Should I buy hardwood floor from local store?
Cotii
6 years ago
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Should we put tarpaper under our hardwood floor?
Comments (5)Hee hee! Who knows, with a whole upstairs of hardwood- I may just dance! But we have a three bedroom suite complete with kitchen downstairs, and we would like to keep our options open for future plans- perhaps a B & B, perhaps grown kids moving back for a while, maybe renting out to a student. But even just for house guests_ when I sleep in the basement at my sister's or my Mom's, it sounds like a herd of elephants when people wake up and walk around in the morning. Not a pleasant way to wake up! One of the boxes was crushed by the forklift, so we opened it and 'read the directions'. Amazing- told us NOT to open the boxes, how would you know unless you opened a box!!?!! Anyhow, in the instructions it does say to lay down roofing felt or tar paper for noise reduction and moisture control and for cleanliness. So, hubby is off to HD to buy another roll of tar paper, and I guess we'll leave it for the installers to lay down tomorrow morning. Almost 8:00pm, and we've just finished laying down subfloor for hallway and haven't had dinner yet. Thanks for the input. P.S. What you call roofing felt- is that the same thing as tar paper?...See MoreNo hardwood warranty from HOM Furniture store - midwest
Comments (17)I do not believe the length of the warranty has any correlation with the quality of the product, but having manufacture stated warranty and installation information is invaluable. As consumers and dealers we have to remember that hardwood flooring warranty is designed by manufactures to protect manufactures. They have strict procedures on how to best protect the flooring for optimal performance. By protecting themselves, the manufacture protects their dealer, the installer, and ultimately the homeowner by providing a product which will last. Even the best designed products can fail under the right conditions and the manufacture has very little control over the environment once it leaves their facilities. It is just as important for the dealer, the installer, and even homeowner to be informed on how to properly care for the flooring. Not having warranty information is a huge liability issue for a flooring brand because it means they are relying on industry standards, varying degrees of installer experience, and homeowners to take care of the floors to the best of their knowledge. For all the brands we carry if something goes wrong, we are the first contact for helping to process a warranty claim and from experience this is the information we have gathered. If you are interested in learning a bit more, this is one of our most recent blog posts regarding this very topic, purely informational: http://www.uniquewoodfloor.com/blog/the-truth-about-your-wood-flooring-warranty/...See Morei have a box left of my engineered hardwood floor. where to store it?
Comments (17)Laura- It's not an issue for you. The example I gave above was for oak flooring stored in an unheated attic for 25 years in the Seattle area. If you had a piece of yours sitting in your home that you compared to one in your garage it would be indistinguishable unless one of them had water dripping on it for a while. Wood naturally expands and contracts from humidity changes wherever it is. I used to notice small gaps between installed pieces that would show up around the heating vents in the floor each winter and then disappear the rest of the year when the drying heat wasn't running as much. And it never permanently damaged the floor. If you've lived here in the PNW long enough you'll notice that there is plenty of outdoor wood that gets rained on for half the year and manages to still hold up pretty well. I've been doing woodworking for decades and all my various wood supplies sit for years in my unheated garage with no issues....See MoreShould I remove hardwood floor to install new vinyl?
Comments (23)When I was a child growing up in a 100 year old house, my parents bred chocolate labs and golden retrievers. We had at least 4 80+ dogs in the house at all times, plus puppies and cats, plus 4 kids and our friends , and 3 adults. Hardwood throughout. My own 200 year old home has the original hardwood floors. There is a reason for this. Hardwood floors can take endless beatings and survive. Please don’t think hardwood can’t stand up to hard traffic. You would be doing yourself, your house, and future occupants of your house an incredible disservice if you cover good hardwood with a faddish synthetic....See MoreCotii
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