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  Recommendations for flooring
« on: April 25, 2008, 10:12:01 PM » by crystal
What kind of flooring do you have in your house?  What kind do you recommend and why?
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2008, 10:55:03 PM » by Melie
I have some cheap laminate and it's not good.  We've been here a year and there are several large chips in it already and we are the only ones who've lived on it.  bummer!
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2008, 11:45:57 PM » by mykidsmom
Quote from: Melie on April 25, 2008, 10:55:03 PM
I have some cheap laminate and it's not good.  We've been here a year and there are several large chips in it already and we are the only ones who've lived on it.  bummer!

Hey!  I'm glad you added a byline or I wouldn't have known it was you!   Grin

Okay, to the question at hand - tile, tile, tile.  Tile in the bathrooms, kitchen, anywhere you need hard flooring.  I have a friend who even did very nice dark tile in their hallways.   Shocked  We were going to do laminate wood and I'm so glad we didn't.  We are just now putting tile in one of our bathrooms and the others will be following soon.  In our kitchen we actually have a vinyl/linoleum that looks like it's a pergo type floor.  I thought I was going to hate this stuff when I first saw it but I love it!  Unlike most vinyls it doesn't have divits or anything for dirt to get caught in.  It looks just like wood floor but cleans up so so easy.  My hub won't do tile in the kitchen (although I'd prefer it) so I'll be sticking with this stuff even when/if we replace it.  It seems to wear great also. 

For the rest of the house - if you do carpet, stay away from berber.  I really mean that.  I've now had berber in two different homes for a total of 13yrs and it's awful!  It wears out very fast and is not comfortable to walk on no matter how much padding you put underneath it. 

If you want hard floors, I think a good quality pergo type is fine so long as it's not in the kitchen or baths where water can become an issue.  The one advantage of laminate flooring over hardwoods is if a plank gets damaged you can replace it if you keep an extra box.  Hardwoods wear maybe better but have to be refinished with stinky stuff about every 7-10yrs. 

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  Re: Recommendations for flooring
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2008, 01:52:29 AM » by mauimom
LOL, it is so funny how different people are!!  We like the opposite of what mykidsmom likes!  Grin  We like the looks of tile, but have had some dangerous falls on it when it gets wet.  My mom almost broke her hip when she fell on wet tiles in the bathroom.  Sometimes it is hard to see that it is wet, or the kids just don't watch, and down they go.  It can be really dangerous. 
We love pergo!!  We have had it in two houses now, and that stuff is awesome.  So easy to clean, and it really holds up well to traffic.  My kids used to run their dump trucks around on it for hours, and it never showed any signs of wearing.  We had it in the kitchen and didn't have any water issues.  Of course we were careful with it.  My only complaint with pergo is that it is cold in the winter.  Put radiant heat under it!!
We also liked berber when we had it for 5 years.  We did buy the good stuff so it would last.  When we moved out after 5 years it still looked new.
The only flooring I can remember not liking is old hardwood.  It is hard to clean between the cracks and it needs so much care.  It is beautiful though.  Oh, and light plush carpeting in the dining room!  When we moved into our last house, that's what they had.  Who can keep that clean?  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2008, 08:20:20 AM » by jhandrh
I am all for hardwood floors.  In the first house we lived in, there were beautiful old wide plank floors which we refinished and I loved them.  Yes, they do get some dirt in the cracks but it wasn't too bad.  I love rag rugs and used them to keep feet from getting cold in the winter.  I can throw them in the washer to get them clean.  Also the hardwood is easier to keep clean, and my dh and 2 of my 3 kids are asthmatics.  So getting rid of the dust in the corners was a big deal to me.  And hardwood isn't as dangerous as tile if you fall on it.
When we moved to where we currently live, we rented the house first before buying it, and our (then) landlords had almost the whole house carpeted.  Since they were paying for it, and we weren't sure if we were buying or not, we didn't say much.    But never again!  I detest carpet.  I shampoo it a few times a year but it still holds odors and dirt and I never feel like it's really clean.  But it's only 5 years old...all I know is that when it wears out we are refinishing the board floors underneath it if we haven't sold the house by then!
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2008, 09:24:34 AM » by mykidsmom
You're right about the tile.  I always put bath rugs down so it's not usually an issue.  We've had kids slip on wet linoleum too, so I think that risk is there regardless of what is used. 

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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2008, 09:40:37 AM » by Siege

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Hardwood floor is great. We have it in the kitchen, dining room, office, and hallway. Our bathroom has ceramic tile and so does our entry way. We have concrete with carpet and stick on tile downstairs, but we want to do decorative concrete down there one day....I am not much of a carpet fan as i have allergies, but we still have it. CJ
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2008, 02:15:27 PM » by mommyoftwins

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We just got rid of all the carpet(berber) in our house except in the bedrooms. It had only been down for a few years, but was soooo filthy! It makes me shudder to think of all the stuff that gets stuck in the fibers. We put down a cheaper wood laminate & are not happy with it. It scratches easily and is too dark, so it shows every speck of dust. Sad

The good thing is that we are planning to build a new house this year, so we can start over! We are planning on NO carpet at all. We'll probably get a hardwood or good laminate for most of the house, and are looking at cork for the bedrooms. It's supposed to be durable & easy to clean like other hard floors, but is also warm, cushier (a little), and very quiet to walk on. It's starting to pop up around here more in the flooring stores. Even Lowe's has it. I wish I could see a house that used it, so I could know what it was really like. Anybody here seen it?

I would go for something lighter or medium shade of flooring so the dust and crumbs aren't so noticeable. Radiant heat would be a dream! Don't know the cost, we'll have to check into it. Tile is too hard & cold for me. My little ones would be getting hurt a lot. Cry

I would say that flooring is something you should spend more money on if you want it to last. After having messed up several times before, it's worth it to me to get exactly what you want. JMO.
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2008, 02:18:23 PM » by miamama
We have a medium color prefinished hardwood floors and love them! We put area rugs in the livingroom and kids' rooms to protect them from falls, and to make it cozier to sit and play on.  I love that they are so easy to clean ( and you know it really is clean, nothing is lurking underneath) I just use a spray bottle with vinegar and water and a towel or rag, and wipe as I go.  (The medium color doesn't show alot of dirt, so that routine probably occurs much less often than it should  Smiley Undecided)  The only problem we have had is that our 90 lb dog has scratched the floors , but most people who visit say they don't see it.  (And we figure that's what we get for having a "horse" live in the house.  Smiley)
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2008, 03:29:51 PM » by cecac
We took in our back porch and turned one of our bedrooms into a dining room/enlarged kitchen late last year.  We got to looking for flooring and found bamboo at Costco--we have purchased enough (and it's sitting on sub floor in the new dining room Roll Eyes) for our living room, dining room, kitchen, hall and one bath downstairs.  I am looking forward to it!!

I am thinking I'll need to be careful about charis at the computer desk/dining room, etc because of all the in-out-in-out of them.  So, we will use area rugs for those spaces.  However, the boxes of flooring say that the planks are harder/as hard as red oak.  I am thinking we will have less marking with this bamboo than we have with our composite wood flooring.  I do not know if our current flooring is considered a laminate, but it is not solid wood flooring either.  There is a thin layer of wood on top of more particle wood underneath.  The top layer is a no-wax surface and dirt really doesn't get in with it, either. 

I personally like this type of flooring over tile in living spaces.  The laminate wood cleans well, was fairly easy to install for my dad, and is easier on my back.  While slipping is an issue, it isn't as bad as hard tile, IMO.  It does seem warmer than tile to me, also, but just slightly.  We live in Central Texas, so keeping warm isn't so much an issue around here as keeping cool in 100 degree summers.

The bamboo is a solid plank, about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.  It will be hammered down, but we've heard from others it can be a bugger on electric type hammers it's so hard.  I am hoping this bamboo will not scratch as easily as the laminate/wood floor, we will see.  But it will be still slightly cushier, I am thinking, than tile.  And also, there will be no fumes during installation, another plus for us right now since the area we are flooring is pretty large and we were thinking if we used tile it would possibly have to be a hired job--not easy to tile on pier and beam.  My hubby is doing this next job, some time after our baby is born.  Soon I hope.

Lol, what I don't recommend is living on sub floor plywood---NO finish means dirty floors Roll Eyes.  But we've survived these months, and I guess it is nice that when something drops, you're like, "Good, it's just on the sub floor!!" and wipe it up. Grin

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  Re: Recommendations for flooring
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2008, 03:42:30 PM » by NickRedeemed
You are right about the tile and pier and beam.  The subfloor is probably not thick enough.  That is why we did not do tile in our kitchen, although the bathrooms are fine.  My husband has worked at a tile store for about 7 or more 8.5 (hubby corrected me) years now, so HE-KNOWS-TILE.   Smiley  Which is nice because he was able to tile out two bathrooms (one he just finished), the foyer, and the kitchen backsplash, all with his amazing store discount and some of the tile was actually free.  Too bad when we move we won't get that kinda deal!  Another reason we didn't do tile elsewhere is b/c it is so hard and not good at all when you have toddlers around, for falls.  One bath has terra cotta tile that is not slippery at all, and that is the bath we use most.  The other does not have a high-gloss finish so I don't suspect it will be very slippery.  We have laminate wood in the kitchen - we love it.  And carpet elsewhere.  All the laminate is now G-O-N-E!   Grin  My husband would say don't buy the cheap tile at home depot or lowes.  He is a total tile snob.  Grin 

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