Walk this way for tips on choosing and fitting a new floor

PLANNING

- SOPHIE BAYLIS

1 When considering flooring, your first step should be to think about what’s underneath it. The subfloor – a layer of wood or concrete below your floor material – needs to be suitable for the covering you’ve chosen, as well as in good condition. ‘Certain materials are more suited to certain subfloors,’ says Daniel Grocott, managing director at Grocott & Murfit. ‘For instance, a timber subfloor is more suited to wood or carpet. A concrete subfloor can pretty much take anything.’