Mixed wood flooring - DH or me unreasonable?

[JoanDarc]

We’re extending in June, currently have oak wood flooring in open planned kitchen/ dining family area which stretches through to front hall and utility (off of hall). The only other spaces downstairs are the living room - carpet and downstairs WC - tiled. We’re extending the kitchen diner and I want to replace all the areas with the wooden flooring with wood effect LVT in a herringbone style (current flooring is typical straight planks). DH loves the oak but honestly it marks so easily, even water marks it, I can’t wait to get rid. As a compromise he’s suggested retaining the oak flooring in the hall or move it into the living room. I think two types of wood style flooring will look rubbish together, am I being unreasonable?

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Yes I think having real wood in a room or hall next to fake wood would really emphasize how fake lvt looks.

🤣 thank you for your honesty @islandsopen

Hmmm I don’t know

I don’t like the idea of ripping out the wood in the hall if it’s perfectly ok there.

You’d hate our house 😆 we have Edwardian narrow plank original wood parquet in the hall and living room then karndean darkish oak effect in the kitchen diner, then engineered wood in the TV room/playroom (but that is down a few steps so doesn’t butt onto the hall.

We have a large threshold between the hall and kitchen maybe that helps I don’t know

I've done my entire downstairs in lot and love it. I don't want to mimic wood, although it is wood effect. I hate wooden floors, temperamental, precious bastards.
If you're going to the trouble of getting a perfect sub floor you may as well get the whole lot down imo.

Also I’d think about long herringbone if you’re spending a lot as I feel it’s quite ‘of the moment’ and might date?

It's not two types of wood though is it? LVT looks completely fake as does most laminate. That's why it is a lot cheaper. Engineered and solid wood flooring can be interchangeable. I'm planning on having two different types/colour of engineered on two different floors of the house. For a kitchen diner, I would go with wood effect tile in oak which can look like real oak if you choose carefully

My friend has laminate wood in one living room and wood in the hallway and other living room and it looks great.

Honestly? I’d keep the oak. LVT just looks nasty.

We’ve got different wood in our hall and main lounge separated by a wide threshold and it looks perfectly ok . I think the main issue is the herringbone pattern .

I agree. Although I like the herringbone pattern I didn't use it for my flat of 1500sq because it will date and the labour costs were much higher. I have a variegated colour oak Polyflor LVT in long planks. Nothing shows and it's bullet proof. Also warm underfoot.

Thanks everyone, a real mixed bag of opinions. I’ve been stalking the property board for a year now and LVT seemed to be heralded as the best thing, bomb proof, ages well, etc.
We put the oak flooring in 6 years ago when we remodelled the house at considerable expense, is solid oak planks as opposed to engineered flooring. My issue is we need to do something as will be extending the kitchen/ diner section of the big open planned space so at the very least need new flooring for this area, happy to have different flooring but two different types of wood/ effect isn’t going to be an option for me. Tiles won’t be suitable, too cold underfoot and a couple of us are very clumsy so don’t want to deal with replacing tiles/ breakages.
We could retain the oak flooring in the family section through to hallway if any suggestions how to improve it, sand it? Treat it? Seal it? We’ve never done anything with it.
I’m not stuck on wood effect, quite happy to consider other ideas but the no tiles seems to limit options.
Any other ideas gratefully received.

Also… high end LVT (Karndean, amtico etc) is certainly not always cheaper than engineered wood….

There’s lvt and lvt. And the 30 year guarantee and it looking like new 5, 10 years on without any maintenance is definitely a bonus. Some of them look as realistic as engineered wood imo.

You could have tile/stone/concrete effect lvt in the kitchen and extension and leave the oak in the hall?

Or… you could add more oak boards the same width in the new extension, sand refinish and seal the whole lot in the kitchen diner so it’s all the same tone in there

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Also… high end LVT (Karndean, amtico etc) is certainly not always cheaper than engineered wood….

There’s lvt and lvt. And the 30 year guarantee and it looking like new 5, 10 years on without any maintenance is definitely a bonus. Some of them look as realistic as engineered wood imo.

I would have thought Karndean and Amtico, while strictly LVT are not categorised with the others and referred to by their trade name. They require specialist installation for a start which can be costly. In the last few years, the cheap LVT market has really taken off and I would have thought the OP was referring to those

if you've got a solid oak floor, and you don't like it, leave it in place and cover it up with something cheaper.

the next owners will be delighted when they discover it.

I was thrilled to see the original floor in the family house when the carpet was stripped. It had been covered up for at least 50 years.

@User2638483 thank you so much for your input, that’s a great idea about concrete look LVT. You’re right, it’s the higher end we would be considering, no idea of brands yet as haven’t looked in flesh yet. motivation isn’t cost but the longevity and minimal upkeep. I need to start looking at some showrooms.
To clarify for others, the oak is lovely BUT it looks so shabby with stains of where liquid has been spilt, even if cleaned immediately. If I can get it to look like new by sanding and treat it with something to stop this happening there would be no issue.

There’s some amazing matt varnish which we used on our solid oak island based on an recommendation on here after oiling it just wasn’t working and then I left a bag of frozen raspberries out overnight by mistake 🤦‍♀️- looked like a murder scene

The varnish is amazing, really scrubbable and doesn’t look orangey. I think they use it on dance and gym floors and stuff. Let me see if I can remember the name. Could be a good option for your oak

Wouldn’t help with scratches though

@User2638483 I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me 🙈 we also have oak worktops and use the osmo wax oil, will have a try with that. I’m fine with scratches, we don’t really have any though (that I can see anyway).

Sadolin pv67! That’s what it’s called. Hardcore stuff.

One of my top 3 life changing things I’ve bought on the basis of Mumsnet threads 😆

Actually karndean is probably another!

There are masses of karndean/amtico floor styles in oak effect, you will almost certainly be able to get one that tones in.
Osmo Polyx oil is recommended for flooring by the way, you might want to trial it on a section if you are thinking of taking it out anyway. It's a shame to take out 6year old flooring but kitchens are always going to be a challenging environment for real oak floors.