Need suggestions picking engineered wide plank floors.
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Comments (4)We looked at Carlisle and Chateau pre finished wide plank. Nice products but we ended up going with rift sawn white oak finished on site. We wanted a contemporary look with gray wash so this seemed the best option. The price including install and finish was $3 less a sq. ft. than the other two products. Good luck with your decision....See Morehooray! i think i picked my wide plank pine floor! now what?
Comments (3)Install, sand and finish prices are regional and the job site conditions can also cause variation in pricing. In our area our average install price for a wide plank floor would be around $3.50 s.f. Yes you can get it done cheaper but wide plank flooring requires more labor and materials than the average strip floor. I would glue and blind nail this flooring and special attention to job conditions is very important. It could also be face nailed but I like blind nailing. For soft pine there are many finishing methods. My favorite is Waterlox tung oil. You can add stain to the sealer or go natural. The last price we charged for sanding and finishing a stained wide plank pine floor with Waterlox was $3.95 s.f. It requires 4-coats. Your total cost would be around $9.50, not bad for a beautiful wood floor. Checkout their website. www.waterlox.com...See MoreLooking for Palladio Wide Plank Engineered Wood Flooring Review
Comments (32)All wood flooring (and your cabinets, doors, frames, paint, drywall, etc) have these types of requirements. The "range" is up to the individual manufacturer to specify. I've seen bamboo that has the narrowest requirement of 45%-60%....for good reason. The GLUE that holds bamboo together is RIGID whereas the grass (bamboo is grass) is ABSORPTIVE so it MOVES. Engineered hardwoods are more specific because the layers create layers of glue...and glue acts and reacts DIFFERENTLY from the wood layers. If one expands but the other does not, you get DELAMINATION. The companies have tested their specifications under laboratory conditions and have found the BIGGEST window for "success" with their floors. They have then written those down. As for solid wood floors in old homes, remember this: the wood floors CUPPED and/or CROWNED and/or SEPARATED early on in the life of the floor. It could have taken more than a DECADE for the home to find it's equilibrium. The original owners SIMPLY PUT UP WITH IT (imagine having to 'put up' with crowned floors for 10 years...today's consumer REFUSES to accept this....so we have warranty requirements now that SPECIFY the 'happy place' for each wood product). Once the first sand/refinish occured (25 years later) the "problem" (the visual issues) with the wood were sanded away. One generation later, it looks GREAT. But no one took selfies of the floors in the '60's. And the cuts and widths were different (there is a BIG reason why 2" strip hardwood was sooooooo popular....and it wasn't because it looked good). And the wood was often sourced (and dried/racked) from local mills. And it sat longer on site before it was installed, and, and, and, and....you get the idea....See MoreMalibu Wide Plank Engineered Hardwood from Home Depot
Comments (10)Ok...For $4.98/sf this is a look-a-like product with a coloured finish (stain/pickling product) with traditional urethane finish. Not bad...but you get what you pay for. And urethane is a traditional finish that will scratch happily. That is not "wrong". It is not a defect. It is simply the truth of a traditional urethane finish. And at this price....you can't ask for much more. The thickness is 1/2". Again, for the price, that's about as thick as you can hope for. The write up is showing 7 layers of engineered flooring. For a thin(ner) product there are MANY layers. Which probably means there isn't much more than 2mm of wear layer. And if it is 2mm, then you will never get a refinish out of these floors. Never. The fact that HD does NOT advertise the thickness of the wear layer TELLS ME it is very thin. Remember: a THICK wear layer is to be advertised and celebrated! I thin wear layer (as I suspect this is) is a drawback that the company does NOT want you to know. If it isn't advertised then it is probably very thin. So....there you have it. You are looking at a lower quality product, with a lower quality finish (standard urethane is now considered passe because there are tougher one's out there) with a wear layer that is *probably very thin. Sounds just about right for $4.98/sf. And remember, the installation of hardwood (engineered or not) can be the same price as the wood product. Please don't use HD installers. If you have any concerns with floor preparation (in other words you NEED floor prep) then the HD installers/quotes will miss this step entirely....thus leading to months of headaches. Personally I would look at a HIGH END laminate with the right optics. It will be roughly the same price (possibly a few cents cheaper) and it will most likely offer a much longer life span of "happy" than a very cheap (yet pretty) engineered wood floor from HD. And installing laminate is MUCH cheaper than engineered hardwood. Thus saving tons of money if budget is a concern. LVT in this price range will purchase PLENTY of quality with much better "wearability" than low priced engineered hardwood. JMHO....See Moremomsmar
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