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Only a fool spends money on a home before closing. The house belongs to the seller until you close.
no of course not, i didn't mean installing it. I meant to do the measurement of rooms and get an estimate from view differnt guys. Perhaps i can order materails with an anticipated close date - i know HD will keep it for few weeks in the store, and i think you can return everything in HD (i did something like that with leftover unopened boxes of tiles).
If by chance you have access to a chop saw, it's really easy for a DIY.
It's just snap lock, tap and on to the next board.
well ... that's not something i feel comfortable doing, especially with such a large area. If it was a small room, i could've just tried it myself, see how it works out.
i'm purchasing a townhome, and want to put in new hardwood or laminate in most of the floors. Want a biiger company that hopefully can take care of things without hassel after i pick the material i want. Both HD & Loews seem to offer thier installation service. Wondering anyone has expereince ... and few questions:
1. do they send competent people? And they deliver good quality service?
2. In some cases, i'm seeing lamiated material (bruce around $4/SQFT) almost same price as good quality bruce hard wood at $4/SQFT. Is there any big downside with lamiated flooring? The deal with laimate is it is a flat $500 labor charge they're advertising (as opposed to normal $2/SQFT - so if you do say 1,000 or 1,500 sqft - you're saving quiet bit on labor.
3. the guy at HD told me they pretty much do everthing - including painting. Should i trust them with painting more or less whole home?
4. There is one floor that has existing hardwood - but in some small area has lost its finishing/color slightly. I've hard sanding & restaining would cost me almost similar to new install with new materials. Wanted to get an idea, is there any cheaper option - just want some polishing so it brings back some of its luster vs old/tired look without spending a fortune.
Coupla things:
1. I've had both laminate and hardwood installed. I will never - NEVER - have a laminate floor again. In my opinion, hardwood is the better choice. If laminate flooring gets wet, it buckles. Also it just tends to not lay as flat on the floor (and I've had mid range and high end laminate - they both did the same thing).
Hardwood looks and feels better to me. And it definitely wears better.
2. I will never use Lowes or HD to do any major work in my house. After a huge flooring fiasco (that I won't even bore you with) and a month of frustration, I finally called Lowes and told them to come get their (expletive) out of my house and refund my money, or not only would there be a BBB complaint, they would be on the evening news (we have a local news program that has a weekly consumer horror story segment). Then I went to a smaller, locally owned flooring store and picked out exactly what I wanted (which was actually a better quality than what I had picked out at Lowes) and it was installed in two days and cost me $1000 LESS.
3. Around here (Texas) the store requires payment in full - materials, labor, service, delivery, etc - before they even book the date. I don't like paying for service before I've received the service.
I will never, never, never use one of the big box stores for a major job again.
1. I've had both laminate and hardwood installed. I will never - NEVER - have a laminate floor again. In my opinion, hardwood is the better choice. If laminate flooring gets wet, it buckles. Also it just tends to not lay as flat on the floor (and I've had mid range and high end laminate - they both did the same thing).
Hardwood looks and feels better to me. And it definitely wears better.
2. I will never use Lowes or HD to do any major work in my house. After a huge flooring fiasco (that I won't even bore you with) and a month of frustration, I finally called Lowes and told them to come get their (expletive) out of my house and refund my money, or not only would there be a BBB complaint, they would be on the evening news (we have a local news program that has a weekly consumer horror story segment). Then I went to a smaller, locally owned flooring store and picked out exactly what I wanted (which was actually a better quality than what I had picked out at Lowes) and it was installed in two days and cost me $1000 LESS.
3. Around here (Texas) the store requires payment in full - materials, labor, service, delivery, etc - before they even book the date. I don't like paying for service before I've received the service.
I will never, never, never use one of the big box stores for a major job again.
Hey, I'm confused.
Did you install your laminate floor next to the pool? Why would it get wet. As far as buckling, the floor wasn't laid property. You need to maintain a 1/4 inch space on the edge for the floor to expand due to weather.
But like I said, my Pergo floor looks pretty much the same as it was put down years ago.
Unfort, people have drunken the HGTV kool-aid and it's hardware floors or nothing.
what does basic installation of a laminate floor from lowes include? I was told it is extra to move the stove, extra to move the refrigerator, and $50 to move furniture out of the kitchen. Am I being told correctly?
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