Flooring Tips, Advice & News

It is hard to believe that it is already the 6th of December and that there are less than 20 days until Christmas! Unsurprisingly we are absolutely rushed off our feet here at Lincolnshire Flooring in the run up to the festive season, and our fitters are working every minute possible to make sure customers have their floors and carpets in time for Christmas In fact, we are so busy that we are delighted to announce that for the first time in our history, we will be opening our doors over the Christmas period! Although we will be closing for the holidays at 5pm on Friday 20th December and resuming work at 9am on Thursday 2nd January, we will be opening our showroom for three days during that period Some of our staff are coming in on Saturday 28th December, Monday 30th December and Tuesday 31st December between 9am and 5pm We don’t want them to be lonely, so please pop in and see them at our showroom on Outer Circle Road in Lincoln to discuss all of your carpet and flooring needs Our full opening times are therefore as follows: Saturday 21st December: ClosedSunday 22nd December: ClosedMonday 23rd December: ClosedTuesday 24th December: ClosedWednesday 25th December: ClosedThursday 26th December: ClosedFriday 27th December: ClosedSaturday 28th December: 9am – 5pmSunday 29th December: ClosedMonday 30th December: 9am – 5pmTuesday 31st December: 9am – 5pmWednesday 1st January: Closed

There has been a growth in recycling and environmentally friendly practises in many industries in recent years, as we have become more conscious of our impact on the environment Many industries have embraced recycling and other methods to make their business greener, both because of heightened customer and media awareness of environmental concerns, and because of government targets and incentives And the flooring industry is playing its part   It may surprise you to learn, for example, that there are now carpets available which, rather than being made from traditional materials, are actually made from recycled materials Mohawk Flooring, for example, recycles more than 3 billion plastic bottles each year, which are recycled into P

Lincolnshire Flooring are an approved stockist and installer of the Unlin range of Quickstep laminates Unlin design and produce Quick-Step floors Founded in 1960 by several families from South-West Flanders, Unlin grew quickly, and in 1990 Quick-Step hit the market when Unlin became the first laminate manufacturer to go to market with its own brand Laminate flooring started off as a more cost-effective alternative to wood flooring, and that is still one of the great benefits of it Laminate allows you to create the effect of a real wooden floor without the hassle and cost of using real wood

This post looks at one of our most popular products – Amtico flooring If you haven’t heard of it before, you are probably wondering what is Amtico flooring? Amtico is one of the most popular types of flooring across the UK and the world It is a vinyl based product which is made to look like other types of flooring, such as wood, glass, stone and many more It is available in a wide variety of colours, styles, themes and designs, and there is also a wide range of boarders and feature strips The key point about Amtico is just how realistic it is

There has been a great deal of change in what we choose to put on our floors over time, which is not surprising, as nothing lasts forever Cork, for example, which was very popular in the 1960s and 1970s, has waned over time   Ten years ago, two thirds of carpets sold at Lincolnshire Flooring were patterned carpets Now, there is an association in many people’s minds between patterned carpets and “old ladies’ bedrooms” With less demand for patterned carpets, prices have increased because of the cost of the machinery required to create the patterns

Here at Lincolnshire Flooring, we are proud to say that we employ all our own carpet and floor fitters This might sound like a strange boast – who else would employ them you might ask?  Well, with many carpet and flooring firms, you pay the company for the carpet or the flooring, and then you have to pay the fitter (a freelancer rather than somebody employed by that company) separately for fitting the carpet Whilst these subcontractors may do an excellent job, they are not employed by the firm you bought the carpet from Therefore, the shop that you bought the carpet or flooring from does not have any control over the work carried out in your home or business If there are any issues arising afterwards, it can be unclear who you go to – the company who supplied the carpet, or the “man in a van” who fitted it