Flooring - solid oak

Hi Disland
moving to a new house soon myself after alot of searching
we found 'Irwin Tiles & Hardwood Flooring', Lakeview, Castleblaney, Co. Monaghan - Tel: 042 9740278

Bought roughly 70 sq. yards of 'Antique Brown Smoked Oak with oil finish'. It's a wide plank at 20mm wide and is an engineered floor.

Saw it laid in a friends apartment and knew i had to have it too!

Worked out at approx €3,500, with all the extras for laying.

It is a glued floor (not floating). everyone has recommended this as the best option. There is v. little diff in price.

For glueing, the plank is a bit thinner than used for floating. However there is a good natural oak thickness on the top layer, the rest is plywood. The guy in Irwins told me that it could be sanded 5 times in it's lifeltime, no bother. So it should last forever!!

I recommend you drive up (perhaps on the way to Ikea?) and check out the showroom. hope this helps in your search anyway.