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bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
April 18, 2009
06:44 PM Post #6429415
| I am wanting to replace the tiles in my entry, kitchen and pantry and the carpet in my livingroom with engineered hardwood floors. I don't know whether to have them glued to the concrete or have them floating. Does anyone with experience have any recommendations? And what about hardwood in the kitchen? Is that a good idea? |
Claira198579
Danville, CA
May 21, 2009
08:46 PM Post #6580810
| Hardwood Flooring in the kitchen is a good idea, just make sure you're careful to clean up spills and water! |
Gr33nThumb
Canyon Country, CA
June 15, 2009
06:48 PM Post #6692337
| From what I understand the way to go is to float engineered hardwood flooring. This enables you to lay a "vapor barrier" over the concrete to help minimize moisture absorption from the concrete to the flooring. Apparently not all hardwood floors can be floated so it depends on what kind you have. I am no expert, I have been conducting research myself for a project my husband and I are looking into. Hope I was able to help! |
bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
June 17, 2009
09:16 PM Post #6703116
| Thanks I am interested in any help I can get. Still haven't decided what I am going to do. I have to wait for my husband to finish some remodeling he is doing, adding on a two car garage and extending the master bedroom and dressing area out 5 feet. Who knows when that will be! :0)Then I am going to replace all the floors in the house.
Bonnie |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 14, 2009
07:40 PM Post #6947261
| bumping
who has installed engineered flooring recently? curiously, I found very few reviews on this type of flooring and most of them related to vendor delivery time, product availability and apperance. nothing about durability. Oh, except for the girl that said her high heels dented her engineered wood flooring. apparently nobody told her that will happen with any wood flooring... |
bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 15, 2009
10:12 AM Post #6949058
| Well I don't have to worry about high heels denting the floors!!! :o) I bought a Better Homes and Gardens special interest magazine on Flooring and it contains some useful information. I have also talked to a couple of knowledgeable sales people and I am convinced that engineered floors are the way to go. (for me anyway). New finishes they use are supposed to be very durable. Be careful of inexpensive brands though, I was warned. Floating or glued down seems to be more a matter of choice. I have thrown the question out to different people and everyone I have talked to who has them loves them. I have not talked to anyone who didn't. If you are out there please give me your input.
Bonnie |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
August 15, 2009
10:20 AM Post #6949080
| I think the only trouble with them is in the long term they can't be refinished as often as regular hardwood since it's a thin veneer of wood rather than solid hardwood. But you wouldn't need to worry about that for a long time, and if you take care of them properly then it shouldn't really be a huge issue. |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 15, 2009
11:22 AM Post #6949288
| I went over to GW and their flooring forum is quite informative and active. Having said that, I am cross-eyed from all the information. The opinions were as varied as the types of woods.
Based on what I've read, I think that if one buys from the most reputable/knowledgeable seller one can afford (and I realize that varies per budget) and one is clear at explaining to that seller how your floor will be used (children, pets, heavy furniture, room size, humidity levels, subflooring type, etc.), the chances of being happy w/ your new flooring are going to be quite good. Regardless of your budget, the "right" seller should bombard you with those type of questions before making recommendations best suitable for your intended use. And as ecrane says, proper care goes a looooong way.
thank you ladies. |
bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
August 15, 2009
04:53 PM Post #6950253
| Considering I am recently retired and this is my last home, no children, 1 small dog, and one husband who is pretty good about wiping his feet, :o) I think they should last for the amount of time I will be needing them.
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useit2x
Landisville, PA
October 30, 2009
02:00 PM Post #7224099
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bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 30, 2009
04:10 PM Post #7224463
| useit2x that was an interesting web site but not quite the look I am going for. Their products were also pretty expensive per square foot as compaired to the engineered hardwood floors. |
kdfisher
Ellijay, GA
October 30, 2009
06:35 PM Post #7224894
| I thought this topic was dead last I looked about a month ago. What type depends largely on what you expect out of it. Pricing follows longevity for the main part except those more expensive hand scraped/distressed products. In other words lower priced generally won't last as long..but some Chinese imports are cheaply priced and could last much longer.
http://www.hardwoodinstaller.com/hardwoodinstaller/hardwood-... |
bobyrd
Conroe, TX
(Zone 9a)
October 31, 2009
02:01 PM Post #7227550
| Thanks kdfisher. That was a very informative website and since I am still in the looking stage I ordered some free samples. |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
November 04, 2009
07:13 PM Post #7241980
| Any thoughts, pros or cons, about installing finished flooring on a kitchen ceiling? |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
November 04, 2009
07:57 PM Post #7242132
| I don't know but I'd be concerned about all that weight above your head. If you used regular wood, I suppose you could nail but patching all the nail holes would be a pain. If you used engineered flooring then you'd have to use something like liquid nails and then somehow brace it for a few hours until glue dries.
I think it would be pretty and unusual, but I don't know who'd be willing to do it and surely they'd charge 2 arms and 2 legs for all the neck aches they're gonna have resulting from this project. Add another arm and another leg is the ceiling is really high and scaffolding is required.
How about a few beams? that would look nice. |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
November 04, 2009
09:09 PM Post #7242424
| A neighbor has a wood ceiling (flooring) in her porch and my daughter has an unfinished wood ceiling in her kitchen. We want something easy to clean and we're trying to end the painting cycle.
I contacted Lumber Liquidators after hearing a radio ad and I'm so very impressed at how quickly they responded (many times) to all my questions. They suggested plywood, then the flooring, and had no doubt that it would work.
I'm just curious if any DG people have flooring on their ceilings.
The carpenters we've used several times said it wouldn't be a problem. |
ooojen
Lewiston, MN
December 08, 2009
12:24 PM Post #7348548
| No flooring on my ceilings, so I can't offer any help there, but this summer we did put in an engineered hardwood floor in the basement of a house we're fixing up to re-sell. I think it was a good alternative for the area. Solid hardwood isn't recommended for below grade, and engineered gives the beauty of hardwood without the probability of warpage. It's deifinitely not as durable as solid (says She-who-has-just-gone-through-the-unpleasant-task-of-replacing-two-gouged-boards) but in low wear & tear conditions it should be just fine for many years. |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 08, 2009
12:47 PM Post #7348623
| pirl, i was staring at an HGTV show and this particular family used engineered floors on their ceiling. It looked great. The show wasn't about installation, just showing off the finished work.
ooojen, how were the boards gauged? i bet it was no fun to replace. were yours the ones that click in place or were there glued or nailed? |
ooojen
Lewiston, MN
December 08, 2009
01:25 PM Post #7348752
| Vossner- DH was helping me at the house one day and dropped something (I think it was the Sawzall...) on the floor. (I'm not the one to "cast the first stone", as it happens; I've had a misshap or two of my own here and there.) It dented in and took a chunk out out of the surface veneer at a seam, close to 1/2", I guess. If it had been in some back corner, I probably could have filled it with a good hard wood filler, but it was in a quite noticeable, apt-to-be-high-traffic area. Fortunately, it was near a wall, and the floor was floated. Had it been in the center of the room, or glued, I'd have probably had to get a pro to fix it. DH cut out the damaged boards with a router, and I had to lift the adjacent boards up as much as I could to kind of accordian-in in the new ones. Does that make sense? There's a little play between boards, so I slid them in at an angle, and since I had the wall end (w/no baseboard down yet) I could get under that edge to lift the next boards over close to the same angle. I had to sand down the bottom flange of the "groove" side on one little edge to get it to slide in, but the boards seem very securely anchored now that they're locked in place.
It took some work; they didn't just slide in easily-- but if I ever have to do it again it would probably go a little easier. Learn as you go... |
vossner
Richmond, TX
(Zone 9a)
December 08, 2009
02:49 PM Post #7349080
| I understand you perfectly. Being that I'm prone to drop things, I need to have an idea of what it'll take to fix my whatever future accident, lol. thanks ooojen. |
pirl
Southold, NY
(Zone 7a)
December 08, 2009
06:41 PM Post #7349795
| Thanks, Nery. I'll see if I can find it online. |
