Seeing how this worked so successfully, I resolved to see if the miracle could be repeated for the other two problem floors. I placed a notice on the local pages of the Freecycle website, and Bob’s your uncle, a day later I got a message from a man in Vauxhall saying that he had just removed a house-full of laminate flooring and that I was welcome to it.

There was more than enough for both bathroom and lobby and it now gives off a lovely warm tone. We grabbed the opportunity to install some wood-fibre insulation board certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) beneath all of the new flooring, which means that, in addition to my lovely new flooring, I now have a cosy barrier between my bare feet and the concrete that lies beneath.

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