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laminate flooring Don & Lucille 07-16-2008
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Posted by HeyBub on July 16, 2008, 9:16 pm
willshak wrote:
>>>>
>>> Don't use laminate. Spend the extra $1/sq. ft. to buy real hardwood.
>>> The first time you find a wet spill on the floor you'll be glad you
>>> did.
>>>
>>
>> Wet? I took a piece of laminate flooring and submerged it in a glass
>> of water for over a month.
>>
>> I couldn't tell it had ever gotten wet!
>>
>> It doesn't discolor, swell, break, buckle, or deform.
>
> What brand? I have Formica laminate flooring in one room and Armstrong
> laminate flooring in an adjacent room. Both on the same level.
> The Formica has held up well, even with my soft mouth Golden Retriever
> dripping water all over. The Formica flooring is about 20 years old.
> It is in a room that was accessible to the outside about 3 years ago
> before I had a sunroom installed outside this room.
> I have Armstrong laminate flooring in that sunroom, which is also
> accessible to the outside, and after 3 years, the edges of the
> flooring are curling around the two doors to the outside, all from
> wet shoes entering the room, and the GR dripping from the mouth when
> the water dish is in there.
> The Formica flooring is regularly wet mopped. I wouldn't dare wet mop
> the Armstrong flooring.


Bought it at Lumber Liquidators, 78cents / sqft - cheapest they had. Here's
the skinney:
http://www.lumberliquidators.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=3323&

All I can think of is that the quality has gotten dramatically better than
what you purchased in the last century.

I've said before, they ought to use this stuff to armor plate main battle
tanks!



AppliancePartsPros.com, Inc.
Posted by Art on July 17, 2008, 2:16 am
You should probably file a warranty complaint with Armstrong.


> on 7/16/2008 7:41 PM HeyBub said the following:
>> h wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> What skill level required to do laminate flooring? Can the average
>>>> home woner tackle this job? Any tricks? Hints?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Don't use laminate. Spend the extra $1/sq. ft. to buy real hardwood.
>>> The first time you find a wet spill on the floor you'll be glad you
>>> did.
>>>
>>
>> Wet? I took a piece of laminate flooring and submerged it in a glass of
>> water for over a month.
>>
>> I couldn't tell it had ever gotten wet!
>>
>> It doesn't discolor, swell, break, buckle, or deform.
>
> What brand? I have Formica laminate flooring in one room and Armstrong
> laminate flooring in an adjacent room. Both on the same level.
> The Formica has held up well, even with my soft mouth Golden Retriever
> dripping water all over. The Formica flooring is about 20 years old. It
> is in a room that was accessible to the outside about 3 years ago before I
> had a sunroom installed outside this room.
> I have Armstrong laminate flooring in that sunroom, which is also
> accessible to the outside, and after 3 years, the edges of the flooring
> are curling around the two doors to the outside, all from wet shoes
> entering the room, and the GR dripping from the mouth when the water dish
> is in there.
> The Formica flooring is regularly wet mopped. I wouldn't dare wet mop the
> Armstrong flooring.
>
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @



Posted by Rick Brandt on July 16, 2008, 11:13 pm
HeyBub wrote:
> h wrote:
>>> What skill level required to do laminate flooring? Can the average
>>> home woner tackle this job? Any tricks? Hints?
>>>
>>>
>> Don't use laminate. Spend the extra $1/sq. ft. to buy real hardwood.
>> The first time you find a wet spill on the floor you'll be glad you
>> did.
>
> Wet? I took a piece of laminate flooring and submerged it in a glass
> of water for over a month.
>
> I couldn't tell it had ever gotten wet!
>
> It doesn't discolor, swell, break, buckle, or deform.

And we had a minor two day ice-maker leak that ruined one week old Pergo.
This was relatively recently installed product purchased at one of the big
box stores.

You do NOT want to get most laminate products wet.



Posted by HeyBub on July 17, 2008, 10:01 am
Rick Brandt wrote:
> HeyBub wrote:
>> h wrote:
>>>> What skill level required to do laminate flooring? Can the average
>>>> home woner tackle this job? Any tricks? Hints?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Don't use laminate. Spend the extra $1/sq. ft. to buy real hardwood.
>>> The first time you find a wet spill on the floor you'll be glad you
>>> did.
>>
>> Wet? I took a piece of laminate flooring and submerged it in a glass
>> of water for over a month.
>>
>> I couldn't tell it had ever gotten wet!
>>
>> It doesn't discolor, swell, break, buckle, or deform.
>
> And we had a minor two day ice-maker leak that ruined one week old
> Pergo. This was relatively recently installed product purchased at
> one of the big box stores.
>
> You do NOT want to get most laminate products wet.

Since your post, I've done some reading; I think there is a compromise. SOME
laminates are more sensitive to water than others.

There was one review where a woman had laminate in her kitchen and laundry
room. Then her washer leaked. No biggie. After a couple of years, her
kitchen and laundry room are still pristine. She damp (not wet) mops them
routinely with water and Pine Sol. Another said the water from an
undetected leak got down into the cracks and caused the joints of her
laminate floor to deform and bump up.

I suspect, in the worst case, that laminate flooring should receive the same
aversion to wetness as a regular hardwood floor. In the best case, laminate
flooring could be considered the same as ceramic tile.

So, your milage may vary.



Posted by Oren on July 16, 2008, 8:26 pm
wrote:

>
>> What skill level required to do laminate flooring? Can the average home
>> woner tackle this job? Any tricks? Hints?
>>
>>
>Don't use laminate. Spend the extra $1/sq. ft. to buy real hardwood. The
>first time you find a wet spill on the floor you'll be glad you did.
>

Laminate may have seven ply's. Each being hardwood.

I can tell you the wood KILLS my blades. Some boards have metal
(granular) in them...

Find me some REAL hardwood. :-\

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