Thicker sounds better. But the German parquet industry expects a floor to be sanded twice in 50 years, so on a 6mm top layer you’re paying for 4.6mm of oak you’ll never touch. Here’s where your money should go instead.
Builders often add a buffer to flooring dates. We compared 933 Kite deliveries against their requested dates. Here’s what we found, and what to ask your builder.
The truth about flooring samples; why you should embrace the variation.
At Kite, we believe one of the challenges with buying a floor is you never know if you’re getting a good deal and one of the main reason for this is that most retailers only sell floors through sales.
We have different types of clients at Kite. Some choose a floor before they have bought a house.
For most of our clients, when they approach us, they’re working on their first renovation, so when it comes to flooring, we need to start at the beginning.
The six key flooring Terms and Conditions that you must read, whether you buy through Kite or any other flooring retailer.
When assessing sustainability, you cannot simply look at what the product is made from.
Here’s the hard truth. Sometimes, you can’t fit flooring. So, we’ve written a blog, listing several common themes that delay fitting and/or cause cost creep.
How a herringbone floor is laid, step by step: subfloor prep, levelling, which direction to run it, setting out, borders and brass inlays.
Kite Flooring have put together a comprehensive guide to buying a wood floor.
Many of your questions are answered in the guide.
