that put the floor down for me and charged me €20/sq. yd.
He normally only does semi-solid as he prefers to work with it and I think gets a good deal on good quality stuff. I think he was charging €15/sq yd for laying the semi but that was in 2004.

garyh3 wrote:

As a note its really nice stuff but at about 30 sq yrd its not cheap... When the Kids are a bit older Im going to put the real stuff in as I think laminate is better with kids around and if they damage any it just a simple step to remove and replace, I have spare planks....

Gary, thats an expensive floor to put down for a few years....

garyh3

I was meaning in about 10-15 years I would repace the livinig room but the study should be ok as its not a high tread area.

If I had known I could have go oak planks for 35 I may have reconsidered, but the wife wanted to be in asap as I didnt spend much time on this as I have 1000 other things to organise....

Quck step is nice but you can tell its laminate .....

Garyh3

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Lex Luthor wrote:

regedit, I got my solid floor from Heiton Buckleys in the Robinhood Ind. Est. they were 5" wide white oak planks and cost about €35/sq yd.
I know a guy locally here in Naas that put the floor down for me and charged me €20/sq. yd.
He normally only does semi-solid as he prefers to work with it and I think gets a good deal on good quality stuff. I think he was charging €15/sq yd for laying the semi but that was in 2004.

I might even know who you are talking about. Could you PM his phoen number or any contact details.

Neverends

I would like some advice on this too. Am on the point of buying flooring for entire ground floor (excl kitchen) following a renovation and have been thinking of this stuff http://www.balterio.com/ which is similar to Quick Step - a bit more realistic I think.

I love the look and feel of real wood but with two very young kids and hopefully more in the future is laminate better? I don't want to have to stop the kids playing with tricycles etc in the house and don't want a lot of maintenance for the floors. How badly can real wood be damaged? I don't mind a few scrapes here and there or could it really be ruined? Please advise - we have to buy soon and we've been dithering for months. Thanks!

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Neverends wrote:

I would like some advice on this too. Am on the point of buying flooring for entire ground floor (excl kitchen) following a renovation and have been thinking of this stuff http://www.balterio.com/ which is similar to Quick Step - a bit more realistic I think.

I love the look and feel of real wood but with two very young kids and hopefully more in the future is laminate better? I don't want to have to stop the kids playing with tricycles etc in the house and don't want a lot of maintenance for the floors. How badly can real wood be damaged? I don't mind a few scrapes here and there or could it really be ruined? Please advise - we have to buy soon and we've been dithering for months. Thanks!

Saw the balterio range recently in World of pine in Blanchardtown. It looks realy nice. 25 years guarantee and 12 years commercial warranty. It is quite realistic and nicer than Quick-step. Slightly deerer than quick step but for 37 Eu you get it fitted.

johnnyrotten

Doors and floors ( Finglas near M50) do a great laminate Oak which looks so like a solid floor its incredible. It was €9.99 before Xmas.
Looks great down

deisemum

We have solid wood floor in our sitting roome, semi-solid in the playroom, and water-resistant laminate flooring in the kitchen, utility room and hallway. Upstairs we have laminate in some of the bedrooms.

The solid floor in the sitting room has a few marks. The playroom has several marks, dents etc but the best wearing is the water-resistant laminate. It's as good as the day it was laid, I'm a childminder so the flooring gets a lot of wear and tear.

Neverends

We got the Balterio stuff down. Looks great - not as nice as real wood of course but nice enough. I think we made the right decision though when I see how my 3 year old drags her cars over it, wood would be all scratched already.

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Neverends wrote:

We got the Balterio stuff down. Looks great - not as nice as real wood of course but nice enough. I think we made the right decision though when I see how my 3 year old drags her cars over it, wood would be all scratched already.

neverends, where did you get the Balteriolaminated flooring? Did you get it fitted by the suppliers and how much did it cost. You have it down for about 2 months now so can U share any (early) thoughts on it?

Nanor

I'm just about to get floors in for 3 rooms. I was looking at the Balterio option, they have a good self-install video on their website www.balterio.com. Has anyone gone with these, and has anyone fitted it themselves? Does it feel like laminate under-foot? Thanks

SalaKash

Folks

Anyone having Quick Step experience. I heard few negatives about it but need to know any first hand experience

SalaKash

Also please advice recommended supplier who is cheap and professional at the same time. How good is Des Kelly in terms of fitting

Stoner

Sala

This is a 10 year old thread. Can you please open a new one. Thank you

SalaKash

Thanks Stoner..will do