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Posted by George on September 17, 2007, 3:22 pm
HeyBub wrote:
> ronald.ryan@cra.gc.ca wrote:
>> I am installing a maple select hardwood floor in my master bedroom and
>> have a few questions:
>>
>> 1 - I am paying $3.22 sf at Costco's...is that a good price and is
>> Costco a good choice?
>> 2 - I have never installed a hardwood floor.....what do I need to
>> know?
>> 3 - There is an old carpet in the bedroom right now...what is the best
>> way to strip the underlay?
>> 4 - Any tips would help
>
> Costco generally has good prices, even if they are a union shop.
Do you just make stuff up? There are no unions at Costco. Unlike the
Waltons they simply stuff less in their own pockets and pay people a
wage that doesn't automatically put their employees in the needing food
stamps and other government aid category.
>
> Yank up the carpet. Remove the tack strips. Hope like hell the padding isn't
> glued down.
>
> Follow the installation instructions - you can't go wrong.
>
> Take the flooring out of its packaging and let it equilabrate to your home's
> humidity. A week or two should do it.
>
> Remember, wood expands and contracts with the weather. That's why you have
> to remove the room's molding, put the floor down - but not up against the
> walls - then put the molding back.
>
> If you put the floor smack up against the wall, when the wood expands...
>
>
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