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Posted by HeyBub on October 7, 2009, 12:17 pm
scarpozzi wrote:
> I'm buying new floors for a house I'm buying next week. I'm going to
> install them myself because it'll save me $2000-2500. I called around
> and found 2 great prices on hardwood floors. I'm having trouble
> making a decision with my current options and need some help from
> anyone that might know the best deal.
> Option 1
> Cabin Grade Oak Floors @ $4800 (sales tax added). This option includes
> tavern grade wood without filled knots, but comes with a 5 year finish
> warranty. It expected that 15% of the wood won't be usable.
> Option 2
> Tavern Grade Oak Floors @ $3914 (no tax, but $250 shipping) This
> option is the same as above, but comes without a warranty. The same
> 15% waste can be assumed. Since it's a closeout and from out of
> state, I may have to order extra to make sure I have enough and the
> floors may look rough in spots.
> Option 3
> First grade white oak (the others are red) with a 25 year warranty for
> $4234. The color of the stain is not as golden as the others and this
> has squared edges and ends. The problem is if the floors aren't level
> under the carpet, there may be exposed edges of the floor if they
> rise up. Think...walking along and feeling the corner of a board in
> sock feet.
> This would be slightly better quality overall than what I could buy
> from Lowes for $7128....but the Lowes wood has a microbevel.
> The question I have is about Option 3...it's a much better deal than
> the others based on grade (warranty is more of a indicator of the
> grade of the wood and lack of mineral staining since the finish is
> typically the same process). Has anyone here installed squared edge
> prefinished floors?
Are you REALLY installing hardwood floors then covering them with carpet? Or
are you talking about the transition from carpet to wood? If the latter,
there are solutions to that problem.
And how much floor, in square feet, are you considering?
Further, we note you're posting via the we-don't-like-them company. Bad
move.
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Posted by scarpozzi on October 7, 2009, 1:40 pm
scarpozzi had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-I-need-advice-about-Prefinsished-hardwood-floors-398683-.htm
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> Are you REALLY installing hardwood floors then covering them with
> carpet? Or
> are you talking about the transition from carpet to wood? If the
> latter,
> there are solutions to that problem.
I never mentioned carpet in my post.
> And how much floor, in square feet, are you considering?
Less than 1500 sq ft, so I'm ordering 1600 sq ft
> Further, we note you're posting via the we-don't-like-them company. Bad
> move.
I never did that either. I think you may have replied to the wrong thread
or you simply didn't read through it.
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Posted by HeyBub on October 7, 2009, 4:21 pm
scarpozzi wrote:
> scarpozzi had written this in response to
>
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-I-need-advice-about-Prefinsished-hardwood-floors-398683-.htm
>> Are you REALLY installing hardwood floors then covering them with
>> carpet? Or
>> are you talking about the transition from carpet to wood? If the
>> latter,
>> there are solutions to that problem.
> I never mentioned carpet in my post.
>> And how much floor, in square feet, are you considering?
> Less than 1500 sq ft, so I'm ordering 1600 sq ft
>> Further, we note you're posting via the we-don't-like-them company.
>> Bad
>> move.
> I never did that either. I think you may have replied to the wrong
> thread or you simply didn't read through it.
And I think you're ugly.
"The problem is if the floors aren't level under the carpet, there may be
exposed edges of the floor if they rise up."
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The reason I checked the header was to discover whether you're close to a
city with a Lumber Liquidators store, inasmuch as they have good prices and
good products. But since you've done offended me, I'm not even gonna mention
them.
And 15% extra comes to 1725 sq ft, but I suppose I'm not even going to get
thanks for my math skills.
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Posted by scarpozzi on October 8, 2009, 8:19 am
scarpozzi had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-I-need-advice-about-Prefinsished-hardwood-floors-398749-.htm
:
Hey Bub, I didn't get to check the thread yesterday. You gave me a good
chuckle this morning. :P
I'm slightly nervous about the condition of the subfloor, but it'll only
cost time and $1000 to get new tongue & groove plywood. Considering this
would need to be done on any wood floor I put down, I may go ahead and
order the square-edge floors and just plan all that into my cost. This
house has 6 decent-sized closets I can hide bad boards in, but my real
buffer is that there's a laundry room that can etiher lay new floors in or
keep as vinyl.
Thanks for all your advice guys.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 8, 2009, 7:14 pm
The Stucco site is not a help forum, it's an
*advertising* forum that invades real forums
(like "alt.home.repair", part of "usenet")
parasitically in order to generate free
advertising for itself, which continually
advances its search engine placement, thereby
increasing its own revenue through its click-
through advertising commissions.
So the first thing you should do is write them
an email and tell them to quit spamming.
Then try to find your way here through proper
channels. Please do a google search on "Usenet"
and post the regular way.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
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scarpozzi had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Re-I-need-advice-about-Prefinsished-hardwood-floors-398749-.htm
:
Hey Bub, I didn't get to check the thread yesterday. You
gave me a good
chuckle this morning. :P
I'm slightly nervous about the condition of the subfloor,
but it'll only
cost time and $1000 to get new tongue & groove plywood.
Considering this
would need to be done on any wood floor I put down, I may go
ahead and
order the square-edge floors and just plan all that into my
cost. This
house has 6 decent-sized closets I can hide bad boards in,
but my real
buffer is that there's a laundry room that can etiher lay
new floors in or
keep as vinyl.
Thanks for all your advice guys.
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> install them myself because it'll save me $2000-2500. I called around
> and found 2 great prices on hardwood floors. I'm having trouble
> making a decision with my current options and need some help from
> anyone that might know the best deal.
> Option 1
> Cabin Grade Oak Floors @ $4800 (sales tax added). This option includes
> tavern grade wood without filled knots, but comes with a 5 year finish
> warranty. It expected that 15% of the wood won't be usable.
> Option 2
> Tavern Grade Oak Floors @ $3914 (no tax, but $250 shipping) This
> option is the same as above, but comes without a warranty. The same
> 15% waste can be assumed. Since it's a closeout and from out of
> state, I may have to order extra to make sure I have enough and the
> floors may look rough in spots.
> Option 3
> First grade white oak (the others are red) with a 25 year warranty for
> $4234. The color of the stain is not as golden as the others and this
> has squared edges and ends. The problem is if the floors aren't level
> under the carpet, there may be exposed edges of the floor if they
> rise up. Think...walking along and feeling the corner of a board in
> sock feet.
> This would be slightly better quality overall than what I could buy
> from Lowes for $7128....but the Lowes wood has a microbevel.
> The question I have is about Option 3...it's a much better deal than
> the others based on grade (warranty is more of a indicator of the
> grade of the wood and lack of mineral staining since the finish is
> typically the same process). Has anyone here installed squared edge
> prefinished floors?