New Flooring Recommendations
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Cyclonepride
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Did you use 5 mm or something thicker? Getting it flat enough is pretty tough, but I've found that the 8 mm stuff spans some of the slight issues better.
If you have any issues with cat smell, seal the concrete with an odor blocker before putting the floor down. Both Kilz and Zinsser make an odor blocking sealant that just rolls on with a paint roller. It worked wonders on our basement following the previous owners and their cat.
It wasn't a tree, just scale buildup from West Des Moines water and I guess some flushable wipes is what I was told. We don't own any flushable wipes or haven't for the year and 3 months we have owned this house. We had a dead tree stump in the front yard but nothing active that should get into it.
I would have to look. It felt thinner than I expected when I got it out of the boxes.
Also, regardless if you install it yourself or not, I would get one of those suction things to put on planks to hit with a hammer to tighten the joints back up. I’ve used it a couple times already in some spots where it settled and slightly come apart. Not a big deal and no one would maybe notice but I do and it bugs me.
Anyone use Pergo Outlast flooring? I'm looking for a waterproof laminate since the kids and dogs have demolished the carpet on our main level. I think we need the scratch resistance of a laminate because I'm not paying top dollar for an LVP. We've got 3 kids, two dogs and my wife watches our two nephews a couple days a week, so it sees a lot of traffic.
How much square foot? I found LVP that wasn't cheap but was reasonable and I am a pretty cheap dude. I had to go to about 5 different places and drove a half hour to another town to a mom and pop type place that was strongly recommended to me in order to get it but it was worth it. There's such a wide range of LVP which I am guessing you already know. Like 8 billion combos.
About 600 sq ft if you ask me and about 1000 if you ask my wife. I'm hoping to keep the tile look stuff we have in the kitchen/dining area and only do the hall and the two living rooms. If she wins out, even an extra dollar per square foot is another grand to the total. We don't have an extra 5 grand to sink into flooring that's probably going to get messed up no matter how much we spend. The waterproof Pergo stuff is around 2.70 per sq ft.
I hear you on the different types. It looks like the laminate seems to hold up better in that 2.5-3 dollar range from what I'm seeing.
LVP all the way. We just built our home 4 years ago and opted for LVP over engineered hardwood and are so glad we did. It's way cheaper and holds up much better to water and wear and tear. Best decision we made.
Went LVP in our main level. Also one of our best decisions. Its got us thinking of doing LVP throughout the upstairs as well.
Getting LVP with a pre installed pad makes a huge difference. We had it at our old house and it always sounded like laminate as it didn’t conform to the small variations in the subfloor. With the pad it is silent.
We had engineered hardwood at our old place and I like the LVP SOOOOO much better. We have dogs and it hides scratches, I don't have to be so worried about water from their bowls and feet, and I honestly love the look.
By higher end can you give me a ballpark # is it the 2.50-3 $/sq ft talked about upthread?
Cyclonepride
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Not going to put words in his mouth, but from what I've seen, the higher end/better looking stuff is $4 and up.
