You know you have no life when......
#12
Re: You know you have no life when......
Originally Posted by RacingTiger
Yeah but it last for days. The problem with Laminate is that it works great in the show room. When you actually put it in a home it's a completely different situation. The sub-floors on homes flex. Even slabs are relatively thin by foundation standards and can move a bit with the earth. Once you put your floor down and start walking on it, it cause the floor to depress. This in turn pulls at the tongue and groove. Then when you lift your foot up this interface mashes back together. This constant pulling and pushing wears away and the interlock and causes the pieces to space out creating grooves where the pieces connect, but even worse, squeaks when you walk on it. Thats why after 2-3 years everyones laminate floors squeak. I'm a flooring contractor so I know this stuff. But I will say you can get that crap CHEAP like 70 cents a square foot. And if you rip it out when it starts to go bad you not only get a new floor, but it gives you the opportunity to change to the look of the house every so often(Impresses the Lady friends )
Also, your sig is a form of excellence. Back ~7 years ago one of my roomates hopped out of my CRX and beat the ---- out of two (2) hippies who started yelling at me when one of them intentionally waited for me to roll up to an intersection before stepping out in front of me. It was great, he knocked one to his knees with one punch, down on the ground with a second, then turning around to hit the other one as he was getting up, and kept doing that for about two minutes straight. We were a block and a half from the police station, and I kept pacing him down the street as he beat hippie *** saying, "Uh, Justin? I think we gotta go, I see at people on their cells calling the cops," the whole time he wouldn't get in and kept whaling on them.
#14
Re: You know you have no life when......
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
What do you recommend for attractive, affordable flooring that lasts a little longer? I have 500 square of really attractive Italian tile, but I'm afraid of doing more than the bathroom in tile because I don't like the cold feeling that sometimes creates. One of my friends just did his house in a deep wood tone laminate and his house has a really nice, warm feel now. Seems bigger, the lighting is more subdued without being the least bit dark.
Also, your sig is a form of excellence. Back ~7 years ago one of my roomates hopped out of my CRX and beat the ---- out of two (2) hippies who started yelling at me when one of them intentionally waited for me to roll up to an intersection before stepping out in front of me. It was great, he knocked one to his knees with one punch, down on the ground with a second, then turning around to hit the other one as he was getting up, and kept doing that for about two minutes straight. We were a block and a half from the police station, and I kept pacing him down the street as he beat hippie *** saying, "Uh, Justin? I think we gotta go, I see at people on their cells calling the cops," the whole time he wouldn't get in and kept whaling on them.
Also, your sig is a form of excellence. Back ~7 years ago one of my roomates hopped out of my CRX and beat the ---- out of two (2) hippies who started yelling at me when one of them intentionally waited for me to roll up to an intersection before stepping out in front of me. It was great, he knocked one to his knees with one punch, down on the ground with a second, then turning around to hit the other one as he was getting up, and kept doing that for about two minutes straight. We were a block and a half from the police station, and I kept pacing him down the street as he beat hippie *** saying, "Uh, Justin? I think we gotta go, I see at people on their cells calling the cops," the whole time he wouldn't get in and kept whaling on them.
There are many different brands and you can probably get a better price than what home depot/Lowes/etc offers from a dedicated flooring supply store(Not the materials depot but a supply store like Tom Duffy's that doesnt sell floor covering). Now yes it does use electricity, but everyone I talked to said their electric bill worked out to be the same or less because heating a house from the floor up is the most efficient way. Also to your feet are one of the most thermally conductive parts of your body so this floor makes you feel great. You dont have to carpet bomb the whole tile area with that mat. Just the main walk way areas. Also if you have the mat hooked up to a thermostat (most heating mats use these) then it will gradually heat all the tile as the area that arent heated absorb heat from the heated areas.
Now another option for hardwood is, and this is my personal favorite as woods go, Is engineered "hand scraped" hardwood. Basically it gives it a rough, but smooth worn look. Like this
The used to have convicts with hand scrapers make this crap but now the have machines do it...lot cheaper. But the cool thing with this is just get one of those wood touch up pins and you can scratch the heck out if it and never have it look crappy. It just adds more character. And it's spanish/italian old country looking.
#16
Re: You know you have no life when......
Also , like with everything, if something is cheap, there's a reason. Usually cheap hardwood is cheap because its not square. So the joints will really stick out and they wont match up right. So now you'll have a crappy floor that will just get crappier...and squeak. Shaw is a good floor covering company FWIW.
#17
Re: You know you have no life when......
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
What do you recommend for attractive, affordable flooring that lasts a little longer?
here's a pic.
edit: bamboo is not only more durable, but needs virtually no maintenance throughout its entire life. sweep and vacuum. that's it. no refinishing or anything like that. also more insect, fire, and moisture resistant than any hardwood. it's also dimensionally stable.
#18
Re: You know you have no life when......
Originally Posted by RacingTiger
There are many different brands and you can probably get a better price than what home depot/Lowes/etc offers from a dedicated flooring supply store(Not the materials depot but a supply store like Tom Duffy's that doesnt sell floor covering).
Yah, I liked the engineered wood flooring too, but I don't know a lot about the whole shebang, so ty for your $0.02.
Originally Posted by RacingTiger
And that's an awesome hippie story JD
http://www.themadpigeon.com/diary_of...alentines.html
:P
#19
Re: You know you have no life when......
Originally Posted by J.H.Christ
bamboo. i just did a 8K square foot waterfront house on the ocean here in bamboo. it looks incredible, it's way more enviro friendly than anything else (chicks dig that), and it's twice as hard as oak. it's around 3$ if you buy it by the pallet (1200 sf usually), and marginally more if you buy half pallets.
here's a pic.
edit: bamboo is not only more durable, but needs virtually no maintenance throughout its entire life. sweep and vacuum. that's it. no refinishing or anything like that. also more insect, fire, and moisture resistant than any hardwood. it's also dimensionally stable.
here's a pic.
edit: bamboo is not only more durable, but needs virtually no maintenance throughout its entire life. sweep and vacuum. that's it. no refinishing or anything like that. also more insect, fire, and moisture resistant than any hardwood. it's also dimensionally stable.