wood products glued vs floated seldom have the hollow tinny sound of laminates. Of course the floor has to be leveled there are specific requirements most mfctrs put in the instructions. Most hardwoods I wouldn't consider 'slippery'. You can put wood anywhere but understand that in a moisture area if you have a plumbing leak you will have an insurance claim if it gets too wet. The good news is you can replace just the boards that get damaged so its a good idea to keep some extra wood around for repairs down the road.

If they coated 1mm thick then they can get 12sf per kilogram. I'm assuming they used 14x 20.5 kg bags (45 lbs). At this thickness they can achieve 3427 sf of coverage. That's a bit too much coverage. If they coated 3mm thick then they can get 3sf per kilogram. Assuming the same numbers as above (20.4kg x 14 bags = 285.6 kg). That means they can cover 856 sf. Hmmm, not enough. Split the difference (2mm thick) and you get 1736sf. That's closer. Now for the mixture. *Diluted Planipatch Plus: 1part 'plus' to 3 parts water (for a total of 4 parts). 1 gallon of Planipatch Plus = 4 gallons of Diluted Planipatch Plus. 4 gallons of Diluted Planipatch Plus = 640 fluid ounces (oz) Right. Now for the big numbers: 1 kg of Planipatch requires 10-11 oz of water Therefore: 285.6 kg requires 2856 oz of liquid 1kg of Planipatch requires 11-12.5 oz of Diluted Planipatch Plus Therefore: 285.6 kg requires 3570 oz of Diluted Planipatch Plus To put it another way, the 640 oz of Planipatch Plus will mix (properly) with 51.5kg - 58.2kg 51.5kg PlaniPatch = 309 sf (depth of 2mm) 58.2kg Planipatch = 349.2 sf (depth of 2mm) Whew! Isn't math FUN!? It looks like they went pretty thin on the coating and didn't use enough Planipatch Plus. They needed 5.5 gallons of the Planipatch Plus to work it as Diluted Planipatch plus. So far, I've found ONE issue with mixture. It's up to you to find out if the messed up the WATER amounts as well. Seeing that they messed up the dilution process, it is highly possible they messed up the total liquid amount... To give you an understanding of what is involved, it took me 45 minutes to work out the math. I LIKE math. Imagine someone who does NOT like math. It could take upwards of an hour or more to get this right. Now imagine how much time a flooring installer wants to take to figure this out. Yah. About 5 minutes is the most they want to spend on this process.

Hi Jen, I can undertsand your dilema. I know I have some installed and it is great il love it. I have children and pets and I have found that the floors have held up very well. However, the reality of hardwood flooring is that yes, it can dent or scratch. we go make sure that the pets nails are well trimmed, we have installed felts under furniture which is always helpful. I was informed by my dealer that it is a probability. But they also mentionned that depending on what you put down some woods can be more resistant to these situations. The thing we were explained about Appalachain Flooring was that they have a top coating that helps add to the resistance against this in their signature series. They had also mentionned going with a brushed material in their alta moda series which dents and scatches show less. In the end we decided to install it and we love it,! When the time comes to redo our upstairs we have already discussed it and we will be adding more :) I do hope this information was helpful!

If, it is prefinished floor that's been in a box. The finish needs to acclimate and cure outside the box. It will still sun bleach, although check with manufacturer to confirm. There are instruction slips that comes with the flooring. Review it, if, you haven't read it.