Type of laminate flooring.
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Real Wood flooring is fairly expensive. Prego laminate is very durable and less expensive. There are also my Prego knock offs that are very cheap-$0.99 a square foot. Even in the Prego line of flooring there are different grades available. Very easy DIY install. I'd stick to genuine Prego and get at least a mid grade level.
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larrym
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I would look at vinyl plank as well it's very durable we use it in commercial applications. It's not as prone to swelling when exposed to moisture like conventional laminate with an MDF core.
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Just put down a Lil of this in a house I'm selling. I was very happy with it and easy to install.
MeanBuicks
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Prego is actually spaghetti sauce. You know, "it's in there." Pergo on the other hand is a good quality laminate floor.With zero experience, I did the foyer, entry hall, living room and dining room in my last house about six years ago. It was reasonbly priced, easy to do, came out nice is is still holding up well. Highly recommended.
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Labeled as Pergo it's a brand name for laminate like Kleenex for tissue. If your looking at laminate as easy as the click together is make sure to find one with a moisture resistant core. The reason Pergo is as good as it is they were the first large manufacture the market laminate and originally there products were tongue and groove glued together joints. The adhesive seals the joint and helped protect the MDF core. Most click joints are dry and the core is crap (compressed paper) this makes the joints delicate and susceptible to moisture eventually the joints swell an peak.
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Check the manufacturers recommendations if you are putting this in an area that could be exposed to water. When water gets in the cracks, it will swell and break-up. Some manufacturers install it with glued joints in wet areas. In a rental, I would expect the worst abuse imaginable and prepare for that. It will scratch also. I have it throughout my house. It is durable but you have to care for it.
I suggest using a roll of glue-down linoleum in the kitchen and bathrooms with laminate in the living areas only.
I suggest using a roll of glue-down linoleum in the kitchen and bathrooms with laminate in the living areas only.
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I just dropped $$ for about 650 sq ft of Home Legends bamboo engineered wood... Home Depot in Kapolei. Looks nice but might be too nice for a future rental. We just converted our place back from a 10yr rental to our primary residence. Vinyl or laminate might be your best bet.
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About $2k with mil discount... it's engineered with solid bamboo over high density wood for the plank structure. Probably about an eighth of solid material on top vs a laminate film. HD Kapolei had it all in stock, on-island. Combined it with Floormuffler and it feels pretty good with bare feet.
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Just material: wood was 2k, floormuffler was about 600 and don't forget any molding and transition strips... that all added up. I didn't do the install; I had my guy do it while we're revamping the whole condo.
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Walking around in bare feet? Isn't that kinda cold?
My whole house is Armstrong laminate. Been in for almost ten years. I did all my stairs, too. That took the most time. I also spent considerable time prepping for the rest of the house. I ended up having to replace sub flooring due to rot at my dining room slider.( damn contractor did not use flashing under the slider and caused me to replace the rim joist and sub floor). Buy the cheapest foam available because it won't make a difference. I bought the premium stuff at first but it did nothing. Stairs are challenging and expensive. My dogs HATE laminate flooring , too. Slippery for dogs. I used linoleum planks for flooring in my lake house and am not impressed. Laminate would have been better. I had a couple of rooms of material left over and gave it to my daughter for her new (really old) farm house to use. Good luck.
My whole house is Armstrong laminate. Been in for almost ten years. I did all my stairs, too. That took the most time. I also spent considerable time prepping for the rest of the house. I ended up having to replace sub flooring due to rot at my dining room slider.( damn contractor did not use flashing under the slider and caused me to replace the rim joist and sub floor). Buy the cheapest foam available because it won't make a difference. I bought the premium stuff at first but it did nothing. Stairs are challenging and expensive. My dogs HATE laminate flooring , too. Slippery for dogs. I used linoleum planks for flooring in my lake house and am not impressed. Laminate would have been better. I had a couple of rooms of material left over and gave it to my daughter for her new (really old) farm house to use. Good luck.
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Floormuffler was like second best on the "display" board in the store, and you didn't have to special order it either. You could go with felt too. I was worried about sound transmission as we are on the second floor, concrete subfloor so really it should be quiet... Anyway, floormuffler is like an orange squishy mat that rolls out, easy to lay and cut too.
Ken, as for bare feet, that's the way it goes around here. Take off ya slippahs before ya come in, and no take mo' bettah slippahs when ya leave! Really though, we average like 80 something degrees year round. Don't really feel cold feet ever. Of course, I've spent many years in NE and other cold places so I relish the good weather Oahu has year-round! That's why we moved back! lol
Ken, as for bare feet, that's the way it goes around here. Take off ya slippahs before ya come in, and no take mo' bettah slippahs when ya leave! Really though, we average like 80 something degrees year round. Don't really feel cold feet ever. Of course, I've spent many years in NE and other cold places so I relish the good weather Oahu has year-round! That's why we moved back! lol
