Wicked easy flooring

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Guppy

The last few courses up against a wall is A real pleasure also... LOL

HA... that brought back some un-fond memories. Played GC for my first house, was told I'd save a boat-load of money if I did. Decided to do the hardwood myself...roughly 2,600 sq. ft, with the other 300 tiled, never did flooring before...wifee wanted no thresholds, all rooms ran into one another.... ... quite the challenge, created a jig of sorts to handle the wall courses, I did damage the sheetrock a little, but the baseboard offered forgiveness....avoided nail holes at all costs. Lotta blood, sweat and tears,,, but did save a boat load of $$ -

I'll have to check out that procore stuff....thinking of laying out a 2700 sq ft basement, my gut says keep it polished concrete, but wifee is leaning hard with the elbow again...

[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

HA... that brought back some un-fond memories. Played GC for my first house, was told I'd save a boat-load of money if I did. Decided to do the hardwood myself...roughly 2,600 sq. ft, with the other 300 tiled, never did flooring before...wifee wanted no thresholds, all rooms ran into one another.... ... quite the challenge, created a jig of sorts to handle the wall courses, I did damage the sheetrock a little, but the baseboard offered forgiveness....avoided nail holes at all costs. Lotta blood, sweat and tears,,, but did save a boat load of $$ -

I'll have to check out that procore stuff....thinking of laying out a 2700 sq ft basement, my gut says keep it polished concrete, but wifee is leaning hard with the elbow again...

Gilly...for a first timer laying that much flooring is impressive!
And.....hitting the wall with the mallet as you get closer to finishing is typical....got to choke up on that handle...like right up to the head!
The vinyl planks are excellent for basement floors.
If you would like to see the install I did and grab a few leftovers for samples send me a pm...your welcome to come by the job and check it out. It's at 999 Main Rd.....multi-use commercial property we are slowly rehabing. Westport Marine is one of our tenants.

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

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The vinyl planks are excellent for basement floors.
If you would like to see the install I did and grab a few leftovers for samples send me a pm....

Bob & Ed, I read the reviews on the Lowe's site....(not that I trust them completely) but it states that they break easy during installation and that they scratch easily?? I trust both your words over any online review....

What's your thoughts on that? I can't imagine it being that bad??

I have a vapor barrier below the slab, even forced the crew to tape the seams before they poured... would I need another between the slab and the flooring? Or does this stuff just lay right on the concrete?

[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

Bob & Ed, I read the reviews on the Lowe's site....(not that I trust them completely) but it states that they break easy during installation and that they scratch easily?? I trust both your words over any online review....

What's your thoughts on that? I can't imagine it being that bad??

I have a vapor barrier below the slab, even forced the crew to tape the seams before they poured... would I need another between the slab and the flooring? Or does this stuff just lay right on the concrete?

Gil...I've not broken a single piece ...and to be clear...not my first time using this stuff...couple thousand sq ft by now....and I havent noticed any scratches at all. (what scratches easier than hardwood??) You can install directly over concrete...or anything else. Finished a huge basement floor with it last summer.....looks great. You could take a ride and see the install I just did and also one for a tenant in light industrial business that I did a year ago.
I have some extra pieces here that you could take with you to evaluate.