Do you currently have carpeting, tile or linoleum on your floors? Are you ready to make a change from dingy, cracked, or worn flooring to clean, shiny and durable? Wood is an excellent, resilient and long lasting flooring material; not to mention it is beautiful and inviting. Even the most neglected and worn hardwood can be restored, making it cost effective.
Years ago, hardwood floors were difficult and challenging to install. Without the proper knowledge the end result could be costly and disastrous. Although it is best to have a flooring professional install your wood floors, you can do it yourself. There are many “Do-it-yourself” books to guide you thru the process that you can find at any home improvement store.
In choosing your floors, you should consider your affordability as well as durability. You should match the style and color to the room where it is being installed. You can ask for a sample to take home for comparison. Take into consideration how much traffic flows thru that room also. If it is a high traffic area, such as your kitchen, you will want a more durable type of wood. There are several different types of wood, colors, styles and finishes. For example, solid wood flooring such as oak is susceptible to moisture damage. You need to store solid wood flooring indoors and keep it covered until you plan to install it. Wood swells when moisture is absorbed. Installing floors that are swollen will create gaps once the moisture evaporates.
Your flooring will need to have a level, flat, and clean surface to be installed. Be sure to prepare your floor for installation by removing the old flooring, adhesives, and nails. Fill any holes left from nails that were removed and remember to sand the area filled. Sweep any debris left from removal process. Also remove the baseboards prior to laying the wood floor. Insert a thin piece of scrap between the wall and your prying tool, as to not damage the wall when removing the baseboards. When installing the floor around the perimeter of the room, allow a gap for expansion (the baseboard will hide it).
Now that you are ready to install, begin by applying the recommended adhesive and flooring irregular shaped areas of the room, such as door ways. Using a chalk line can be helpful in keeping your floor boards straight and even. Some floors are made to interlock together, so the process is simplified and takes less time. You can find the entire process from start to finish in home improvement books and videos. Also ask your local home improvement store for any suggestions, they sometimes offer professional lessons for different projects.
If installed correctly, the end result will be worth it. Hard wood floors are gorgeous, affordable, and long-lasting. Hardwood floors add value to your home, increasing as your home does. It will give your home a refreshed look and is low maintenance. The change will be drastically noticeable and you will be glad you made it.
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How much would it cost me for someone from Lowe's Home Improvement store in McAlester, OK to install sheetrock?Since everone is telling me I can't put up drywall on my ceiling and walls by myself, I need to know how much it would cost an expert from McAlester, OK to come to Pittsburg, OK to do it for me??
Hi Matt. I totally believe you will, as there are many people out here looking for homes with hardwood only. I have asthma and our whole house has to be redone(the floors) I have been pricing homes for a few years now, with the sliding of the real estate market back and forth. I see the ones with the nice shinny floors are selling for more. Its a good investment in my opinion. We own a home and we are doing the floors over so we can get more money for it and for my asthma!
Just buy them some donuts and coffee every now and then. Let the contractor handle the money. Tipping is not usually associated with construction.
And why start something that can get out of control. You can at the end of construction have a wrap party.
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i'm not sure if you want to show a specific room, if so you could use a program like photoshop. take a digital picture (before) and alter it in photoshop with the new flooring (after) If that is not an option try going to http://www.armstrong.com to see if they have before/after pics. good luck.
Fist just because the job took six months longer does not equate to you not owing for a job completed, the law will not and does not accepted that theory
If you are sued it will be no question you owe for material and labor since you are enjoying the fruits of such, the question becomes should you be compensated for the hassle? what do you think an impartial judge will think?
I think he will love it! Keep up the great work and best of luck in landing your job. Spectacular!
We put Bamboo in our house a year ago. we like it. we have a small Terrier, and we see some scratches in the floor. 1st thought "uhoh" not a good choice. But then we have some friends though that have a Hard wood floor… noticed it also has scratches from their dogs.
Can't believe I'm happy Warner bought them out here.
But, oh yeah.
Gotta love the bandwidth thing. Sure WoW and others are digging it. :/
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You have many variables but if want a generalization, hardwood is the cheaper of the two. On average, and you can get cheaper and more expensive, hard wood, installed will go from 3/7$ a s/f.
Ceramic of one kind or another,will begin at 10$ a s/f ( installed)and go up from there.
There are several variables like I said. This won t include rip out and disposal, sub floor repair , if needed. Prices can swing a different way if your on slab.
You can save a ton if you DIY.
Maybe, and this is a suggestion, you pick a good looking laminate , install it yourself. This is temporary as a easy cheap fix and begin you on your way to being a homeowner.
Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL
I will say you have good taste.I installed a bambooo floor 3 years ago in a kitchen. Two weeks ago the home owner called and asked me to come by. I found the bambo splitting. I am going to install maple flooring next week. I have checked with other home owners I did a bamboo floors for and I am finding the same problem in some of them. The ones with a problem are in a kitchen. So for your kitchen I would suggest another type of wood.