Types of Flooring...
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Can a Ceramic Floor Look Like Real Stone?
For those looking for a cheaper alternative to stone, choosing a ceramic floor is certainly an option. Visit high street stores, browse the...
Choose a Carpet for Your Stairs: Questionnaire
Are you considering investing in a new carpet for your stairs. Why not try this questionnaire? It might help you to make up your mind.
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Choosing Stone Flooring: Interview With an Expert
You are considering laying a new stone floor in your house, but where do you start? Expert in the field Iain Marfleet, from Hard Rock Flooring,...
Choosing the Right Reclaimed Stone: Interview With a Reclamation Expert
Perhaps you are looking to add some character to your home – or maybe you are a fervent believer in the recycling of old building materials....
Cork Flooring and Floor Tiles
With the increasing focus on environmental friendliness more and more people are looking towards natural, renewable materials for their flooring options. One of the...
Cushion Flooring
A type of specialty flooring that has been gaining popularity in recent years, both in the commercial sector and in the home, is cushioned flooring. This can be made...
Floor Protection and Finishes
For many types of flooring, in order to obtain the best performance and reduce damage from wear and tear, it is essential to protect the floor surface with a...
How to Choose a Carpet
For many, carpet still represents the ultimate in luxury, style and comfort, despite its higher maintenance and lower durability. Modern design and technology means...
How to Choose Floor Tiles
Tile flooring is one of the most versatile forms of floor covering with styles catering for every taste and a durable, easy-care surface suitable for every kind of...
How to Choose Hardwood Flooring
It’s hard to beat the beauty and feel of hardwood floors whether it is the soft warmth of oak, the cool blonde of maple or the dark glossiness of walnut. Regardless of...
Interview With a Green Expert: Choosing an Eco Floor
“Tigger” is building manager of the Greenhouse Trust, an environment education charity. The charity’s own building is a working model of how old...
Laminate Flooring: Laying and Maintenance
It is not hard to see why laminate flooring has become one of the most popular choices for floor coverings today and it is especially desired as...
Natural Flooring for the Home
As we all become more environmentally-conscious, we have started choosing more eco-friendly and sustainable options in many aspects of our lives, from our food to...
Period Flooring Ideas
If you are carefully cultivating a period inspired home, authentic style floors will undoubtedly be of importance to you.
Obviously, the main consideration...
Rubber Flooring
It’s easy to see why rubber is the flooring of choice for many commercial, educational and government establishments – and even, in some cases, a good choice of...
Rubber, Metal and Leather Flooring
There is often a need for speciality flooring, particularly in the commercial and public sector. This is flooring which, beyond the usual requirements of durability...
Stone and Slate Flooring
Like hardwood floors, natural stone floors have a timeless beauty and an inherent feel of quality that is hard to match with any other type of flooring material. It...
Sustainable and Renewable Flooring
For many people nowadays, their choice of flooring must not only look good and provide functionality, but also be environmental-friendly. There are many good reasons...
Which Natural Carpet Should I Choose? Quiz
Natural carpets look wonderful but there are now so many to choose from. Have a go at this quiz to help you make your mind up about the best one...
Which Non Slip Flooring to Use Where?
Whether you have small children or elderly relatives who have mobility issues, or you just have a very busy household, you may wish to consider...
