https://thefloorhaus.com/blog Flooring, installation and renovation writing from The FloorHaus, Dubai. en-AE Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/warm-or-cool-before-light-or-dark https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/warm-or-cool-before-light-or-dark Design and styling Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Undertone decides whether a floor sits well with the stone, joinery, and metal already in a Dubai home. How to read warm and cool before choosing a shade. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-a-wear-layer-actually-is https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-a-wear-layer-actually-is Material education Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 The wear layer is the thinnest part of a plank and the part that decides how long it looks new. What it is, why 0.55 mm matters, and how to read the spec. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-a-new-floor-puts-into-the-air https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-a-new-floor-puts-into-the-air Sustainability and longevity Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 That new-renovation smell is materials still settling. What a flooring job actually releases into a sealed Dubai home, and what quietly reduces it. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/thresholds-and-transitions https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/thresholds-and-transitions Renovation reality Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Doorways are where a flooring job is won or lost. What a good transition looks like, why plank thickness decides it, and what to check at the end. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/how-floor-colour-changes-room-size https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/how-floor-colour-changes-room-size Design and styling Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 The same room can feel larger or smaller before any furniture arrives. How floor colour, contrast, and continuity change the size a room appears to be. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/when-wrapping-beats-replacing https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/when-wrapping-beats-replacing Material education Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A sound Dubai kitchen with dated doors does not always need a skip and weeks of dust. What wrapping actually is, where it wins, and where it does not. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-fsc-certification-actually-guarantees https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-fsc-certification-actually-guarantees Sustainability and longevity Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 The FSC tree logo is on timber everywhere, and few people can say what it means. What the certification actually tracks, and what it does not cover. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/floor-acclimatisation-48-hours https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/floor-acclimatisation-48-hours Renovation reality Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A new floor sits in your home for 48 hours before we fit it. Why that pause matters in a Dubai climate, and what happens to planks that skip the wait. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/herringbone-or-straight-lay https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/herringbone-or-straight-lay Design and styling Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Herringbone or a straight lay changes how a room reads more than colour does. What each pattern says, and what changes at fitting time in a Dubai home. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/how-an-spc-plank-is-built https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/how-an-spc-plank-is-built Material education Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 An SPC plank is built in 5 layers around a core of limestone and PVC. What each layer is for, and why the part you never see decides how the floor lasts. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/cheapest-floor-is-the-one-you-keep https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/cheapest-floor-is-the-one-you-keep Sustainability and longevity Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A cheap floor replaced twice costs more than a good one fitted once. The arithmetic, and the quieter environmental case, for a Dubai floor that lasts. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/light-floors-or-dark-floors https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/light-floors-or-dark-floors Design and styling Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Light or dark flooring is less a style question than a room question. How ceiling height, glazing, and Gulf light should decide the tone underfoot. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/subfloor-prep-nobody-photographs https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/subfloor-prep-nobody-photographs Renovation reality Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 The subfloor is the part of a flooring job nobody photographs, and the part that quietly decides whether the floor above it lasts. Here is why prep matters. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/sand-dust-floor-maintenance https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/sand-dust-floor-maintenance Local context Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Desert sand and fine dust are hard on a floor in Dubai. Here is what they actually do, and the floors and habits that take it in their stride. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-ships-this-week https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-ships-this-week Local context Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 In Dubai, the floor you can have this week and the one worth waiting for are rarely the same. A plain look at how flooring stock and lead times work here. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/villa-or-apartment-what-changes-about-the-install https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/villa-or-apartment-what-changes-about-the-install Local context Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 The floor can be identical in a Marina apartment and an Al Barari villa. Everything around the install is not. What actually changes, and what to check first. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-survives-a-dubai-bathroom https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/what-survives-a-dubai-bathroom Local context Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 A Dubai bathroom is the hardest room you will ask a floor to live in. Here is what holds up to steam, standing water, and summer humidity, and what does not. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/why-engineered-oak-stays-flat https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/why-engineered-oak-stays-flat Material education Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 In Dubai's heat solid oak cups and gaps, while engineered oak stays flat. Here is the construction difference that explains why, and how we fit it. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/flooring-cost-per-square-metre-dubai https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/flooring-cost-per-square-metre-dubai Local context Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Dubai flooring prices tend to hide behind discount banners. Here is what materials really cost per square metre, and what a fair installed quote should include. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/spc-lvt-engineered-wood-how-to-choose https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/spc-lvt-engineered-wood-how-to-choose Materials Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Three floors that look almost alike on the showroom shelf, and behave nothing alike once they are down. A plain guide to choosing between them. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/which-floors-hold-colour-gulf-sun https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/which-floors-hold-colour-gulf-sun Climate Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Dubai sun fades flooring faster than most people expect. Here is what actually holds its colour, and what quietly shifts under the light. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/underfloor-heating-dubai-is-mostly-cooling https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/underfloor-heating-dubai-is-mostly-cooling Local context Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 In Dubai, underfloor systems usually run chilled water to cool a room, not warm it. Here is what that means for your floor, and the one number to check first. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/narrow-planks https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/narrow-planks Design Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Most Dubai apartments under 100 square metres look bigger on a narrow plank than they do on the wide ones every showroom seems to be selling. Here is why. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/underfloor-heating https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/underfloor-heating Renovation Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Underfloor heating is rare in Dubai but not unheard of. Here is the small print every renovator and designer should know about it before specifying a floor. https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/stopped-selling-solid-oak https://thefloorhaus.com/blog/stopped-selling-solid-oak Materials Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0400 Solid oak sounds like the premium choice. In a Dubai climate, it is almost always the wrong one. We made the call to stop selling it. Here is why.