Is there an interest of staircases, the Scandinavian way, in UK?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We are a Swedish company (specialising in refurbishing staircases) who are planning to expand our business to UK. Is there still mostly carpets or is there an interest in staircases made out of oak, walnut or ash?

What do you prefer? Please vote in the poll and leave a comment

I prefer wood

I prefer carpet

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Victoria Axlund
8 years ago
I prefer a wooden staircase as I think its a lot easier to keep clean and stain free
Diana Rose
8 years ago
wood looks beautiful but is noisy and more slippery.
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G Arnold
8 years ago
Hate carpet, wood all the way.
Brendan Nolan
7 years ago
The wood is not as noisy as you think due to the bed of adhesive underneath that creates a void soaking up a lot of the impact noise !
erku lake
7 years ago
Hi

For years, people have stripped back carpet from stairs and painted them. With wooden floors being sold in all flooring shops, wooden stairs seem a natural progression - if not too noisy and not prone to scratch marks as people have said. Myself I have a wooden spiral staircase, quiet and not too scratch but also not great quality, laminate rather than wood. However the picture you posted looks, to my eyes, very 1970's, OK for people into that style but perhaps a bit niche for the rest of us.

Is there an interest of staircases, the Scandinavian way, in UK?

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