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Flooring help! White oak or maple engineered?

2 years ago

Desperately need help finding a low cost (~$5/ft) not too pink not too yellow, very light, low variation/grain, preferably smooth but brushed ok, engineered floor for my 1970s house.

any suggestions?!?!

has anyone used the bruce ”misty forest” mapel from floor and decore (or had experience with this retailer)?

or the mohawk techwood haven pointe whitewashed mapel?

or HD malibu (most colors out of stock.. marshalls? tunitas?)

or build dot com (they have a mapel on sale but its very very thin. their other one (jasper) looks gorgeous but 7$ a foot. i might stretch if others have used and loved it (there are some bad reviews about the company tho/problems with warranty)

any brand names/colors very very appreciated!!!

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Unique Wood Floors

2 years ago

You will find it very hard to locate a quality maple or white oak wood floor at $5 per sqft in current market situation. A high end LVP floors can cost as much as $6 to 7 per sqft. I would stay away from those paper-thin veneered engineered wood floor. Here is a 6" engineered wood floor with 3 mm sawn-cut at $6.49/sqft.

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BeverlyFLADeziner
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
Maple is going to go pink.

I don't think you'll find lower prices than Floor & Decor.
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tozmo1
2 years ago
Where are you located?
arakashi
Original Author
2 years ago
@Unique Wood Floors Thanks! I will check this out. Wish it were $1 less a foot. Sigh. I love that they have 7 ft lengths (the floor and decore one is max 48 inches, and so it will look very choppy).

I bought a box of the closest to what I'm seeking LVP, and what I found was that when light hits it in a certain angle, it looks really, really plasticy and fake. I have 1800 sq ft to do, so don't want to regret it as I'll likely not change the floors for a very, very, very long time!

@tozmo1 in LA.
tozmo1
2 years ago
Bummer, I have a great flooring distributor but they serve only the east coast.

One thing you want to also compare is installation charges. You might save on materials but lose it all on labor.
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Unique Wood Floors
2 years ago
@arakashi, I have to agree with you. Once you start looking at real wood floors, LVP won't feel realistic any more. Lengths do make the difference for finished appearance of a flooring project. One other factor makes the price difference on engineered wood floors is the way the wood veneers are cut, Sliced is less expensive way to make, you will see them on most of 2mm top layer products. Good luck searching!
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Unique Wood Floors
2 years ago
@tozmo1

Installation quality makes a huge difference to any wood floor projects. Make sure you check your installation team's reference. Time after times, low ball bids potentially bring lots of headaches.
tozmo1
2 years ago
@Unique Wood Floors Totally agree, didn't mean to imply labor should be skimped on, just pointing out that some places go cheap on materials but get you with labor so overall, it's a wash. When I had my 1969 white oak wood floors woven into 2019 white oak, my contractor told me he only uses "the Michelangelo" of installers/refinishers and if I wanted it to look good, I had to pay for it.

Here's my WIP (you can obviously tell the old and new) and the final product. Still looks stunning
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Unique Wood Floors
2 years ago
tozmo1 No worries, I am totally with you. Your installer did a fabulous job there to lace your old and new, then finished them together a Nordic look. I did exactly the same a few years ago with new and old Red Birch floor at my house. Nothing wrong to look for best overall value, we all do:) Thanks for sharing for your experience!

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