Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Flooring

06 October 2011

Re: [DIY] Flooring

Yes I do understand now. Do you happen to have any friends or relatives that would be willing to help? $8000 still seems pretty high to me, and I would get an independent estimate. And several estimates at that.

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Flooring

This is the figure the man gave me, a ballpark. I am going to measure the place and figure it out. I think it's about 1000 sq. ft. Carpeting costs are different than tile and laminate, because for carpeting the installation is much cheaper. Also, when you suggest I might do the tile myself, did you mean hiring a person to install it rather than use the store's people, because you're talking to someone who is 67, who does not have equipment, who cannot get up and down too often, whose husband is even more handicapped, who just hurt her foot, who has bad knees and is overweight. (Does that help to understand?) But again, money and ease are important considerations. I really do want to thank you for helping me figure what I want or need so I will walk in to a job with my eyes open.

From: Roger <frontierrog@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Flooring

I put laminate flooring in my kitchen, and have been satisfied with the results. After 4.5 years with young kids spilling and scraping on it it's still in pretty good shape. If I were in your situation I would do the tile myself. Is that not a possibility? $8000 seems really high. How many square feet are you doing?

From: Cindi Waters <clean_boost@yahoo.com>
To: "DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: [DIY] Flooring

(1) I'm so glad you're here ...

Now I need to talk about flooring. You have helped me GREATLY with the paint job. Let's talk about flooring. Please.

I went into the carpet store yesterday. First of all, the friend wants to put down laminate. But I really want tile. I cannot have tile because it will cost too much to do this floor. Materials and installation will run me about $8,000. Not willing or prepared to spend that much money. So ... I decided to step down to laminate or cheap carpet (Berber). As I lay in my easy chair this morning, I looked at the furniture in my room and thought: I really don't want carpet, no matter how you slice it, because I cannot move the furniture to clean WHEN I clean. But more importabntly than cleaning is if something drops behind a dresser, etc. I have pushing and shoving furniture. So I thought about laminate, once again. Not my top choice. In fact, for looks it's my last choice. But of course this is personal.

So I'm thinking about laminate. Let me explain to you the prices I've received so far. Not exact but approximate. The laminate will cost about $3500 installed. The carpet (Berber, over which the salesman said a vacuum would run fairly easily) would run about $2500 installed. He told me that if I lefyt the condo for an extended period of time that with laminate I would have to have the a/c running all the time, since it expands or something like that. And, of course, I'm worried about leaks. But there's a company here that offers laminate installed at $1.99, materials and installation included. I can only imagine what kind of laminate it is, but I'm willing to play with the thought for a while. I am going to the store and check out what the salesman says about the quality of the laminate. But of course, leaks and spills do concern me. (I'm trying not to use the word 'worry.')

There's more, but I'll talk about that later on. (I used to sell pianos, a certain brand, and what I found is that you always must tell the GOOD qualities of the make, leave out everything bad, lol. Then, as I spoke to tuners, many of them were truly experts on the various brands, and knew the good and bad points of each maker, of course the salesperson would never tell you.)

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