HDF laminate flooring

[Aggrajag]

Noticed a local store selling old stock (1 pack left per wood) for £5 the other day. Anyone scrolled with it? For the price I was tempted to get a few colours. (Presumably no staining, sanding or varnishing required too - big bonus for me!)

 

[Aggrajag]

(Most packs were 8-10 boards giving about 2 metres square.)

 

[Alexam]

That sounds like good value. Care to say where thy are, or are you buying the whole load?

 

[Aggrajag]

It's CarpetRight at Parkgate, Rotherham. There were 3 I fancied (light, medium, dark) but there were 10 or so to choose from.

 

[Aggrajag]

I've never scrolled it, is it any good?

 

[NazNomad]

I would have concerns about the decorative layer de-laminating or chipping along the cut lines. Grab enough to do a small floor indoors and try scrolling with a small piece.

If it's a new miracle scrolling material, don't lay the floor.

 

[mseries]

The lamintate flooring I have layed has very tough laminate and as my Dad would say "knocks hell out of the blades"

 

[Aggrajag]

hmm yeah - I had wondered about chipping but I hadn't considered the toughness. I think I'll give it a miss (unless I hear other comments!)

 

[mseries]

Laminate flooring is useful for straight edges and rectangle router templates etc

 

[Claymore]

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[nadnerb]

I used some laminate flooring once.... spent a night in hospital with reaction to the dust. Spoke to a guy who lays it for aa living and he won't even burn off cuts. He said the glue used for the fibres and the laminate coating are highly toxic
Regards
Brendan

 

[Claymore]

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[ardenwoodcraft]

I was offered some left over oak laminate flooring by a work colleague with a view to cutting name plaques with it.
When he brought me a sample in I found it had a heavy varnish coating on the floor side and channels cut in the underside for adhesive and was also tongued and grooved so it was totally unsuitable for anything apart from flooring!

Solid wood flooring might be a better alternative if you can find it but will probably be that much dearer to buy unless you get some kind of special deal on it.

 

[martinka]

When I started, I had a load of laminate flooring that wasn't going to be used as a floor. It cut OK with a fine blade, or would, as NazNomad points out, chip at the edges. It never made me ill, though I still had a hangover everyday at that time, so I probably wouldn't have noticed.

 

[Aggrajag]

For a fiver I think I'll grab a pack next time I'm passing just for the heck of it.