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Posted by on November 2, 2007, 4:28 am
> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:46:56 -0700, "kor...@gmail.com"
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> >Hi, I live in Canada and have done virtually no home renovation work
> >in my life so far.
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> >Our family house has carpet across both floors and unfininshed
> >basement.
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> >While trying to sell the store, I noticed lot of people prefer
> >hardwood floor so I decided to look at option of hardwood flooring
> >just 1st floor which consists of below.
> >Living room : 4.60 m x 3.66 m
> >Dining room : 3.68 m x 3.66 m
> >Kitchen : 6.25 m x 4.88 m
> >Family room : 6.70 m x 5.18 m
> >Library : 3.96 m x 3.35 m
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> >Kitchen and hallway is tile so we will exclude that from discussion.
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> >Question1: Do you guys think it's worth hardwood flooring just 1st
> >floor (since 2nd floors are mainly bedrooms) or should it be all
> >Hardwood or nothing?
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> Many folks prefer carpeting in the bedrooms.
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> >Rest of it converted to feet and then calculated for total Sq. footage
> >is 855 Sq. feet.
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> >Question2: Some friend told me I should approximate total amount of
> >materia I buy should be 20% more than Sq. footage due to corners,
> >partly used materials, etc. Is 20% accurate approximation?
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> Sounds a little high, but okay.
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> >Question3: Wood I am considering is Oak, Maple, or Malaysian Chery.
> >Is any of those 3 good choice or is there different characteristics I
> >should consider aside from how it looks?
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> All about personal taste.
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> >Question4: For both experience and accomplishment satisfaction
> >purpose, I wanted to try it out myself instead of hiring certain
> >flooring company at roughly $2.5 per sq foot.
> >What's my risk? Will I possibly screw up subflooring if I do bad? Or
> >is it gonna be relatively low risk even if I screw up? I was
> >thinking of hiring some flooring company ONCE I screw up not from the
> >get-go.
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> Most pre-finished hardwood flooring is easy to install, perhaps 10
> hours per room (3 hours if experienced.)
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> >Question5: If I decide to do it myself, what specific tools do I need
> >to rent? What submaterial (ones that need to be placed below hardwood
> >floor -> I have no knowledge on this one) do I need to buy on top of
> >hardwood?
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> Read the manufacturer's recommendations.
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> >Question6: Can moldings be reused after hardwood or should it be
> >replaced?
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> They can be reused, but they must be removed carefully. There is a
> special tool to help you do this.
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> >Thanks so much.
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> >Jae
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> It's a poor return on investment to install a new floor. You're much
> better off cleaning, painting walls white, decluttering, improving
> curb-appeal.- Hide quoted text -
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I'd have to disagree that it's a poor return on investment to install
hardwood floors. This depends on many things. For example, if it's
a modest home in an area where similar homes don't have wood floors,
it may not make sense. On the other hand, if it's a more expensive
home in an area where most other homes of that type have hardwood
floors, then it can have a positive return. And since the OP's house
has a library, I'm guessing it's more likely a home that falls into
the latter class.
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