Flooring advice

7 years ago

Hi. We’re currently in the process of having our old conservatory knocked down and a single storey extension built which goes the full width of the house. We have 2 sets of internal doors giving access to the conservatory - one set for the kitchen and one s from the back reception room. The doors from the kitchen are staying but the other set are coming out so it’s a bit more open plan. We’re really struggling to come up with ideas as to what to do with the flooring though. We’re having underfloor heating (electric) in the new extension and also ripping up the old laminate flooring which is currently in the kitchen and running underfloor heating in here too. We have a downstairs cloakroom which has the same laminate flooring as the kitchen and the rest of downstairs (hallways and front/rear reception rooms) have carpet. All of this is coming to be replaced too. Ideally, we live the idea of herringbone/parquet in the hallway, cloakroom and reception rooms and some sort of luxury vinyl in the kitchen and extension, but not really sure how it should “flow”. Should we look to match the flooring in the extension with the kitchen or, as it’ll be more open plan, match the flooring in the extension with what goes in the back reception room? Or have different flooring in all 3 rooms? We wouldn’t do wood throughout as it wouldn’t look right. Thanks for any advice. Phil

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Rukmini Patel Interior Design
7 years ago
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Hi Phil - great question, lots to consider here!

Firstly would you mind sharing some pictures so that it would give a better idea of the space?

If you are laying under floor heating, you could only have certain flooring like engineered wood which won't expand and contract as much as solid wood. Parquet flooring is all the rage now and would look great flowing from the kitchen to the extension. If you want to have the parquet flooring in your hallway, cloakroom you could have the same type of wood laid different if you wanted to create different zones, like the picture below.

I would suggest a different style of flooring for the back reception, depending on what you will use it for and how you want it to look and feel. Is carpet an option or do you definitely want hard flooring?

If however you are going to parquet all the floors, remember to use rugs so that it creates zones.

Let me know what you think and would be good to see some pictures!

Thanks

Rukmini Patel Interior Design
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7 years ago
Oof! We love conundrums like this but first a few snippets of info that geeks like us and Rukmini need to know before we can offer guidance:
1. Photos of the areas concerned would greatly help us.
2. What are the sizes of each room/area you are looking to floor?
3. Do you have any pets living with you?
4. How many inhabitants will be living in the property and what are their age groups?
5. How long do you envisage staying in the property after having completed the project?
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