The Big Guy
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Anyone here have decent knowledge about wood floors to share? Tried searching and can't come up with anything relevant to this.
Hardwood vs Laminate --Hardwoods are obviously better quality and better installation method. Seems a no brainer other than cost.
What type of wood holds up better?
What type of wood needs less care and maintenance? (This is critical with my family)
Do the makers of the wood flooring have lower quality runs of the same types for the discount places (lumber liquidators etc) then they might have for higher end stores?
Looking to pull up ugly living room carpeting(nothing but plywood underneath it) and hallway leading to the bedrooms. We would like something decent, but have no clue where to begin. There are so many brands, so many types of wood that make it almost impossible to know what you are doing, let alone make an informed decision. Looking for something middle grade, not cheap and not for Chet's house. Have a 7 yr old, so needs to be able to take a little abuse from kid activity and spills.
Have to admit to failure--was trying to come up with a Christo joke to throw down here about thread title and I got nothing that would fly here.
Hardwood vs Laminate --Hardwoods are obviously better quality and better installation method. Seems a no brainer other than cost.
What type of wood holds up better?
What type of wood needs less care and maintenance? (This is critical with my family)
Do the makers of the wood flooring have lower quality runs of the same types for the discount places (lumber liquidators etc) then they might have for higher end stores?
Looking to pull up ugly living room carpeting(nothing but plywood underneath it) and hallway leading to the bedrooms. We would like something decent, but have no clue where to begin. There are so many brands, so many types of wood that make it almost impossible to know what you are doing, let alone make an informed decision. Looking for something middle grade, not cheap and not for Chet's house. Have a 7 yr old, so needs to be able to take a little abuse from kid activity and spills.
Have to admit to failure--was trying to come up with a Christo joke to throw down here about thread title and I got nothing that would fly here.