engineered wood flooring in basement
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Kitty Rocha
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mullican engineered floors for basement?
Comments (1)It appears to be a good price...if you like the looks, go for it. Mullican is a good product and definitely not a low grade product....See MoreIs gluing down engineered wood floors in basement concrete OK?
Comments (18)Thanks for the link lots of good info there, but the slab needs to be dry of course. I personally do not like untreated wood to touch concrete, but to each their own. You could say the glue does not allow the wood to touch the concrete directly though. :) I always worry about mold/rot with a concrete wood junction and with wood floors there is the additional problem of expansion and buckling with moisture. Chapter 5 B. 3. If a slab tests too high in vapor emission to glue a floor down, consider using a vapor retarder type product, installing a vapor retarder and a plywood sub-floor or using an alternative installation method...See MoreBasement engineered Hardwood floor selection help
Comments (11)We just finished our basement with a water resistant wood-based laminate. We love it. We don't have a ton of windows and we used a medium gray color. We like the cozy feeling it provides. The colors you are selecting from are much lighter than what we used so I think you will be safe in not having it feel smaller and darker. I think it depends on how much variation you want. I think the White Oak Isla and the White Oak Mist Character are nice. They seem to be a bit on the warmer side. My least favorite out of your selection is the Papyrus. Try and get samples if you can. It's amazing how different they can feel when in your own space....See Moreflooring 3 1/4 hard wood versus 6 inch engineered wood floor
Comments (5)When it comes to "trends" vs. "timelessness" you want to look at your personal timeline for selling. Are you planning to sell in the next 5-7 years? If so, go with the trend and ignore your own tastes. If you sell in a few years then you are not buying/constructing the home for yourself. You are creating it for the NEXT buyer. If you are in it for the long haul (7+ years) then you put in the floor that makes YOU happy and that makes YOU smile and that makes YOU feel better about your choices. If you want flooring that can be "extended" into other areas for a later remodel (like in 10 years time) then work with the 3" product. It will be around for a long, long, long time. Wide planks are trending HEAVILY right now. They come and go. And if you are in there for 10+ years, you will want to have the option of refinishing so that when it comes time to sell, you can update your floors for $5/sf instead of having to pay someone to rip out and replace the floors ($10+ per square foot for a job like that)....See Moremillworkman
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