Wooden Floors
Jenny_Austin
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Looking for advice on wooden flooring, need it to withstand high heels.
Been Googling and can't find an answer, but they have wooden floors in shops so such a product must exist.
Been Googling and can't find an answer, but they have wooden floors in shops so such a product must exist.
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Real wood flooring might be too soft for high heals. That might be just my floors though, big mistake by me.
Laminate is the best thing, its hard and cheap to replace when it gets damaged.
I have lovely oak parquet floors - covered in stiletto marks!
Expensive mistake like me? My expensive wood floor is covered by tiny dents were my inconsiderate children drop toys (sometimes on purpose>:() My cheaper but looks even better laminate still looks lke new - and I wouldn't be too stressed if I had to lift it in an emergency
Of course, you could always leave high heels at the front door and wear slippers indoors. I know many people who do allow anyone to wear street shoes of any description in the house because of the traces of whatever that they drag in.
I think it adds a bit of character to be honest.
Laminate marks up as well as proper wood floors I have found.
Darker wood seems to absorb the look better though In my opinion.
Agreed, unless you have a pine floor that has been stained a darker colour, - then the dents will appear as pale flecks throughout the floor. Trust me.
Not all laminate is awful, it's only the really low-end stuff that looks cheap and nasty. You can't beat proper wood floors, of course...
We have top end laminate and I agree with the above.
My Mother has uber expensive real wood and every scratch/mark shows up. Her dog was sick on it and it looks like someone has thrown bleach on it.
But leave the high heels at the door and problem solved whatever you go for.
I would give anything for cream carpets in my living room but we got a dog instead so it's a no no for years yet. I love our floor but was happier with carpet.....but when I see the muck I wipe up every day I know a dog and carpets don't mix. We have underfloor heating so the warmth is not a problem. There is something about carpet though.
We've had to put lino down over our wood floor because our son was destroying the wood floor :eek:
The wood isnt the answer, its the lacquer you need to focus on.
I'm intrigued to know just what kind of reason you are needing to be wearing high heels all day on a wood floor?!
The ad never said if he had wooden flooring ;-)