I am going to copy and paste my review for the Hoover floormate widepath (has to be the widepath) for $150. I bought a steam shark and felt it only pushed the dirt around. I can honestly say I have tried about every floor cleaner out there. Swiffers, IROBOT Scooba, Shark, what ever, you name it, I have tried it. I always went back to the good old hands and knees. Until we moved that is. Our house now has 1400 square feet of hard floors, and there is NO WAY I can clean them on hands and knees. I am ecstatic that I found the Hoover floormate widepath. I assumed like so many others that I have tried I would be taking it back. NO WAY will I ever be with out my HFW! You will be AMAZED at the dirt this thing picks up. Even in areas you thought were clean! Yes I had to change the dirty water out and add more to the clean tank quite a few times for how much square footage of hard floors I have. But no more so than any other machine I have tried. And I was more than happy to dump out that nasty water! I am actually pleased with how much dirty water there was, that means it is not left on my floor! It was very easy to assemble, took three minutes and no tools required. The dry vac part of it works okay to pick up crumbs prior to using the wet vac. However don't toss out your regular vacuum (or broom and dustpan) just yet. This will not pick up nearly as well for the times in between when you are not using the cleaning mode. The scrubbers do an amazing job of scrubbing the floor. If you have something that is really stuck on I would pour water on it to let it loosen prior to using the floor vac. Take your time when using this machine. It is not a vacuum, use it like you would to shampoo your carpets, slow and in a good pattern. The suction is AMAZING for picking up the water off of the floor. It practically leaves the floor dry. (At least it is dry within a few minutes.) I use only water to clean my floors. For one I am cheap, and what is cheaper than water? And two, I have alergies to many cleaning products. It is nice to know there is no residue chemical when my kids are playing on the floor. If I feel the floors need to be sanitized I add white vinegar to the clean tank. In the end, I still have to get on my hands and knees for nooks and crannies. But I would not expect a machine that works this well to get every tiny space. I have heard others complain it is heavy or bulky. I simply did not find that the case. It is about the weight of a decent (not cheap) vacuum. As I would expet for something that does a good job.

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senator13; I loved your kitchen all of it. I have been looking for several years for a way to install an apron front sink in my existing laminate countertops. I'm not talking about the Ikea Djomso sink. I've been looking at the Kohler Dickinson. And I was so excited when I came across yours. How did you ensure that the the laminate edges that butt up against the sink are waterproof? Please share any secrets/tricks that made it possible. Also how is it after this amount of time? I have an extremely busy kitchen in a family of 8. Thank you so much, I look forward to hearing from you.

Floating vinyl (click together) needs the same amount of subfloor prep as a glue down. Vinyl (the thin stuff) is flexible (like chewing gum). It will mold into every hump, bump and jump left in the subfloor. The glue from the bamboo has to come off (regardless). I vapour barrier can be put down over the glue residue but an attempt really should be made to get rid of as much of the glue as possible. Once the concrete subfloor is al nice and smooth and level, you can put any floor you want over it. Personally I prefer a HIGH END laminate ($4.50/sf out of Switzerland or Germany). The product out of Europe is extremely good. You can put down a small amount of tile in the kitchen and bathrooms and you are all done. If you currently have carpet on the stairs, you might want to update the carpet. Changing the surface on the stairs is expensive. As soon as a new product is added to the treads you MUST update the stairs to current code. And that can be MORE expensive than the flooring job. I kid you not. The benefit of LAMINATE: you can add as much underpad as it can handle (6mm cork is lovely). Drawback of laminate = it cannot be used in a kitchen (which is where the tile comes in). Benefit of vinyl: it is water proof.(which is only needed in 10% of the house) Drawback: it HATES underpad (just assume it must go down over the concrete...no extra padding allowed), it HATES direct sunlight (can warp/fade) it HATES heat (warps).