Faktory 47

What do you do

  • Hover

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Wipe and sit

    Votes: 10 41.7%
  • Birdnest

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • eww, i'm to uppidy to use a public tiolet

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Total voters
    24

mark23

Kalash Klub Babysitter
Kalash Klub
Lifetime Supporter
Sep 24, 2015
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Yes
My friend does flooring installation for a living. Said he'll charge $2.50/sq ft to install. I've known him since middle school...he was a CPA until like a year ago.

I figure if he can do it, I can. Worst that happens is that I have him come in and help at the joints/threshold areas

We had 50 Floor do ours, I wouldn't recommend them. They left the biggest mess imaginable. The laminate was "free", all we paid for was "installation". It was still like $7k for downstairs, but they also tiled our bathroom.
 

mark23

Kalash Klub Babysitter
Kalash Klub
Lifetime Supporter
Sep 24, 2015
6,976
39,483
113
Yes
I second the vinyl plank idea. This laminate isn't nearly as indestructible as they made it sound like it would be. Where I roll my chair around in the office is all faded looking.
 

Miles

Ninja
Site Supporter
Kalash Klub
Jul 20, 2016
8,384
46,778
113
NW GA
I second the vinyl plank idea. This laminate isn't nearly as indestructible as they made it sound like it would be. Where I roll my chair around in the office is all faded looking.
Yes. Vinyl. plank will outlast laminate. We went with bamboo because wife did not like vinyk
10" chop saw makes install faster. Need 10" blade to cut 6" planks. 8" is not big enough
 

Augustatrader

Marksman
Site Supporter
Kalash Klub
Oct 14, 2019
1,092
7,231
113
Augusta
But knowing y’all you have 3 story houses with basements and all your engineered silent floors are perfect
We only have two stories... adding a third next week.

We went laminate in all of downstairs. $4,000 for about 1000 sq/ft installed material and labor.

Jury is out on how durable it will be, but felt we got a fair deal as our flooring amigo had extra laminate he had extra around for cheap. 20191116_193313.jpg 20191116_150102.jpg
 

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