Hardwood, softwood, bamboo, laminate or…..?
What's the most hypoallergenic, durable, attractive, ethical, yada yada yada…..
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Hardwood, softwood, bamboo, laminate or…..?
What's the most hypoallergenic, durable, attractive, ethical, yada yada yada…..
:beer:
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
For any room in particular?
I'm liking heated concrete for a basement.
Don't forget a nice rug, it'll really tie the room together
For any room in particular?
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Living, dining and kitchen areas of main floor of our rear unit duplex.
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
Living, dining and kitchen areas of main floor of our rear unit duplex.
I wouldn't do cork again. But only because I own cats, and they love the traction as they crank corners. Otherwise, it's fantastic underfoot.
I'm really into bamboo right now, but don't know anyone with RL experience.
Don't forget a nice rug, it'll really tie the room together
We only have a small wool rug in front of the back door that the cat gathers up into her belly and then gives it the full on double rear leg raking motion.
But she's pulling her punches 'cause the rug's still intact.
I love that critter.
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
sealskin ftw….or catskin
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What's your price range? We went with Costco laminate on our main flood it was affordable and I put it down myself. I don't feel bad when the kids drag a chair across it or drop something on it because of this. Good quality laminate [HTML_REMOVED] cheap hardwood or bamboo IMHO.
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I have real maple hardwood through my place. Damages easy. I'd go with a high end lamo. or something with a more rugged finish that hides marks.
Buzom - I'm assuming you paid more for the laminate versus cheap h/w or bamboo?
sleeper - yah that's exactly what we got now and it already had a kind of "patina" courtesy the prior owners standard poodles toe-nails. Plus it's the 7 or 8" panels that come in sheets with concomitant gaps and edge curling.
Freedom of contract. We sell them guns that kill them; they sell us drugs that kill us.
Stay away from cheapo cardboard based laminates. Once they get wet they fall apart.
Engineered hardwood laminate has been good to us.
I got big slate tile in the kitchen/bathroom/entrance way and laminate everywhere else
On tile I can dry beer coolers ski or paddle gear and not worry about water damage …great for the man cave
I think you should buy reno materials keeping in mind the houses in the neighbor hood, if you live in a high end area you probably should go high end
Don't forget a nice rug, it'll really tie the room together
I wouldn't do cork again. But only because I own cats, and they love the traction as they crank corners. Otherwise, it's fantastic underfoot.
I'm really into bamboo right now, but don't know anyone with RL experience.
We went with cork for our kitchen and solid, click, bamboo for the rest of the top floor of the house (other than bathroom).
Our last place had bamboo, it was nice looking and is apparently a bit more environmentally sound but it wasn't really hard wearing. I can't compare as it's the only time we have had hard wood, but it seemed to chip and scratch really easy. Upside was that it was a light colour and the pattern is a bit more busy so the scratches weren't super noticeable.
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