If you’ve decided to invest in a new wood floor, one of the questions you’re likely to be considering right now is whether you should fit the floor on a DIY basis or whether you should bring in the professionals. To be honest, with most flooring options these days, a decent DIY-er will have…
Wood is a completely natural product and as such, it’s colour will be affected by light and by time. When it comes to choosing the colour of your new floor, it’s useful to not only look at what you will get at the start, but also at what your floor colour might develop into in…
Concrete floors are arguably one of the most common subfloors today. As a result, it’s important, particularly if you’re planning a DIY installation, to ascertain the best way to fit your floor. The first two things you need to be clear about are: Making sure your subfloor is sufficiently free of dampness to install your…
At Wood and Beyond, we know that when you choose your new wood floor, it’s important for you to know that you can source your accessories from the same supplier, enabling you to take delivery of everything you need in one go. It’s for this reason that we make it our business to seek out…
You probably don’t need us to tell you that wood flooring has grown hugely in popularity in the last decade or so. Only 20 years ago, every decent sized town would have had a carpet shop or two and they would have been constantly busy. Nowadays, not only has shopping changed in favour of…
When you’re choosing wood flooring, you’re highly likely at some point to find yourself spinning in circles with all the terms that you need to understand in order to make the right decisions. You’ll be faced with a choice between engineered and solid flooring, different grades of wood, finishes, decisions about board thicknesses, plank widths…
A question that raises its head often in the wooden floor world is whether or not wood floors are a good idea in kitchens and bathrooms. As a result of this question we’ve chosen whether or not you can have wood floors in kitchens as the subject of our article today. Lots of people are…
When it comes to choosing the right species of wood for your wooden floor, there are several things that you need to take into consideration. Although many people start their journey driven by price, they soon realise that there’s much more to it than that. Oak is arguably one of the best and most…
At Wood and Beyond, we often get asked for help when clients have problems with their wood floors. While we’re more than happy to help clients on an individual basis with their flooring issues, we thought it would be a good idea to put together this troubleshooting guide to help any blog readers out there…
Engineered wood flooring is a highly popular flooring option but is a floor covering that’s often misunderstood. Only too commonly confused with laminate flooring, engineered wood flooring often struggles to get the respect it deserves. So what exactly is so special about this style of flooring? In a nutshell, the main advantages of engineered flooring…
A question we often get asked at Wood and Beyond is why we only currently stock oak and walnut engineered wood flooring. The short answer to that is because both oak and walnut are hardwoods and as such originate from deciduous trees, that take a long time to grow and are typically (although not always)…
Although the most popular look by far for wood flooring over the past few years has been a natural, brushed and oiled look, there is a trend emerging that is suggesting that the thing of the future could well be high gloss. One thing to say about high gloss flooring, before explaining how to…