Need your opinion...which Provenza LVT do you like better?
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Comments (13)Chiming in again. We have three parrots; two are macaws, so they are big birds. All three have supervised time out of their cages, and obviously, they do make messes. Not just poop (which is considerably less than most people think), but they like to throw food, shed down feathers, etc. Our Boston Terrier also has a somewhat sensitive stomach and does upchuck sometimes. Our vinyl floors have been wiped, mopped, you name it, and still look great. One swipe with a sturdy paper towels gets most messes up. Our home is open concept, so we have them in the living area, dining area, kitchen area, and both hallways. I think a lot depends on the quality of flooring you choose. Our builder says he is recommending the vinyl plank for anyone who wants a wood look, but for whatever reason, does not want wood. Just my two coppers....See MoreDo you have laminate or LVT in the kitchen? Love it or hate it?
Comments (6)Are you my doppleganger, Mable? This is almost our exact circumstance, except we live here and don't rent. We are in a small ranch (in Alaska) and tore down the wall between the kitchen and the living/front door area. We are also on a slab, which limits us to engineered wood if we go with real wood. Almost universally, the local flooring folks are recommending LVT or laminate over the engineered hardwood - even though it would give them 3x more of our money if we went with real wood. They all say that the laminates will wear better/scratch less than the wood for the same water risks and are better with animals or men who don't take boots off at the door. Some of the newer laminates have much better systems for water-resistence, too. We are seriously looking at LVT's, which is a market that has exploded a lot over the past year or two. There are now loose lay LVT options, which are great because if a plank gets damaged you can just literally use a plunger to pull up the damaged board and replace it. There are also floating, click lock systems for LVT now. (We really don't want to glue down after pulling up all this crap from our foundation and hearing horror stories about glues interacting with concrete subfloors, even though glue down has distinct advantages in terms of not needing such a level subfloor and sounding less hollow.) We are still on the fence about it all, but my partner wants to go with a loose lay LVT floor (Kardean, XL Flooring Drop and Done or EZ-Lay). I don't love the look of the LVTs and am leaning towards laminate and taking the water risk to get a little bit of sheen and I think they reflect more light for our small home. I think the laminates look more realistic to wood, too. Currently, I'm researching a product from US Floors called CoreTec One and CoreTec Plus, which is marketed as a laminate with 100% waterproofing that is able to go over uneven surfaces....See MoreReplacing carpet with LVT stairs... didn't expect such sloppy stairs
Comments (10)Sigh....carpets hide HORRIBLE surfaces. And you've just discovered another place where this is true - the stairs. *In THEORY (ahem....too much work for most professionals - they would skip over to a surface and be done with it), you can TRIM OFF the slight overlap nose on every single tread to create a perfect 90 deg angle for each riser/tread combo. Then you need to STRIP AND SAND down the white material SITTING on the wood. Please check for lead based paint if the house was built before 1978. (If there is LEAD....move on to full removal/replacement of the tread/risers and leave well enough alone.) Once the wood is PERFECTLY CLEAN (and that means free of the chemical STRIPPER you used to remove the white ?paint?), you can then go ahead and putty all the little staple holes and cracks, etc. Then you sand again. This thing should be as smooth as an Ice Rink! Now you are ready to glue down the vinyl and the nosing. Shouldn't take more than a week. Or you source IDENTICAL thickness wood (pressure treated for this purpose) and remove and replace each and every riser and tread. Be aware....as soon as you TOUCH these things, you need to bring the whole thing up to code. Move ONE piece and you need the whole thing to code. And code means "Finishing Carpenter" level of mastery....and legal everything that goes with the title. If you do this, you might as well have them deal with the banister, etc and have everything moved up to code at the same time - no sense in waiting. If you simply resurface the treads with new carpet, you get away from all of this. If you can resurface using the original material, you should be able to keep everything else as-is. As soon as you remove stuff, and "rebuild" then you are getting into so serious code issues. Personally, I would throw down a stunning carpet that compliments the LVT and leave well enough alone. Make it look handsome by using a runner and then fixing/painting out the treads/risers in a pretty way....but it will involve a huge amount of work. Good luck. Check the paint for lead before you do anything else....See MoreWhich elevation do you like better?
Comments (53)Many of the new builds in and around the Disney area where we were looking seem to be very contemporary. I don't like it, it's not for me. I wanted the "classic" Florida home even if it is an overdone style. Where it's located, no one will see it but us :) It will be a challenge for me to do the inside, I don't want to end up with it being too theme-y but want to be consistent with the exterior. I googled Addison Mizner after your links and found this house which is lovely, but I feel like the kitchen doesn't fit / was transplanted from a different house. https://www.sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach/sales/0076748 And I normally gravitate towards that white marble/white cabinet look too....See MoreRelated Professionals
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