Wooden flooring

[NewGirl667]

Hi. FTB. Keen to replace carpet with wooden flooring. Engineered wood.

I got 2 quotes for labour cost for 2 different companies (excluding wooden floor cost) - £30/ sq m and another £35/sq m.

is this price normal? I’m in Edinburgh.

thanks!

That sounds about right. Unfortunately laying the stuff (with the underlay) is usually almost as much again as the wood.
We had it fitted throughout our ground floor. I hate it. It's dusty, and I'm always worried about watermarks and scratching. Wish I had tiles and carpets.

I have installed engineered wood last year in all of the rooms, I've paid £100-£120 per room about £10/smq. I'm in West Midlands.

West Yorkshire about £10 per square metre. Don't think you should pay more than £15 per sq metre.

DH fitted ours in reception rooms at a previous house. There was around 60-70 sq metres so it saved us a fortune. However, like @Mumaway I wasn't particularly happy with the overall look/finish. It scratched really easily and when we were selling some viewers actually asked if it was laminate!

As we've got huge rugs covering most of our floors anyway, this house we've gone with a mix of karndean and laminate.

Thanks all.

what do you mean by scratches easily? Is this common for engineered wood or solid wood or both in general?

And how much is the underlay?

sorry for all the questions!

We’re paying a similar amount in London, the underlay we’ve chosen (for sound insulation reasons) is +£6 per m2.

Re scratches, we looked at LVT and engineered wood. The engineered wood we have is finished with UV cured oil. I ran a key over the LVT and engineered wood samples and they scratched very similarly. My parents have LVT which is very scratched. So if you want something that doesn’t scratch or is less likely to scratch I think your only options are laminate (which in my experience isn’t as susceptible to scratches - but I did end up with some chips) or tiles.