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James · 09-13-2007, 08:29 PM

I don't know... I love this REAL hardwood flooring on the main floor, but I think it may not be repairable by sanding. The pee stains and all the crap all over it make me think it'd be best to either tear it up or just cover it with laminate flooring. I don't want carpet, simply because I don't like carpet.

Do you think I should put some dark laminate flooring on the main floor over trying to repair all of the real hardwood?

If you need some pictures, I can add some.

A sander is like 35/day plus the cost of the sand paper.

Laminate flooring is what? a buck a square foot give/take?

Konstruction · 09-13-2007, 10:27 PM

Like we talked about before , I dont think the stains are gonna come out. Replace the floor if its in the budget.

James · 09-13-2007, 10:42 PM

I think I could lay down the laminate. The problem with the floors is the stains as I said, but when they put in the new furnace, they took blocks of wood and put them in the floors where the old vents used to be and put the vents coming through the walls.

So it looks semi horrible and replacing real hardwood flooring even in chunks will probably be more expensive? Am I right in this assumption? I've done the laminate at 3 different places (mostly helped), so I think I could do it well.

I'm just scared that I'll be met with some opposition if I bring it up to my dad or brother to get some help. I could probably have a new floor (cleaner, looks nicer) within a matter of a few weeks.

briansol · 09-14-2007, 12:02 AM

laminate is tacky. do pergo if you can't do real wood. its not too much more than laminate

James · 09-15-2007, 11:48 PM

pergo? *insert how lazy I am here* What is it?

briansol · 09-17-2007, 02:09 AM

its fake hardwood, but it looks really nice.
Laminate Flooring - Pergo - What is It - Advantages and Disadvantages

ScrapinSTi · 09-21-2007, 02:21 PM

Yeah, go pergo or something like that... Is the house old? If so, you can even do a "floating floor" which is basically a tongue & groove snap together floor that you dont need to nail down... Nice for old houses where the floors sometimes shift...

James · 09-23-2007, 01:06 PM

Yeah it was built in 1927 so it's old. lol

I was just lookin for something to snap together, don't want to nail or screw anything down.

briansol · 09-24-2007, 01:27 AM

most pergo is snap together...

tim61468 · 11-12-2007, 12:52 PM

I was going to peel up the 60 year old linoleum in my grandparents old house and try to refinish the hard wood floor underneath, but figured it would be way to much of a hassle. They made it look so easy on This Old House LOL

View Poll Results: Laminate flooring over hardwood?
Go ahead and do it.	2	33.33%
Try repairing the real hardwood.	4	66.67%
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09-13-2007, 08:29 PM	#1
James Slacking off in the house Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In IN Posts: 217 Rep Power: 2	Flooring I don't know... I love this REAL hardwood flooring on the main floor, but I think it may not be repairable by sanding. The pee stains and all the crap all over it make me think it'd be best to either tear it up or just cover it with laminate flooring. I don't want carpet, simply because I don't like carpet. Do you think I should put some dark laminate flooring on the main floor over trying to repair all of the real hardwood? If you need some pictures, I can add some. A sander is like 35/day plus the cost of the sand paper. Laminate flooring is what? a buck a square foot give/take? __________________ 1927 2200 sq feet 3 story renovation project. Done Washing Machine - 10.27.07 Windows Install - 02.13.08 (New) Gas Oven - 11.22.08 Needs to be Done Put in the (new) dryer Uh... Alot more.

09-13-2007, 10:42 PM	#3
James Slacking off in the house Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In IN Posts: 217 Rep Power: 2	I think I could lay down the laminate. The problem with the floors is the stains as I said, but when they put in the new furnace, they took blocks of wood and put them in the floors where the old vents used to be and put the vents coming through the walls. So it looks semi horrible and replacing real hardwood flooring even in chunks will probably be more expensive? Am I right in this assumption? I've done the laminate at 3 different places (mostly helped), so I think I could do it well. I'm just scared that I'll be met with some opposition if I bring it up to my dad or brother to get some help. I could probably have a new floor (cleaner, looks nicer) within a matter of a few weeks. __________________ 1927 2200 sq feet 3 story renovation project. Done Washing Machine - 10.27.07 Windows Install - 02.13.08 (New) Gas Oven - 11.22.08 Needs to be Done Put in the (new) dryer Uh... Alot more.

09-15-2007, 11:48 PM	#5
James Slacking off in the house Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In IN Posts: 217 Rep Power: 2	pergo? insert how lazy I am here What is it? __________________ 1927 2200 sq feet 3 story renovation project. Done Washing Machine - 10.27.07 Windows Install - 02.13.08 (New) Gas Oven - 11.22.08 Needs to be Done Put in the (new) dryer Uh... Alot more.

09-23-2007, 01:06 PM	#8
James Slacking off in the house Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In IN Posts: 217 Rep Power: 2	Yeah it was built in 1927 so it's old. lol I was just lookin for something to snap together, don't want to nail or screw anything down. __________________ 1927 2200 sq feet 3 story renovation project. Done Washing Machine - 10.27.07 Windows Install - 02.13.08 (New) Gas Oven - 11.22.08 Needs to be Done Put in the (new) dryer Uh... Alot more.

09-13-2007, 10:27 PM	#2
Konstruction General Contractor Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 25 Posts: 230 Rep Power: 2	Like we talked about before , I dont think the stains are gonna come out. Replace the floor if its in the budget.

09-14-2007, 12:02 AM	#4
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 28 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 10	laminate is tacky. do pergo if you can't do real wood. its not too much more than laminate

09-17-2007, 02:09 AM	#6
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 28 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 10	its fake hardwood, but it looks really nice. Laminate Flooring - Pergo - What is It - Advantages and Disadvantages

09-21-2007, 02:21 PM	#7
ScrapinSTi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In Debt. Posts: 240 Rep Power: 2	Yeah, go pergo or something like that... Is the house old? If so, you can even do a "floating floor" which is basically a tongue & groove snap together floor that you dont need to nail down... Nice for old houses where the floors sometimes shift...

09-24-2007, 01:27 AM	#9
briansol Administrator Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central CT Age: 28 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 10	most pergo is snap together...

11-12-2007, 12:52 PM	#10
tim61468 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Age: 40 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	I was going to peel up the 60 year old linoleum in my grandparents old house and try to refinish the hard wood floor underneath, but figured it would be way to much of a hassle. They made it look so easy on This Old House LOL __________________ Dont face foreclosure alone Call 1-800-470-9358, or visit us online at www.thepowerofpeople.net