herringbone flooring

[Milzy]

I’m doing some of this flooring from Howdens. I got a discount but it’s still about £60 a pack. I’ve noticed with all the cuts there’s about 25% waste. I think if I did the pattern the other way then it would roughly be the same cuts. It looks good but I wish I had known this before spending about a grand on it.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I’m doing some of this flooring from Howdons. I got a discount but it’s still about £60 a pack. I’ve noticed with all the cuts there’s about 25% waste. I think if I did the pattern the other way then it would roughly be the same cuts. It looks good but I wish I had known this before spending about a grand on it.

Looks good but sounds wasteful.

 

[Cycleops]

What is it? Wood, ceramic, vinyl or laminate?

 

[TissoT]

Howdens are expensive.
Return the flooring Howdens will take it back.

 

[Milzy]

What is it? Wood, ceramic, vinyl or laminate?

It’s a strange composite. It’s hard/stiff but can be bent with both hands and won’t snap until you go near 180 degrees.

 

[fossyant]

Is it floating like laminate/. Looks good, but yes, can see where you'd get waste.

 

[Milzy]

Is it floating like laminate/. Looks good, but yes, can see where you'd get waste.

Yeah but you don’t have to leave a block gap on this. It just grips its self down and you can cut it inline with your skirting board. The room looks bigger & it is nice but the wastage really is insane. Material wise, time wise & money wise. I like it but wouldn’t do it again.

 

[Cycleops]

Maybe better to have a sheet or strip material with the herringbone printed or embossed?

 

[CXRAndy]

Howdens are expensive.
Return the flooring Howdens will take it back.

Not if you have a trade account

 

[CXRAndy]

Yeah but you don’t have to leave a block gap on this. It just grips its self down and you can cut it inline with your skirting board. The room looks bigger & it is nice but the wastage really is insane. Material wise, time wise & money wise. I like it but wouldn’t do it again.

I was going to say , it will look great but time consuming. I suppose careful measure of the room could help reduce waste

 

[TissoT]

From a joiners point of view running a perimeter boarder around will take away most of the waste cuts

 

[TissoT]

Not if you have a trade account

I have a construction company I used to spend a lot of money with them

Not any more Trade account or not

 

[T4tomo]

Howdens are expensive.
Return the flooring Howdens will take it back.

not if you've cut it up and laid it

 

[berty bassett]

from a tiling point of view , 10 minutes setting out can save a lot of waste ,also careful cutting you haven't 'lost' the other part of the plank and it can be used somewhere else , obviously the smaller the room the more percentage of cuts and waste , I regularly have to tile houses with big kitchen and diner wrapping round to utility hallway and cloaks and makes a huge difference setting out
I used to have howdens trade account (might still have one ) as it was the only way you could buy of them ,but the one near me struck me as not the sort of company I wanted to deal with and I often told customers to get stuff from somewhere else

 

[newts]

As BB says above setting out is key, the first plank you fit dictates where all the rest sit.
25% waste does sound excessive.
Is your flooring Quick Step vinyl click planks? if so it's one of the better products that Howdens sell.
Their kitchens & internal/external doors are very mediocre at best.