andsoitgoes
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Okay - so I've been through all the thoughts for options. We've looked at laminate, we've looked at engineered hardwood and we've looked at real hardwood.
We've got a few boards of the aqualock laminate flooring with bevels on their edges, making it look a bit more like "real wood" - but I just did a test with a board in water for about 10 - 12 hours (something that might happen if we were gone out of the house for a day and we had an overflow in a fish tank, or if the dishwasher somehow ran out into the living room area.
The board didn't stand up very well at all, the seams don't lock back together much at all, and there is a huge gap now.
I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've looked at the options, and we DO need to go reasonable as far as costs go (we have about 800 - 1300 sqft to do, depending on what our in-laws want in their suite.) - we want to do it ourselves.
We do not want Vinyl flooring, we do not want nail or glue down. That we know.
I am REALLY at a loss here with what to do, it's not just a matter of "Laminate" or "Engineered Hardwood" - but comes down to a brand and price. We have twins and a dog, and we're a bit hard on floors.
We thought we were sold, looking at the Torlys uniclic system. The stuff was tough as nails, but for the refinishable hardwood, it would cost us something like $8 - 9sqft!!
I'm baffled, this seems tough to find on a budget in western Canada. I know this may not be the perfect place to post, but I'm really hoping that someone can give me something to go on here.
thanks,
Nick
We've got a few boards of the aqualock laminate flooring with bevels on their edges, making it look a bit more like "real wood" - but I just did a test with a board in water for about 10 - 12 hours (something that might happen if we were gone out of the house for a day and we had an overflow in a fish tank, or if the dishwasher somehow ran out into the living room area.
The board didn't stand up very well at all, the seams don't lock back together much at all, and there is a huge gap now.
I'm at a loss as to what to do. I've looked at the options, and we DO need to go reasonable as far as costs go (we have about 800 - 1300 sqft to do, depending on what our in-laws want in their suite.) - we want to do it ourselves.
We do not want Vinyl flooring, we do not want nail or glue down. That we know.
I am REALLY at a loss here with what to do, it's not just a matter of "Laminate" or "Engineered Hardwood" - but comes down to a brand and price. We have twins and a dog, and we're a bit hard on floors.
We thought we were sold, looking at the Torlys uniclic system. The stuff was tough as nails, but for the refinishable hardwood, it would cost us something like $8 - 9sqft!!
I'm baffled, this seems tough to find on a budget in western Canada. I know this may not be the perfect place to post, but I'm really hoping that someone can give me something to go on here.
thanks,
Nick