Homebase DIY Flooring

I am thoroughly impressed with the Westco flooring that my husband and I spent laying on Saturday afternoon in our bathroom. It was relatively inexpensive. £5.29 for a pack of six tiles in homebase. We only needed four packs and as the dozy homebase cashier couldn't count to four we got ours at the brilliant price of£15.87! We chose a fetching marble effect blue tile. It was easy to cut - it said use a stanley knife but our sharp kitchen scissors seemed to do the trick. A lot safer to use as my husband has had battles with stanley knives and lost in the past... but that's a different story! It ... more

**Warning it's a long one! With three messy children and one on the way our not so old carpet was looking a little worn out and well fed by our toddler John who like to feed everything but his mouth. When the over stopped doing it's job on John's ground in waffles it was time to find the perfect solution, no not evict the children, evict the carpet. After browsing through some of the DIY stores online we found it 'laminate flooring'. It met all the criteria for our needs on those of our children. Cost: Carpet: When pricing up carpet at today's prices for our room (13ft x 15ft) it would have ... more

It’s smooth, looks oh so good and keeping it clean makes it look like Mary Poppins has been in your house. On top of all that you can proudly share your achievement with whoever enters your home and watch their admiration at your abilities as a DIY expert. What on earth is this woman waffling on about now l hear you mutter. Well with times changing and everyone wanting to live in cleaner houses without the horrible thought that dust mites and other nasties are lurking in our carpets what could be more sensible than laminated flooring! This wonderful stuff can be purchased from all good ... more

As I slouch through the kitchen for my hundredth time in one morning I actually notice the tiles beneath my feet, grubby and well past their sell by date. Never one to hold back on another DIY challenge I take baby monster to his favourite toy store....... Homebase. Walking around the flooring area I realised I was going to be hard pushed to tile my kitchen on a budget, until I spotted the Essentials range, easy to miss in boring bland orange and white packaging. But as I wasn‘t going to use the box to walk on, I took a chance. There were several different patterns from blue to a wood effect ... more

Being the kind of person who loves the idea of doing a bit of DIY but actually being pretty useless at anything practical I was well impressed with the flooring I got from Homebase recently. It's called: Westco Timberstyle Self adhesive Plank flooring ( a bit of a mouthful I know!) and, basically is vinyl flooring but with a twist - it looks like laminate! Details Price For £9.99 you get 7 strips of vinyl that will cover 1 sq metre of floor.It took me 3 packs to cover my pretty average sized bathroom. Choice At my store there were 5 different shades of 'laminate style' vinyl. I chose "Sawn Oak ... more