Flooring at Paul James Home
Likewise Floors
Wool carpet, flatweaves, cut pile, luxury vinyl tile, cushioned vinyl and laminate — all on display in our Clydebank showroom, with free home measuring across Glasgow.
Call 0141 266 0400 Visit the showroomStart with the room, not the carpet
There are more than twenty ranges below and they are genuinely different products, not the same floor in different colours. The quickest way through them is to think about the room first — how much traffic it takes, whether anything gets spilled in it, and whether you want to feel the floor or just have it behave. Here is the short version of the advice we give across the counter.
Stairs and hallways
The hardest-worked floors in the house. A loop pile or a flatweave resists the worn track that a plush carpet develops; in cut pile, polyamide recovers from crushing best. Start with Sensibility, Herringbone or one of the wool loops.
Bedrooms and sitting rooms
Where softness earns its money. Cut pile is the most luxurious underfoot, and wool is the warmest. Vanity Fair, Expectations, or any of the wool loops if you want natural fibre.
Kitchens, bathrooms and utility
Anywhere water is a fact of life, go hard. Cushioned vinyl lays in one piece with no joins; LVT is glued flat and won't swell. Zeus, Jacinto, Holland Park or Chester Square.
Dining rooms and family spaces
Spills happen. Polypropylene resists staining far better than wool and takes stronger cleaning. Gatsby and Paradise are built for exactly this.
Tight door clearance
If a door already catches, height matters more than anything. Flatweaves are around 6.7mm and Chester Square LVT is 2mm — both go where a thick carpet simply won't.
Still not sure?
Bring rough measurements and a photo of the room. Five minutes standing on the samples settles most decisions faster than any amount of reading, and we'll tell you honestly if a cheaper range suits you better.
Wool carpet
Natural fibre, warm underfoot, naturally flame-retardant, and it springs back from furniture rather than holding the dent. The loop constructions below resist crushing well enough for hallways and stairs as well as living rooms.
Huckleberry
Structured high/low loop woven from six-ply and two-ply yarns. The most textured of the wool ranges. 7 shades.
Pickwick
Fine, even loop in natural wool. The calm backdrop option. 8 contemporary neutrals.
Nickleby
Chunky, rugged loop in pure wool. The sisal look without the scratch. 12 shades.
Rural Charm
Pure new wool in six edited neutrals. Premium handle, nothing that fights a room.
Ascot
The range that spans both temperatures — cream and beige through to steel grey. 6 shades.
Chantilly
The widest tonal spread we stock, palest cream to near-black. The one for a snug or a study. 9 shades.
Ewehurst
A boutique eight, including a soft green-grey that is rare in fitted carpet.
Middlemarch
British-made, with matching plains and stripes — plain in the rooms, stripe up the stairs. 13 shades.
Secret Garden
Two-ply wool level loop in stripes and textural designs. 12 shades.
Designer Rib
A fine linear rib with visible grain. Clean and contemporary; direction matters when fitting.
Designer Weave
Same wool and palette as Designer Rib, no set direction. The more forgiving of the pair.
Flatweave carpet
Woven rather than tufted, so there is no pile to crush and no worn track down the middle of a hallway. Slim enough to fit under a door that already catches, easy to clean, and firm underfoot by design rather than by accident.
Herringbone
The classic weave, 6.7mm total height, 4m and 5m widths, rated heavy domestic. 12 shades.
Pot Pourri
Faux sisal — the natural look, but softer underfoot and far more forgiving with spills.
Gatsby
Stain-resistant polypropylene blend in two woven designs. The dining-room answer. 12 shades.
Paradise
A subtle checkerboard design and a matching plain in the same six tones, for room-to-room flow.
Apex, Axis & Vela
Three herringbone geometries — restrained, flowing and bold — sharing five tones.
Sisal Collection
Real sisal in three weaves. Superb in a hall or study — but it marks, so not for kitchens.
Cut pile carpet
The yarn is sheared at the top so the fibres stand upright — softer and more luxurious than a loop, but it shows footprints and vacuum marks. Three ranges in three different fibres, each built for a different job.
Vanity Fair
The softest carpet we carry, silk-like underfoot. For bedrooms and sitting rooms. 12 shades.
Expectations
Velvet-effect polyester with the richest depth of colour. 1,330g pile weight. 10 shades.
Sensibility
Polyamide, the most crush-resistant fibre. The one we put on staircases. 12 shades.
Luxury vinyl tile
Glued down rather than floating, so there is no wood core to swell, no hollow sound underfoot, and a damaged plank can be lifted and replaced on its own. Both collections run the same decors through a straight plank and a parquet block, so a herringbone hall can meet a plank lounge in exactly the same tone.
Cushioned vinyl
Sheet vinyl on a foam backing. It comes off the roll in one piece, so there are no joins across the floor for water to find — which is why it remains the sensible answer for kitchens, bathrooms and utility rooms. Warmer and quieter underfoot than tile or laminate.
Zeus
Wood, herringbone and concrete effects. 12 designs.
Jacinto
The broadest choice — planks, herringbone, stripes and tile effects. 14 designs.
Artemis
Oak plank designs worked through the tones, bleached to farmhouse. 12 designs.
Aphrodite
Decorative tile patterns for cloakrooms and utility rooms. 3 designs, 12 colourways.
Laminate
A floating click floor laid over underlay — quick to fit and often able to go straight over an existing solid subfloor.
Common questions
Why are there no prices anywhere on these pages?
Because a per-metre price would be misleading. Flooring is priced per job — the figure depends on the size and shape of the room, the underlay or subfloor preparation, whether we are lifting and disposing of an old floor, door trims, and the fitting itself. Two rooms of the same square footage can differ by a lot. Call us on 0141 266 0400 with rough measurements for a realistic figure, or book a free home measure and we will price it properly.
Do you measure and fit, or just supply?
Both. We offer a free home measuring service and arrange fitting across Clydebank, Glasgow and the surrounding areas, including uplift and disposal of your old flooring. Measuring is free and there is no obligation to order.
Can I take samples home?
Yes, and we would rather you did. Colour behaves completely differently under showroom lighting than it does in a north-facing bedroom, and the difference between two shades that look obvious side by side often disappears at home. Take three or four and live with them for a few days.
Is everything here in stock?
Availability moves around at the mill and the published stock information is not always current, so we would rather check than guess. Ring us on 0141 266 0400 with the range and shade you are interested in and we will confirm the real position before you set your heart on it.
Wool or synthetic — which is better?
Neither, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. Wool is warmer, softer and recovers better from furniture, and it holds its appearance for years. Synthetics resist staining far better and take stronger cleaning. For a bedroom, wool. For a dining room with young children, a polypropylene flatweave. We will tell you when the cheaper option is the right one.
Who are Likewise Floors?
Likewise are a UK flooring distributor whose brands include Floors by Lewis Abbott, the collection most of the carpet ranges above come from. We are an independent stockist — we hold the sample books, order direct, and arrange the fitting ourselves.
Come and stand on it
Every range above is in the showroom. Bring rough measurements and we will work out a proper figure while you wait — or book a free home measure and we will do it on site.
Call 0141 266 0400 Email usWhere to find us
Paul James Home, inside the Co-op Department Store, Sylvania Way, Clydebank G81 1EA. We're on the same floor as the Foodfillas cafe — walk past the cafe and you'll see us.
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday, 9am – 5pm. Closed Sunday.
Directions
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Free parking at Clydebank Shopping Centre.
Likewise Floors and Floors by Lewis Abbott are third-party brands. Paul James Home is an independent stockist — product names, specifications and imagery remain the property of their respective owners.