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Living Room Layout Tricks To Maximise Your Floor Space

Sometimes we get so used to our living spaces that we don't even realise how...

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Fairy Tale Homes, Re-imagined

While at Factory Direct Flooring Ltd you can find a host of flooring solutions for...

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Sanding Wooden Floors: When and How to Sand Wood Flooring

Although it’s a beautiful type of flooring, which offers more authenticity than laminate or engineered...

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Why Do I Need To Acclimatise My Flooring?

It's natural to be excited when your brand new flooring has finally arrived on your...

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Everything You Need To Know About Floating Hardwood Flooring

Floating hardwood flooring is a quick solution to installing hardwood floors in your home and...

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5 Floor Edging Options For Your Home

Once you’ve decided on the perfect floor for your home, taking into account everything from...

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Do I Need Beading Or Skirting Boards?

Skirting and beading are both types of wooden floor edging used to fill the gap...

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Everything You Need To Know About Wood Floors And Underfloor Heating

Wood floors are an ever more popular flooring option for the home, helping to make...

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Laminate Flooring Colours & Which Shades Work Best For You

Laminate flooring is a highly popular choice because it can realistically replicate the aesthetics of...

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How Do I Restore My Laminate Flooring?

Laminate flooring is such a popular home solution because it’s highly durable, replicating real wood...

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How Do I Remove Laminate Flooring?

If your laminate flooring has become a little worse for wear, or if you just...

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Which direction should I lay laminate flooring in?

Laying a new floor in your home can be a bit of a daunting task...

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Click Laminate Flooring Or Glued? Which Is Best?

Fitting new flooring is a tedious task to tackle alone. So, it’s obvious why easy...

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How to Choose Laminate Flooring Colour

Laminate flooring is an extremely popular choice, thanks to the range of colours, patterns and...

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How to choose the best flooring for offices

What are the best types of flooring for offices and home offices?  When outfitting your...

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What Is The Best Cleaner For Each Type Of Flooring?

Maintaining your floors to make sure they're as perfectly attractive as the day they were...

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How To Match Your Furniture To Your Floor

When. it comes to new laminate flooring, vinyl flooring or LVT, it’s difficult to know how...

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How To Protect Any Type Of Floor

As with any type of fitting in your home, your floors can be susceptible to...

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Understanding Colour When Decorating Your Home

When it comes to interior decorating ideas, you need to take into account the colour of your...

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How To Fit Underlay

Learning how to fit underlay is crucial to obtaining the floor of your dreams, It creates the perfect finish and we show you how to install it here.

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Should you have Laminate or Solid Wood Floor?

If you know what style of floor you want but don't know which flooring option to choose between laminate or solid wood floor then we can help.

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How To Cut Around Radiator Pipes and Other Obstacles

We give you the know how on how to cut around radiator pipes and other awkward problems when it comes to installing your perfect flooring.

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How To Install Skirting Boards

Fitting skirting boards is the ideal way to ensure your floor has the perfect finish and we have the steps to help you achieve it

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How To Clean Your Solid Wood Floor

We explore how to clean your solid wood floor, from preventing damage in the first place to ow to best apply a cleaning solution.

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