u/Careful-Training-761

The floors in every place I rented in the past had issues for one reason or another. I recently purchased an old townhouse and the wooden laminate flooring in the living room needs to be replaced. Many options on the market was confused which was best for my needs so I nerded and did a rating of each under the headings below.

For context I live in Ireland so wet and cold in Winter. Concrete sub-floor. Single guy and sub-let out a bedroom to a tenant. May / may not move out and let it out in the future so preference to make it tenant-proof. Though might not happen and may stay so aesthetic important too. Warmth underfoot would get higher if I was in living room a lot but it's more of a passage way to the kitchen. 

	Weighting	Tiles (Wood Effect)	Wooden Laminate (Floating, Foam Underlay)	Engineered Wood Flooring (Glued)	Luxury Vinyl Tiles  (Glued, Wood Effect)
Longevity (Inc. Water Resistance, Damage Resistance, Ease of Repair)	40%	40	16	24	36
Aesthetic / Look	30%	14	23	30	18
Upfront Cost	15%	9	15	6	10
Warmth Underfoot	13%	0	13	9	6
Maintenance Needed	2%	2	2	0	2
SCORE	100%	65 / 100	69 / 100	69 / 100	72 / 100

After I did the table I thought of an additional row ‘replaceability’ if I want to change down the line 5% - wood effect tiles 0, wooden laminate 5, others 3. No change in outcome LVT first.  

The floors in every place I rented in the past had issues for one reason or another. I recently purchased an old townhouse and the wooden laminate flooring need replacing. There are many options on the market nowadays was confused which was best for my needs. I nerded out and did a rating of each under the headings below.

For context I live in Ireland (damp / cold in Winter). It's for a living room and small entrance hall. Concrete sub-floor. I'm a single guy and sub-let out a bedroom to a tenant. May / may not move out in the future and let it out so preference would be to make it 'tenant proof'. Though might not happen and stay so aesthetic important too. Warmth underfoot would get higher if I was in living room a lot but I'm not it's more of a passage way to the kitchen.

Weighting	Tiles (Wood Effect)	Wooden Laminate (Floating, Foam Underlay)	Engineered Wood Planks (Glued)	Luxury Vinyl Tiles (Wood Effect, Glued)
Looks / Aesthetic	30%	15	22	30
Upfront Cost	15%	9	15	6
Longevity (Inc. Water Resistance, Damage Resistance & Ease of Repair)	40%	40	16	24
Warmth Underfoot	13%	0	13	9
Maintenance Needed	2%	2	2	0
TOTAL SCORE	100%	66 / 100	68 / 100	69 / 100

After I did the table I thought of an additional row - replaceability if I want to change down the line 5% - wood effect tiles 0, wooden laminate 5, the others 3.

I need to replace flooring and considering different types of flooring including luxury vinyl tiles (LVT), wood effect tiles, engineered wood and wooden laminate. Looking to see what the different types are like laid on floor in a showroom. Many showrooms do one type or the other. Anyone know of a large showroom that would have many different types of flooring for viewing - luxury vinyl tiles (LVT), wood effect tiles, engineered wood and wooden laminate? In Dublin or surrounding Counties.

NB - Important they're available for viewing on the floor (and not just in a book / sample on a wall) and as mentioned many different types of flooring.

My mid-terraced tiled roof is probably 80 years old but no sign of water ingress anywhere. The odd house around the neighborhood have got their tiles changed.

Question for people with old roof tiles / slate - did you get a survey of roof done first before putting up solar? Did you first replace the tiles / slate?

Having to replace the tiles adds cost changing solar from a no brainer into something I have to think about more.

How was your experience? Did you first replace the felt (or other membrane) first? How were the panels secured to the flat roof? I'm particularly interested in people that had it done on two story flat roofs, less so on single story as single story is far easier to access.

Also I checked I am planning compliant for solar on flat roof so no need to comment on planning law thanks.

42M. I've tried many times to kick the coffee habit and haven't succeeded. Looking for someone that's likewise trying to stop.

Daily check in maybe through Reddit. Prefer to stay on topic and to be direct in any messages, someone that is serious about it as I believe I am. I'd suggest a month but I'm flexible. From Ireland but location doesn't matter.