Laminated flooring

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We have decided that the first room we shall be decorating in the new year is the dining room. In fact, we have already starting ripping the border off already.
We have carpet on the floor at the moment but I have decided I would really like to get laminate flooring in this one particular room. We don't have it anywhere else in the house.
Just wondered if anyone has any tips about choosing, laying and looking after laminate.
TIA

which particular room? and why ????????

Not YOU again!!! Stop stalking me!

Dining room - coz it's the only room I don't mind dds making a mess with paints, playdough etc. Laminate will be easier to clean than carpet.

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Can you get laminate flooring that is not dangerously slippy when wet? If not, what would be good (and cleanable)? Sorry to hijack S1.

We have laminate that was already here when we moved in so I can't help you on choosing and laying but looking after is incredibly easy. The only drawback is that it can be lethal when wet!

If you have a dh who is good at and enjoys DIY and the room is reasonably square then laying it is no problem.

If your dh is inept at DIY or doesn't enjoy it and your room has lots of difficult little angles then it's worth paying someone to do it.

I, rather foolishly, got dh to try and help me lay laminate - he hates DIY and believe me, by the end of the room, we hated each other aswell (and 2 years later, the room is still not completely finished)!

I would also (if I did it again) take off the skirting boards before I laid it so you don't have to put beading around the edges and you aren't left with unsightly gaps.

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1)Get the click stuff. (glueless)
2)Put expensive underlay down otherwise it will creak.

Try not to go for anything too shiny, otherwise it just looks cheap and nasty.

thanks homemama

Would second about removing the skirting. We didn't and opted for the beading instead which constantly becomes unglued then ds (1) crawls away with pieces of it and hids it.

in our old house we had a lovely laminate, that because it wasn't shiny and it had small groves (like the grain in the wood) it looked fantastic and people were always commenting on our lovely oak floor. must admit often didn't correct them either!

we got a local carpenter to lay it though as dh useless at diy, he took up the skirting and laid new skirting after, and did a fantastic job.