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Step-by-step guides to fitting, cleaning and repairing your floor, from expansion gaps to lifting old boards.
Best Cleaner for Engineered Wood Floors: Products & Tips
The best cleaner for engineered wood floors is a pH-neutral cleaner made for wood, matched to your f...
Can You Steam Clean Laminate Floors? The Truth
Can you steam clean laminate floors? No. Steam forces hot moisture into the joints of the boards, wh...
Wood Flooring Countertop: How to Build One
A wood flooring countertop is a DIY project that turns solid or thick engineered boards into a workt...
Installing Engineered Wood Flooring on a Wood Subfloor
Installing engineered wood flooring on a wood subfloor starts with a firm, flat base: fix loose or s...
How to Remove Parquet Flooring from Concrete
How to remove parquet flooring from concrete: start at a damaged or loose block, or cut a starting p...
How to Lay Solid Wood Flooring: DIY Step by Step
How to lay solid wood flooring: let the boards acclimatise in the room, check the subfloor is flat, ...
Floating Engineered Wood Floor Installation Guide
Floating engineered wood floor installation is the quickest way to fit a real wood floor: click boar...
How to Clean Hand Scraped Wood Floors Safely
How to clean hand scraped wood floors: vacuum with a soft brush head that reaches into the texture, ...
Wood Floor Repair: Fix Engineered Wood Like a Pro
Wood floor repair on an engineered floor depends on how deep the damage goes. Light scratches in the...
How to Install Herringbone Flooring at Home
How to install herringbone flooring: set out a centre line along the length of the room, dry-lay a f...
Laying Engineered Wood Flooring on Concrete
Laying engineered wood flooring on concrete is straightforward if you deal with the one thing concre...
How to Measure for Tiles: Step-by-Step Guide
How to measure for tiles: measure the length and width of the floor in metres, multiply them to get ...
Flooring Explained
Plain-English explanations of materials, thicknesses, finishes and costs, so you know exactly what you are buying.
Chevron Flooring: Engineered Wood Pros and Cons
Flooring plays a crucial role in defining the overall aesthetics of a space, and one style that has ...
Herringbone Click Flooring: A Timeless Choice
Herringbone click flooring gives you the classic herringbone pattern with a much quicker fit: the en...
Does Engineered Wood Need to Acclimate?
Does engineered wood need to acclimate? Yes, in most cases. Even though engineered boards are far mo...
Cheap Wood Look Flooring for Homes and Flats
Cheap wood look flooring has never been more convincing. Laminate gives the most realistic wood effe...
Lacquer for Engineered Wood Flooring: What to Know
Lacquer for engineered wood flooring forms a clear, hard-wearing film on the surface of the wood, pr...
Floating Hardwood Floor Over Concrete: Good Idea?
A floating hardwood floor over concrete is possible with some solid wood products, but it is usually...
Real Wood vs Engineered Wood Flooring Compared
Real wood vs engineered wood flooring is a slightly misleading comparison, because engineered wood i...
Before Buying Engineered Wood Flooring: What to Check
Before buying engineered wood flooring, check a few things that make the biggest difference: the roo...
Hand Scraped Engineered Wood Flooring Buying Guide
Hand scraped engineered wood flooring has a deliberately uneven, textured surface that recreates the...
Expansion Gap for Engineered Wood Flooring Guide
The expansion gap for engineered wood flooring is the small space left between the floor and every w...
What Thickness Engineered Wood Flooring to Buy
What thickness engineered wood flooring should you buy? For most homes, 14mm is the sweet spot: stab...
Engineered Wood Wall Cladding: Pros, Cons and Tips
An engineered wood wall, made by fixing engineered flooring boards to a wall as cladding, creates a ...
Design & Style Inspiration
Herringbone, chevron, colours and layouts to help you picture the finished room.
Grey Solid Wood Flooring: Pros, Cons and Design Tips
The charm of grey solid wood flooring is undeniable. Its sleek, neutral tones have captured the imag...
Parquet Flooring for Small Rooms: Layout Ideas
Parquet flooring for small rooms can make a compact space feel more generous, not less, as long as y...
Bathroom Flooring Ideas to Modernise Your Bathroom
The right bathroom flooring ideas can modernise a bathroom faster than any other change. The floor i...
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