Laminate Flooring Exeter

A laminate board has a dense fibreboard core, a printed layer that gives it the look of wood or stone, and a tough clear wear layer on top. That wear layer is what makes laminate so hard to scratch or dent. The trade-off is that laminate can't be sanded like real wood, so it's worth choosing a good board from the start.

Quick-Step laminate has realistic wood designs, from pale Scandinavian oak to dark, rustic planks, and a click system that locks tightly so the joins stay closed. Several of its ranges are made to resist water at the joins, which matters in hallways, kitchens and utility rooms where spills happen. We'll bring a selection to your home so you can see the colours in your own light.

Two things matter most. The first is the wear rating: a board rated AC3 suits most rooms in a home, while AC4 is tougher and worth it in hallways and busy family rooms. The second is thickness: thicker boards feel more solid underfoot and sound less hollow. We'll match the board to the room rather than selling you more than you need.

The underlay is what makes laminate feel and sound good. Over concrete, we use an underlay with a damp-proof layer. Upstairs and in flats, an acoustic underlay cuts the noise heard in the rooms below. Your quote includes the right underlay for each room.

Laminate is warmer and firmer underfoot than most vinyl floors, and it's a great choice for living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and dining rooms. In bathrooms, en suites and anywhere that gets properly wet, LVT flooring is the better choice because it's waterproof all the way through. If you want real wood, see our wood flooring page.

Laminate is popular with landlords because it's quick to fit, easy to clean between tenancies and hard to damage. We also fit a lot of laminate in new homes around Cranbrook and the edge of Exeter, where the subfloors are usually flat and ready, so the job moves quickly.

The finishing is what separates a good laminate floor from a cheap-looking one. Laminate needs a small gap at the walls to let it expand. Where we can, we take the skirting boards off and refit them so the gap is hidden. Where we can't, we use a neat beading. Door frames are undercut so the boards slide underneath, and every doorway gets a threshold that suits the floor next to it.

We're based at Shillingford Abbot, just outside Exeter, and fit laminate across the city, including Marsh Barton, Wonford and St Thomas, and out to Topsham, Exmouth, Cranbrook, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot and Torquay.