Thanks for all the time you've taken to post on my thread as well as all the suggestions, recommendations, and advice you've given. I don't mind attaching the lights onto some sort of fixture like you described. However is it necessary to screw whatever is holding the lights (the fixtures) directly into the shelves? Or can you just set the lights (attached to the fixtures they'll be used with) onto the shelves? I don't mind if I have to attach them to the shelves, but do I have to hang them from the ceiling? Unfortunately doing so from the ceiling really isn't an option. I can attach the fixtures the lights will be on in various other ways, but putting them into the ceiling isn't an option. Are there any alternatives besides hanging the fixture the lights will be on? Do the lights have hung or can they be attached using some other method? Also with the 2nd and 3rd tiers how would I attach the fixtures the lights would go on? Would they just be attached to the shelves?

Floorman here 40 years experience professional installer First. You have a bigger leak under floor if it buckling. Sound to me you would be better to have vinyl plank installed instead of wood. If you want a professional job it will cost you $10 plus for wood and labor no furniture. Labor alone is $5 in Missouri. The cheap hardwood is all going to be soft easy to scratch. Vinyl plank would be cheaper. Labor is $1.50 to $2.00 sq ft. Its glue down or it can be loose laid if you buy that type. If a peace gets scratched easier to replaced even for DIY but that peace will have to be glued. Vinyl plank looks like real wood now days. Water won’t hurt it as long as not a major leak. If your on concrete for wood or vinyl a moisture test should be taken first to see if there’s any hydrostatic pressure if there is it shouldn’t lay either one would have to fix problem first. With vinyl plank if it is glued you might need 1/4” underlayment on sub floor. But loose snap in vinyl plank you shouldn’t need underlayment. If your floor is wavy so will the vinyl plank look. Just my advice.

OK...AC ratings are only for laminates. That means vinyl doesn't even need to join the race. The same "concept" (toughness of the finish) for vinyl is the wear layer (ie. 20mil). For vinyl floors, that's what you work with for "toughness" and scratch resistance. https://www.hoskinghardwood.com/Department/Laminate-Floors/Laminate-Floor-AC-Ratings.aspx?dId=9&pageId=67 So....that means the toughest of the tough is the laminate (re: your options). The AC3 rating is considered good enough for HEAVY residential traffic (that's not very common) or MODERATE commercial traffic (think exclusive women's clothing retailer....not Walmart). That's pretty darn good. But Uh-oh. You want it to go in the kitchen. That laminate is out for that space. Oops. Now we start playing with the vinyl options: the 20mil wear layer is BETTER than 12mil. And 40mil is better than 20mil. So the TOUGHNESS you need for the AREAS you need it in have been established. Next question: Do you need the "heat stability"? Is your home open to sunlight through windows? That means, do you have "pools of sunlight" hitting any part of your floor during ANYTIME of the day? (most people have to deal with this...but not all) If so, you will need to know HOW HOT those spots GET! The regular vinyls (as in AduraMax) have upper limits of 85F. Oooh nooo. A pool of sunlight sitting on a floor (with older windows or low UV blocking windows) can heat past 100F. In a situation like that AduraMax will have MASSIVE issues. At that point, the Apex is a better option. So....at this point in your investigations, it is time to get out a thermometer (indoor/outdoor at Home Depot = $15) and start finding those sunny spots in your home and MEASURING the temperatures (and writing them down to keep track of it all). To me, this is the ACID TEST that will determine which vinyl to work with - toughness of finish be damned.

My nearly 40 year old first generation home 36” Garland gas stove/oven wants replacing. It still works like gangbusters but is difficult to clean and has pilot lights on it‘s six burners and oven. I see many candidates on Houzz from which to choose yet have no way to rate their worthiness. Some of the brands are unfamiliar to me. Please help! Thanks.