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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-11-09 10:22 PMOriginal message What do I do about floors I am (hopefully) buying an upstairs condo. The carpets are thrashed. Clearly a smoker lived there for a good long while. Being allergic and asthmatic, the carpets got to go. So, what should I replace it with? Cost is an issue, and I strongly suspect that this means I will have to do any necessary installation mypersonalself. How hard are the "click-lock" floors that I keep hearing about to install? I am leaning towards that at the moment, based on what little help I was able to receive in a preliminary visit to a Lowes.
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Wed Aug-12-09 12:29 PMResponse to Original message 3. I would straongly advise buying Alloc Original if you want laminate flooring http://www.alloc.com/us_laminate_floor.html Click "residential"Click "original"We have it in our kitchen and our foyer. Both high traffic and high abuse. Both are several yars old. Both are like new.Alloc Original has a unique aluminum locking device on each plank that makes the stuff easy as pie to install and to stay together over time. We put a less expensive click lock floor in our rental and it was a pain in the ass to install and has shown some separation with time.The product is somewhat more costly than other flooring you can find, but it is, in my view, well worth it.**Well** worth it.
It all depends on how level the existing floor is. If the place is older and has any deviation from complete flatness, the laminate flooring will be an expensive disaster, and new carpeting is the only real choice. Hopefully it's as ripply as the North Atlantic and he buys the laminate first on a no-return clearance sale.
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Is there a pet feces pattern available?Ya know...to hide the stains I live with every day?
If you find that pattern, let me know