Cost of laying a floor

Daisy78

I'm looking to put herringbone flooring (solid wood) down on my floors and have been quoted 40 euro per square metre which seems like a lot. I know it's trickier to lay than standard flooring but it still seems quite expensive. Has anybody else received a similar quote?

heebusjeebus

Daisy78 wrote: »

I'm looking to put herringbone flooring (solid wood) down on my floors and have been quoted 40 euro per square metre which seems like a lot. I know it's trickier to lay than standard flooring but it still seems quite expensive. Has anybody else received a similar quote?

Ya, that's on the low side of quotes we got to put down engineered floors in herringbone.
Decided to stick with long planks instead. Couldn't justify price for 2 rooms covering 30sqm.

tenbob1

"Trickier", could be a word to use, but really it's chalk and cheese. Herringbone wood flooring is very labour intensive and its very very easy to make a mistake. Going with the cheapest quote on a floor like this, IMO would be a mistake.

Its worth looking at Amtico "Spacia", the overall costs are usually way less by the time you take into account labour charges. Alternatively you could change to a standard floor.

jmBuildExt

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Ya, that's on the low side of quotes we got to put down engineered floors in herringbone.
Decided to stick with long planks instead. Couldn't justify price for 2 rooms covering 30sqm.

Good decision. Herringbone will be gone out of fashion again soon enough
Personally not a fan myself.

heebusjeebus

jmBuildExt wrote: »

Good decision. Herringbone will be gone out of fashion again soon enough
Personally not a fan myself.

I know. Twas herself that wanted it anyway :rolleyes:

Daisy78

jmBuildExt wrote: »

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Ya, that's on the low side of quotes we got to put down engineered floors in herringbone.
Decided to stick with long planks instead. Couldn't justify price for 2 rooms covering 30sqm.

Good decision. Herringbone will be gone out of fashion again soon enough
Personally not a fan myself.

I wasn't asking whether people liked it or not??! That's your opinion.

tabby aspreme

jmBuildExt wrote: »

Good decision. Herringbone will be gone out of fashion again soon enough
Personally not a fan myself.

Herringbone flooring is around long enough to be more than a fashion

Daisy78

tenbob1 wrote: »

Its worth looking at Amtico "Spacia", the overall costs are usually way less by the time you take into account labour charges. Alternatively you could change to a standard floor.

Thanks for this! That range is lovely, though no prices on their website! Any idea how much it costs per square metre?

Daisy78

Daisy78 wrote: »

tenbob1 wrote: »

Its worth looking at Amtico "Spacia", the overall costs are usually way less by the time you take into account labour charges. Alternatively you could change to a standard floor.

Thanks for this! That range is lovely, though no prices on their website! Any idea how much it costs per square metre?

Oh okay I should have researched this a bit more! Vinyl tiles Ah well.

tenbob1

It is lovely down though Daisy, not your run of the mill vinyl. Depending on where you buy it, final cost should run at ~€85-100 per m2, including installation and floor preparation.

Daisy78

tenbob1 wrote: »

It is lovely down though Daisy, not your run of the mill vinyl. Depending on where you buy it, final cost should run at ~€85-100 per m2, including installation and floor preparation.

It looks lovely but prefer the feel of real wood. I wanted to get an idea of the installation just osts, it seemed high to me but it looks to be the going rate alright.