With energy prices seeming to only go in one direction, the argument for conserving energy has never been so strong. There are plenty of ways that you can help keep your house cosy, even when it’s sub-zero temperatures outside, but one great way is by insulating your wood floor. How you tackle this project will…
You’d be forgiven for having a look at the title of this article and having a little chuckle to yourself, thinking we’ve completely lost the plot! Surely softwood is soft and hardwood is hard, no? It can’t be much simpler than that, you might think. But no, the terms softwood and hardwood don’t refer…
Oak is a wood that is recognised, pretty much worldwide for its strength and hardness. A tree that takes tens of years to grow and mature and, if left uncut can live for hundreds of years, it’s easy to see why the wood produced from this tree is so commonly used in furnishing and…
Although we’ve written about kitchen flooring before, times and trends have changed since the last time we wrote. It’s for these reasons that we want to revisit the important subject of how best to choose the right kitchen floor for your home. Like most things in life, kitchens come in all shapes and sizes,…
Arguably one of the most mis-understood flooring options available today, engineered wood flooring is also probably one of the most popular and most flexible solutions you can choose for your home. So why is engineered wood flooring mis-understood and what makes it so popular? First and foremost it’s mis-understood because people have a tendency to…
Real wood top layer flooring is the term commonly used to describe engineered wood flooring that are made using an external layer of real wood on top, technically called ‘lamella‘ or ‘wear layer’. Engineered wood flooring is a really innovative and flexible flooring option that can work in every room in the home. In…
Energy prices in the UK have risen significantly since 2010 with the exception of 2013, which saw some very slight reductions in both electricity and gas prices, but overall prices are still incredibly high relative to wages. Although electricity prices in 2013 dropped slightly in the first quarter, they rose again towards the end…
Fishbone flooring is a stylish and sought after flooring option and really does ooze class. In the good old days, this sort of flooring was typically known as parquet flooring. Coming from the French word, parqueterie, parquet flooring dates way back to the mid to late 1600’s. At one time a really labour intensive…
Black flooring is a highly desirable and stylish flooring option. Lending itself both to modern and minimalist, designer interiors as well as interiors that abound with antiques, black flooring is highly desired right now. If you’re planning a black floor in your home, there are lots of things to consider, but one of the…
White wood flooring is a really stylish and attractive option, no matter what overall interior style you have. White flooring is a colour option that really lends itself to a whole mix of furnishing and wall colours. So, no matter whether your house is shabby chic or minimalist, a white floor will set it…
Engineered wood flooring, as any regular reader of this blog will know, is a really versatile and convenient flooring solution that’s particularly well suited to today’s lifestyle. Made up of layers of different woods that have been bonded together, the core board of engineered wood flooring is really stable and doesn’t expand and contract to…
At Wood and Beyond, we know that there are plenty of people seeking out an affordable flooring option that’s easy to fit and looks a million dollars. That’s why we’ve worked our socks off to source a click system engineered flooring, vinyl floor and laminate flooring range that’s perfect for DIY-ers of all standards.…