Hello everyone. I'm Sweetiepie, I'm new. Need power-chair friendly flooring

Sweetiepie

I need to replace my living room carpet with powerchair-friendly, hard flooring. I need something slip-resistant and scratch-resistant, that won't buckle under the weight of a powerchair. Does anyone know whether laminate would be an option? Does every carpet store supply and install accessible flooring? I really have no idea where to start my search, so I was wondering whether anyone has any ideas please? Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Jimm_Scope

Hey @Sweetiepie, welcome to our community I hope you're doing well today, hopefully we can find a good answer to your question!

Can I ask if you own your home or if you rent it privately/it's local authority housing? In the meantime I'm going to look into this a little, I've never answered this question before! 

I'm also going to move this into our adaptations section, it should hopefully be more visible to people with home knowledge there

Sweetiepie

Hello Jim. Thank you for your reply, challenging day, sorry for being unable to return to the discussion sooner.

I'm joint home owner with my sister, we live in a bungalow.

chiarieds

Hi @Sweetiepie -  & welcome to the community from me also. I'd think a good quality laminate or vinyl would work. Karndean is one I'd consider: https://www.karndean.com/en-gb/floors/discover-karndean/ tho best to get a fitter who's knowledgeable about this, & it is quite expensive to both buy & fit.

I'd also consider contacting Howdens, as I can also vouch for their good quality laminates, & they should also put you in touch with an installer they recommend: https://www.howdens.com/joinery/floors/flooring?flooring_type=Laminate   they also have other flooring including vinyls.

I would consider speaking to such experts first, tho there's likely others.

Sweetiepie

Hi @Chiarieds. Many thanks for your comment, I've not heard of Karndean before, and I had no idea that Howdens did flooring. Both sound like an excellent starting point, as I do worry about getting the right product and installer. I really appreciate the links, I'm about to check them out now.