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Does ANYONE like builder grade oak cabinets?
Comments (56)To the original question - does anyone like builder grade oak cabinets - my answer is no. But that's mainly because the particle board parts of the drawers and carcass usually come apart at some point, like the drawer front that came off in someone's hand. The thread seems to have veered off into a question of whether even solid oak cabinets are liked, and or dated. I love my oak cabinets even though they need to be refinished. They are good quality, custom built though, and I think that makes a difference. I also like painted cabinets, and might even go that route next time. This thread kind of reminds me of something that happened in 1978. We bought our first house that year, and so did some good friends. Both our kitchens had painted cabinets. Mine were brown with yellow doors, which I hated, along with the fact that they were older. I stripped and refinished them and they looked so much better. They were a slab style solid wood though I can't remember what kind now. My friend's cabinets (and house) were newer, white, raised panel with arched top. I thought they were gorgeous, but she thought they were terribly dated since wood was really in then, so she started stripping hers too. That's when she found out that the doors were made of particle board, and stripping ruined two of them. All that to say that painted vs wood comes and goes as we've discussed here before. If you like your cabinets and they are in good shape, keep the wood finished. If not, paint them. Whichever you choose, it will come back if it's not in now, and it will be out if it's not now. And that's probably the same with arched tops, beadboard panels, aprons between cabinets, and so on....See MoreStaining Hardwood to match "Handscraped" Laminate.
Comments (10)It's not my first pick but if it's all they have to work with, no it wont. Use the laminate on the tread, glued down, have a nosing manufactured to match the profile and stained the same coloring and paint the riser. I do agree that using the laminate on both the riser and tread wouldn't look good and may be too busy with movement. But separate it with a painted riser and it would look nice. If OP can afford full treads, that by all means would look best....See More8-Inch Stained Polyurethaned Wood Flooring Pics?
Comments (6)Site finished wide plank has gaps between the planks. As it should be installed with minute gaps between it in order to account for normal expansion and contraction. That’s why floors have tongue and groove instead of square edges planks. To allow for expansion and contraction. Especially with less than perfect humidity control. The wood expands in the humid summer, and if you install in summer, you’ll have large gaps in winter when it’s dry and it shrinks. If you install in the winter, when the wood is at its narrowest, the summer humidity will cause expansion. That’s where you see ripples in a floor. The edges expanding together into each other crush the wood fiber. Repeat that a few seasons, and the edges never ever go back together. You have permanent gapping. Engineered is far more stable and desirable for wide plank. It has less lifetime problems. Because it expands and contracts less. *Less is not zero*. Even composite wood products like laminate with an MDF core expand and contract. Because that’s normal behavior for wood and wood products. Unless you pick a sheet type flooring, separations between planks will exist. Even vinyl. Vinyl expands and contracts more than wood does. It’s why having string sunlight on it voids the warranty. It expands it too much and it warps. Pick your poison. All floors will have pluses and minuses. And gaps. That’s just what is. But, borrow a friend’s black car for a week before you commit to dark floors of any variety....See MoreIs it a down grade in your home value to put LVP over hardwood?
Comments (21)To the design question, of course you can have two different floors on two different levels. So long as the wood stairs match the 'main level' where the public would be most likely to be, then the private areas (such as upstairs bedrooms etc) can be whatever floats your boat. Lots of people have tile and wood on the main floor and then carpet on the upper levels. Totally acceptable. Now for the technical stuff. Vinyl has a chemical reaction to wood FINISHES. Yes. The colour you don't like is part of the wood finish. That colour has a tough finish over it (polyurethane). That polyurethane is most likely a petroleum product. The vinyl is 100% petroleum product. The two petro based products are going to have a chemical reaction. The wood floors will STAIN the vinyl sitting on top of them AND the vinyl is going to STAIN the wood sitting below it. Now for the MOISTURE issues. Vinyl acts like a water proof sheet. The vapour escaping from the wood below is going to hit the bottom of the vinyl. The moisture will be trapped. It will drip down onto the wood causing it to rot. Yah. Rot. So you not only have stained vinyl (ruined) you also have squishy, moldy, sticky hardwoods sitting below it (ruined). Now you have to replace both products. The advice = sand/refinish the hardwood on the main floor to a colour that works with the stairs. Average cost of a sand/refinish = $5/sf. It is one of the cheapest flooring 'purchases' you can make. Can you load a photo of the bad hardwood?...See MoreWindows on Washington Ltd
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