Any durable engineered hardwood at $5 sq ft?
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13.50 a sq ft for hardwoods? 4.50 to refinish with no stain?
Comments (6)I charge $3.40/ft. to sand with dust pickup machinery and apply 3 coats of oil poly. For a standard stain I add $0.30.ft. If you have a small area or it's really cut up I'd add something more, plus add for whatever surface protection you might need. Those prices sound quite high. 2-1/4" Red Oak costs less than $3.00 here (wholesale) and that's higher than you should pay in the northeast....See More5" Hardwood Planks vs. Engineered Flooring
Comments (3)Joe: There's a considerably shift towards using engineered hardwood for wider plank flooring today. To the guy at the flooring place it's insurance against what could cause solid hardwoods to react they way he mentioned. It's all about moisture levels in the home and many don't have it in check. IE: damp basements or crawlspaces. That's the culprit for many floor problems. 2. Depends. Probably about equal to carpet with a cheap engineered floor. Higher quality is likely to offer trendier styles. Not necessarily good in some cases with design trends changing every five years or so and I'm thinking the heavy character stuff is seeing it's sunset. 3. Buy what you like. It's your home. More on engineered floors Ken Fisher...See MoreNo VOC Engineered hardwoods at $5 / sq ft
Comments (12)OK... the "reality" for VOC free engineered hardwood is...there aren't any. Why not you ask? Because the GLUE they used to keep the layers STUCK together contains small amounts of VOC content. The factory finishes often have small traces of VOCs (some as low as 80g/L = super low) but they are still THERE. Which means you will need to change your search to LOW VOC content wood. Even the European produced engineered hardwoods have traces of VOC content. Only the SUPER HIGH END stuff out of Switzerland (which bothers the Germans to NO END!) will get you the "Zero" you are looking for. And they start at $10/sf....and that's for the ugly stuff. The beautiful wide plank European Oak stuff hits $15/sf without blinking. If you want NO VOC wood = solid unfinished hardwood. Done. You have your No VOC wood floor. A hardwax finish can be applied on site = NO VOC (Rubio Monocoat comes to mind). So...with your low budget, you may need to modify your requirements. You can get the look you want with LOW VOC criteria....but not the width or the long length (the link indicates "short" lengths of 2ft - 4ft lengths are the MAJORITY).Or you can get the look+length you want with an INCREASE in budget. Your limited budget means you must look at altering your requirements. I think LOW VOC is the start. Then the width of the product needs to change. And you will need to accept the shorter lengths. But the easiest thing to do is to increase the budget. A 3500sf install is no small feat. This is a SIGNIFICANT amount of flooring. It is the surface that will take the MOST abuse! A budget of $28K for 3500sf is too lean. I would prefer to see $35K for 3500sf of flooring. That's a better price point. It will get you MUCH closer to where you want to be. Going "cheap" on flooring is like going cheap on roofing. It isn't worth it in the end. If the wood in the link is still available....I suggest you find contact the manufacturer/seller and get your order in. It looks to be a decent product for a decent price. But most likely made in China....See MoreHardwood v engineered hardwood v COREtec plus???
Comments (11)hardwod floors are always and will always be the look. though people seem to not underatand thatbthe reason why these products exist outside of harwood. hardwood is just not practical anymore , yesrs ago youd have certain rooms with different flooring to accommodate the room , now, its all usually open concept and having patchy flooring all over doesnt work. honestly i just dont see hoe you can put hardwood lets say in a kitchen , kitchens take a beating , if you can afford to or want to samf your floors every few years , espec especially if you have a busy household , them go for it , i know of no one that has ever resanded their floors and if so , what a mess. so lvp , laminate etc… all have come along due to the demand for the wood look without the issues of hardwood , so its all a decsion though we have decided on 1400sq ft of coretec lvp, we just love the hardwood though just not practical anymore , i cant have adults and kids tip toeing on our floors. plus in the future if you want a new floor , just pick it up , no demo. just my opinion...See MoreJC
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