Flooring for New Build
Ed Ed
8 years ago
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8 years agoOur experience is the engineered flooring doesnt have the life you would expect. Its not able to be resurfaced and does mark easy with high heals etc.
We have found some of the new high quality timber lookalike vinyl flooring products to be excellent. Some now come textured and with thick rubberised underlays.
Lastly an option worth considering for longlife and ease of maintenance is the porcelain tiles now on the market that also are designed to replace timber flooring. Some very impressive options available there. (See attached recent photo)
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