Ordering Malibu Wood Plank Flooring from Home Depot Site Unseen
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Comments (10)I've been pondering that myself. In my experience, the more expensive laminates seem to have longer warranties, and a better selection of nice-looking patterns, textures, grooves and so on. One thing I found is that the $3 and under selection seems to be double and triple-planked on each board, i.e. you'll have two or three strips on each board, and where they fit together, it's obviously a laminate install, because no flooring installer would place three boards alongside each other without staggering the ends. A single-planked install looks more like real wood (it may also be a bit more work). I installed the $2.50/sq-ft stuff in my home office, a small room used only be me, where the flooring is not a showcase thing. In my basement, where the flooring runs through a hallway and a guestroom, I want to have a nicer "single-planked" look, and am looking at a pricier $4.50/sq-ft solution. My local Home Depot does seem to have some of the pricier stuff, but it's in the special order section, and the selection isn't as good as in the flooring places. I was considering a $3.79 special-order from HD....See MoreExpo/Home Depot Heirloom wood countertops
Comments (10)Has anyone actually seen these in person at Expo? I went to the website and the example they show in Maple DOES look like butcher block but the Samples they had in the store looked more like furniture. They were very smooth and felt really durable. I find it odd that the display and brochure emphasizes the fact that they were tested with cookware directly from a burner and an oven, guaranteed waterproof etc.. but the Home depot site doesn't give much information at all. I agree about the name, pretty ridiculous to have the word "heirloom" in the title....See MoreANy experience with engineered wood floors from home depot?
Comments (15)The Home-Depot stuff normally has a 2mm wear layer (that's the very top layer of wood that is "oak" everything else below that is "something else"). The finish is a 7 layer Aluminum Oxide (AO) Urethane. That means the chances of refinishing this are slim to nil. Both the wear layer (3mm is the MINIMUM requirement to get a sand/refinish out of it) and the AO finish will make this wood near-impossible to "fix up" at a later date. At $1.96/sf, the install will be more expensive than the wood. And the subfloor preparation will be more expensive than the wood. Carpets hide the WORST POSSIBLE subfloors. Hardwood floors need real plywood for installation. Carpet RARELY has "real" plywood underneath it. So you will need to UPGRADE your subfloor. That costs money. Most types of OSB are not a good "fit" for sitting underneath hardwood so if it is there, you will need to upgrade. And fibre board (often seen underneath carpet) is a No-No for hardwood - upgrade/rip out will be needed. As you can see, to get these hardwoods in place, you will need to do some upgrades to the subfloor before putting it down. The other thing you may want to be aware of is the "average life expectancy" of a floor in a rental property = 7 years. Your subfloor + labor costs could run as high as $6 - $8/sf. That is 4 TIMES the amount the flooring costs. That's high. We normally like to see labor+prep prices that are only 1-2 times the price (same price as the floor or a snick more). Ask yourself whether or not the property will bring in the price to cover the higher than usual subfloor costs. And whether or not that seems like a good idea for a floor that may only last 7 years regardless of the subfloor prep....See MoreHome Depot luxury vinyl planks -- I tested the tiles
Comments (19)Salonva, we have Coretec for a year now in our Florida home. You clean it with water and vinegar. For the most part I spray with just water. We have a dog. No scratches from him, pulling chairs on, dropping something hard etc. It never looks dirty because of the grading, knots etc. I think I look at things a bit differently. Does mine look the same as hard wood that I have up north? No. But it looks nice! Yes there are some fake looking products, but I don’t believe Coretec falls into that category. We chose a beachy/ driftwood look. We were lucky to see this is someone’s home. We were going in a whole other direction! In the kitchen....See MoreKristi
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