When you search the Internet (or your local paper for that matter) you can easily find many cheap offers in solid Oak wood flooring.
Before buying into these offers, there are a few things you should be aware of:
- Short lengths. Many of these offers contain over 75% short lengths (between 30 to 50cm) instead of a regular mix between short, medium and long lengths (or fixed length of minimum 1.5 meter). Many short boards mean many joins, plus unstable floor.
- Difference in width. Real cheap offers are nothing more than bought over 'left-overs' from pallets. Sizes per pallet can vary, even if the packaging tells you differently. Some minor differences between the boards (1-2mm) doesn't effect the installation that much, but when you end up with a mix of boards all having a different, slightly off average width, you'll end up with one big jig-saw puzzle and nothing will fit tight together. Imagine one row of three meters with three different widths (board 1 110mm, board 2 109mm and board three 111mm). The next row has two boards (one 109mm and one 111mm). Board one in row two connects with board one and two in row one. Because there is already a difference in width between the boards in row one, row two will never fit tightly and so on and so on.
Remember: you get what you pay for. We have seen results of these cheap offers, coming from open sheds where temperature and moist/humidity control isn't one of the priorities of the seller.
Wood You Like doesn't do 'Special' offers, we always offer the best.