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Posted by Zootal on June 19, 2008, 12:30 pm
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> that since they are real hardwood and not this horrible
>> laminate that is so popular today, you can sand them down and refinish
>> them and get a beautiful finish out of them.
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> Why on earth do people use laminate? I've seen laminate cost more than
> real wood, and it can be ruined in 5 minutes by just a little bit of
> water. With real wood available for less than $4 a foot, why would anyone
> use laminate?
Good quality laminate is very durable and usually cheaper then hardwood and
lasts many years. For most people, that is long enough because most people
don't keep the same house long enough to wear it out. It's like cheap
carpeting - people buy it, knowing it's cheap and won't last long, but they
don't care. When it's life is over, and you have to either cover it or
replace it. Laminate is like cheap carpeting - people don't care.
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Posted by Phisherman on June 19, 2008, 4:48 pm
On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:16:59 -0400, <h> wrote:
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>that since they are real hardwood and not this horrible
>> laminate that is so popular today, you can sand them down and refinish
>> them and get a beautiful finish out of them.
>
>Why on earth do people use laminate? I've seen laminate cost more than real
>wood, and it can be ruined in 5 minutes by just a little bit of water. With
>real wood available for less than $4 a foot, why would anyone use laminate?
>
The solid wood floors may be too thick for doors to clear. I would
not use any wood nor laminate in the kitchen, bath, or anywhere else
water may be an issue.
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Posted by Zootal on June 20, 2008, 2:18 am
> The solid wood floors may be too thick for doors to clear. I would
> not use any wood nor laminate in the kitchen, bath, or anywhere else
> water may be an issue.
What did older houses use in the kitchen? My house was built in 1948, and it
had hardwood floors everywhere but the kitchen. I don't know what was in the
kitchen (it may have been hardwood also) because the previous owner replaced
whatever was originally there with tile.
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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on June 20, 2008, 2:56 am
On Thu 19 Jun 2008 11:18:23p, Zootal told us...
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>> The solid wood floors may be too thick for doors to clear. I would
>> not use any wood nor laminate in the kitchen, bath, or anywhere else
>> water may be an issue.
>
> What did older houses use in the kitchen? My house was built in 1948,
> and it had hardwood floors everywhere but the kitchen. I don't know what
> was in the kitchen (it may have been hardwood also) because the previous
> owner replaced whatever was originally there with tile.
My parents' first house was built prior to 1920. The kitchen had hardwood
floors, but not finely finished like the rest of the house. The floor was
also covered by "battleship linoleum". Other older homes they owned, none
built more recently than 1950, had similar floors.
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Wayne Boatwright
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Posted by Pats on June 19, 2008, 12:01 am
I just started pulling up the wall-wall in my dining room tonight. The
beige carpet is really stained and stinky from pets. To my horror,
there is padding under the carpet, then an underlayment and under
that, plywood. The plywood looks like it's really stuck to the floor
(nailed or glued?). I stopped and laid it back down. My sister thinks
this is a good thing that the previous owners may have done to protect
the hardwood. When we pulled up the carpet in the upstairs bedroom,
the pad was stuck to the floor... more pet damage, but it was easy to
pull out. The floor was in really good shape with little moisture
damage even though I had shampooed the carpeting because of all of the
urine smells. I've decided to peel off the paper and redo the walls in
the dining room before I find out what's under that carpet. If the
plywood is nailed that's not too bad. If it's glued, refinishing it
will get rid of any glue residue. I am looking forward to it now. No
matter what's under your carpets, refinishing will reveal a beautiful
natural wood floor. I agree with Norminn- let the new homeowner
decide. Just let them know that there is hardwood beneath. They may
want to keep the carpet for a while.
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