Timber floors are a timeless addition to any home, offering warmth, elegance, and a natural feel that many homeowners cherish. However, maintaining the condition of these floors requires a bit of know-how and care. As we move through 2024, it’s essential to stay updated with the best practices for cleaning and preserving your timber flooring. This guide provides you with the latest tips and techniques to ensure your floors remain stunning and durable for years to come. Why Timber Floors Need Special Care Timber floors are renowned for their great looks and longevity, but they are also prone ..read more

Combining ease of install, sophistication and practicality into a flooring solution is no easy feat, but Quick Step’s laminate flooring manages to achieve all. Whether you’ve just signed up for a building project or are simply tossing around a few future flooring possibilities, laminate flooring is an enduring floor option. Flooring is a big investment, so capturing permeance and timelessness should be at the forefront of decision-making. Quick Step’s laminate flooring range provides the foundation to shift with lifestyles, mould with the latest furniture purchases, and accommodate on-trend ..read more

Get the lowdown on modern flooring options If you’re looking to modernise your home, renovate an apartment or office space or a new build, flooring decisions will feature top of the list. When it comes to flooring there are enduring design choices that will provide the necessary foundation to shift with our lifestyle, blend with the latest furniture purchases and compliment on-trend must-haves. And, in the case of modern architectural design, which champions streamlined and clean lines as well as large, open spaces, solid timber flooring, premium oak flooring, pre-finished engineered floo ..read more

Everything you need to know before you buy If you’re looking at investing in wooden flooring, chances are you are doing your research on the various different types and which is best for you.  To simplify things for you, we can break your options down into three different types of wooden (hardwood) flooring:       Solid Timber Flooring     Laminate Wooden Flooring     Engineered Timber Flooring Most people are familiar with Solid Timber flooring – traditional Tongue & Groove, generally 19mm thick and available in all sorts of timber types ..read more

The quickest way for you to get started in finding beautiful hardwood flooring is for us to get straight to the point  So let’s crack on! Step 1: Get the free complete buyers guide to wooden flooring Which hardwood flooring is best in sunlight? What if I have young kids? How do i get that rich warm feel? What is the difference between solid and engineered timber? When you are first starting your search for wooden flooring, chances are you have a lot of questions including some you had not even thought of.   We have put together this guide to give you all the information ..read more

Wanting to make a room look bigger? When choosing your wooden or laminate flooring, deciding on the colour can be quite tricky.  While you will undoubtedly have your own colour preference, there should also be some consideration on how your colour choice can affect both the spacial appearance and overall visual temperature of the room.   Take a quick look at our infographic on how different floor colours can affect your room. To get you started, and perhaps narrow your thinking – we have put together this infographic on the different impact cool, warm and dark flooring shades can ..read more

Here are the top FAQs – answered to help you when you may need insurance. Discover the essential answers to common questions about hardwood floors and insurance coverage. From maintenance concerns to safeguarding your investment, this article provides expert insights for homeowners having to go through the unfortunate process of insurance to fix damage to their hardwood floors. 1. I’ve had a flood and my insurance company wants me to get a quote. Can you come and give us a quote? Absolutely we can come and give you a quote! It doesn’t matter if you have a solid timber floor, engineered ti ..read more

Wooden flooring doesn’t come with a waterproof guarantee. There is no magic coating that can stop water from egressing between the boards and causing damage. So, when you have a water leak, major spill and/or flooding strikes, wooden floors are unfortunately collateral damage. Water damage generally spreads above and below floorboards (and tracks a deceptively long way from the source), which can compromise the  look, value and the health of your home. Fortunately, not all water damage is created equal, so if you find yourself looking down the barrel of a burst pipe, leaking hot water c ..read more

It certainly is a very popular choice. Strong, sleek, robust, and we don’t often use the word majestic but it oozes majestic. Yes, European-Oak is the real deal. The timeless classic that has stood the tests of time and come out even better looking. Used for literally hundreds of years across construction, flooring, and furniture, with it’s stunning beauty, unparalleled strength, and uncompromising durability, oak is an excellent choice for anyone looking to invest in flooring. The best bit, it will almost certainly last well past your lifetime. So, if you’re considering a new hardwood fl ..read more

Property staging has really upped the presentation game of houses for sale in the last few years.   People spend a fortune hiring furniture, artwork, bedding and ‘throws’ to improve the presentation of their home and the perceived value when preparing for sale. What a lot of people neglect to spend time on, however, is their flooring. This is a bit strange given it is literally in every room in the house! It’s not always the first thing you notice when looking at a home, nor is it the top value-adding feature – that’s usually a full kitchen renovation or upgrade. But the reality ..read more