Designers agree that your choice of flooring for your home should be made early on in the design process because choosing the right flooring has such a big impact on the overall look of your home. Two excellent and stylish flooring design options are parquet and laminate flooring. We give you 10 tips to help you answer the question, ‘Should I choose parquet or laminate flooring?’

Parquet flooring consists of small pieces of wood that are arranged in a geometrical pattern. The most traditional of these is the herringbone pattern seen on many older floors.

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Winter is a time to take stock of your home and many of us feel the urge during the darker months to make our homes more cozy and enjoyable. One of the things that we notice more at this time of year are our floor coverings. Those faded carpets or tatty vinyl floors become irritating the more time we spend inside looking at them. Solid wood flooring is a great way to spruce up a floor and give a room a new lease of life.

Wooden flooring is becoming more and more popular with trends for 2017 to include UV oiled finishes, grey and white paint and chevron patterns.

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While many home décor trends seem to come and go from season to season, solid hardwood flooring is a timeless choice that is always in style. Whether you enjoy the classic and rustic look of vintage and distressed hardwood, or prefer the modern and trendy look that slim satin or shiny finished planks achieve, there is literally a hardwood to suit any design and décor preference.

In this article we take a look at various hardwood styles and shades, as well as what hardwood works best in different spaces.

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In any building, whether it is a private house or commercial premises such as a shop, office, restaurant or bar, there will be areas that get higher than normal levels of traffic. When that is the case the choice of floor covering becomes much more important and it may be necessary to use heavy duty vinyl flooring in these areas.

Of course, the definition of commercial premises could also include public areas such as schools and colleges, hospitals, municipal buildings and doctor’s surgeries. Anywhere, in fact, where the amount of use is likely to be heavy.

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A wood floor can be a thing of great beauty, attracting attention and comments from admiring visitors, or, on the other hand, it can be something of an eyesore, dirty and stained and crying out for a bit of tender loving care.

If your wood floor fits into one of the above groups, or is somewhere in-between the two, then it must have crossed your mind that there is a right way, and many wrong ways in knowing how to clean wooden floors.

Let’s look at the above scenarios in more detail.

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If you’re thinking of laying commercial kitchen flooring down and you’re wondering what your kitchen flooring options are, then hopefully our guide today will help you make an informed decision.

Naturally, commercial kitchen flooring is going to be taking some punishment in terms of footfall, so it needs to be both durable and functional.

Think of the spillages, we’re talking high temperatures, and there’s going to be a lot of slippages, so safety is also an issue.

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Tired of your old flooring and unsure whether to replace? We’ve created a retail flooring guide with some terrific reasons why you should invest in retail flooring, or commercial flooring perhaps, whatever it is, we hope you go away inspired.

Regardless of whether your business is large or small, you need to make a good first impression for it to count.

You want something that’s clean, fresh and engaging, something that welcomes your guests, but at the same time speaks for your company brand.

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If you’re laying wood flooring yourself, you need to be aware of the potential problems that can occur. If you’re not careful you could install it incorrectly, and as a result, devalue your home should you choose to sell.

Laying a wooden floor should be an easy satisfying job, and it can be if you miss these common pitfalls. Laying engineered flooring should be reasonably stress free, but focus on what you’re doing and don’t make these common mistakes that people make all the time.

Here are our 10 common pitfalls to laying wood flooring correctly.

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In our post today we’re going to be looking at flooring, more specifically engineered wood flooring vs other popular flooring options and why engineered wood flooring is such a great idea.

Karndean flooring is available in many different colours and made of vinyl, but made to look like wood.

Its premise is that it looks like wood and you get the look and feel of natural flooring but without the cost or the care involved with wood.

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