What Wood Flooring?

5 years ago

I am planning to replace the carpet in my sitting and dining room with wood. My hallway kitchen utility and WC all have high gloss creamy/grey tiles. My dilemma is that I am looking at too many samples and now can't make up my mind. I have posted a pic of the samples against the hallway tiles. Would be grateful if my wonderful houzz community would help me make up my mind.
I also want to explore the possibility of underfloor heating. Has anyone got experience of using this under wooden floors? If so what would you say are the pros and cons?

Many thanks

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Emily

5 years ago

Perhaps a dark wood might be nice? Especially if you have light rugs?

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Carolina
5 years ago
What colour is your furniture, Patrina?

My initial thoughts is to remove 1, 2, 4 and 5 from the selection. And I like 3, 6 and 8 best.

Underfloor heating can go under engineered wood flooring, as far as I know. No experience with it.
Patrina
Original Author
5 years ago
Hi Carolina I like 6 and 8 not so sure about 3 because of the texture. Will have to do a bit more digging about the underfloor heating. A few pics of our current furniture. will be removing the wall behind the sofa and painting one wall F&B Hague Blue. May be changing sofas a lighter colour but keeping the rest.
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Your welcome..if it were me I would bring home a couple of samples and see how they work with your sofa etc..if you don't mind me saying seeing as it's a dark room maybe just be careful when putting white on the wall as I find that sometimes it can look a little mucky..good luck with it all.
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Colours are always a hard choice edwinajarrad, perhaps some of our projects will give you some ideas, we'll attach the links below. [Bespoke hand finished engineered oak planks[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/the-grain-silo-london-contemporary-kitchen-london-phvw-vp~84176089) [Antique engineered oak flooring[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/vintage-oak-engineered-wood-flooring-phvw-vp~63023148) [Smoked oak engineered herringbone[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/products/parquet-wood-flooring-prvw-vr~61511202) [Active grey oak engineered herringbone[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/open-plan-kitchen-wide-ocean-drift-flooring-residential-client-woodfloors4u-contemporary-kitchen-essex-phvw-vp~61507610) Also just to let you know all the floors are engineered, and a quick guide on the advantages over a laminate floor are; it's warmer to the touch, can easily be repaired if scratched/damaged, whereas a laminate would need to be replaced. And also if you decide to go for a different colour in the distant future you can always sand it down and re-oil/stain to your heart's content. We hope this helps in your decision making, and please feel free to request some samples from our website www.woodfloors4u.co.uk
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Patrina
Original Author
5 years ago
The sofa I'm considering
E D
5 years ago
Lovely home.

Yes UFH should be no problem with most engineered wooden flooring.

Out of interest, is number 2 bamboo?
E D
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Maybe lower your painting Patrina. :)
Emily
5 years ago
I wondered if number 2 was bamboo ED. And that was my favourite but none of them stood out as exactly the right choice to go with the tiles and formal sofa.
Patrina
Original Author
5 years ago
It is described as 'Fine Line Oak Natural Oil Finish' on the company website. Agreed about lowering the painting, I am not opposed to keeping my current sofas I have a three and two seater same colour. The one I'm considering is really expensive and would rather concentrate more on the flooring. I think i'd prefer flooring with a less busy pattern hence my leaning to much plainer wood. Glad UFH works with engineered wood I love being comfy underfoot. E D, Emily have you got any alternatives to the samples i've posted? as always i'm grateful for any suggestions.
Carolina
5 years ago
Perhaps you could put the samples (or the ones you like most) below a sofa and see which one works best. Especially since you may be keeping them. They will probably all work with the rest of the colours.
Emily
5 years ago
Patrina I’m sorry I haven’t. Your tiles are reflecting such good light it makes me personally want a very dark wood in contrast but I know hardly anyone else likes really dark floors! But think you are right to spend the time and money on getting the floor right. So hopefully someone will come up with some good suggestions to compliment your lovely things. :)
E D
5 years ago
Ha, I was thinking dark wood too, as a contrast to the tiles, because I don't think matching them will work. It might get too dark in the living areas though.

I guess anything natural (colourwise) will work but perhaps shy away from a honey-like colour like that of your current carpet. Although this looks good in your living room, I'm not sure it's the best match with the tiles.

A wooden threshold will probably look better than metal.
Sonia
5 years ago
I like number 6, it’s the most natural looking one, but I agree you could go a richer colour which always looks good with Hague Blue. You have a great eye for style - love all your accessories!
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Woodpecker Flooring
5 years ago
Hi Patrina,

We think a contrasting wood would work well with your grey tiles and would suggest a greige like number 8 or even darker. You might find that the lighter woods are a little too close to the tiles for more of a 'blending-in' effect.

Here's some information on underfloor heating that might help too: https://woodpeckerflooring.co.uk/blog/wood-flooring-underfloor-heating/

And some inspiration...

Salcombe Harbour Oak · More Info

Goodrich Haze Oak · More Info

Berkeley Grey Oak · More Info

Free samples are available from our website if you'd like to take a closer look.

Best wishes,

Hannah | Woodpecker Flooring
Patrina
Original Author
5 years ago
All thank you for your suggestions @ Woodpecker flooring samples ordered :-) decided to explore darker wood although not keen to go too dark. Just doing the due diligence on what UFH method to go with and the cost of taking out wall. Can I ask would I need new skirting with new wood floor or is it possible to retain the existibg ones? I will post pics against furniture once I have the samples I have ordered.

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