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I greatly prefer the feel of hardwood underfoot. it's warmer and feel more solid. |
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If you plan this as your last place, get as much of the land that he is offering if you are in the position to do so and your neighbors as well. We are in a similar situation now although we're only on about an acre. We planned this to be our last place as we were in a nice area with access similar to you. We live on what was the last, back street in our neighborhood. Had a piece of property behind us that ran the entire length of the street that was about 35 acres wooded. Been that way for 30+ years. Last year whoever owned it sold it....and they subdivided and started throwing in roads and building houses on 1/2 acre lots fitting in as many as they could. They sold so quickly! The last house they installed at the ending of the first street sold for about $15K more than the first one.....and they are basically the same house. Now they are almost 3 more streets in, and building like crazy. So much more commotion and traffic now....and it looks like we will be looking to move now that we are empty nesters. It doesn't bother me as much as it does my wife as she grew up on almost 100 acres in a farm setting. I thought we would retire here, so we had done quite a bit of work to our house. Only saving grace is that our house is pretty much the biggest in the neighborhood with the largest yard. So our property value is climbing rapidly due to comparable home sales. Bad news is that it is our last expense we owe, and although we will walk away with quite a bit of equity.....anything like what we have now is going to eat that up very quickly.
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finally had some time this week to get the trim done on the stairs!
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Thanks! I use to do house projects as a side gig but not anymore. but because I moved into this house there's a lot of upgrades that need to be done
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05-02-2019, 09:41 AM | #336 | |
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Engineered is more stable which is a benefit if going in a humid or wide range of temperatures, thinner which can be helpful depending on the project, and also can be less expensive. What I like about solid is it can be refinished multiple times without worrying about getting to the "plywood" part of the assembly. With labor costs being close to the same and the overall cost being close I didn't see any real benefits to going with engineered on my last project. I might use it eventually to add over existing flooring in on our 1st floor but this would mainly be because of the thickness.
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I'm with you, I prefer solid flooring, the compromise I'm striking for our renovation is that I'm going to insist on an engineered floor that can be nailed down. I'm with you, I don't like the feel underfoot of "floating" floors. |
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At the time we went with engineered, there was a meaningful price differential. That may be because we were comparing apples to oranges as hardwoods can (at least at that time) fall within a pretty wide price range. Additionally, we live in humid South Florida and have some friends who went through a nightmare with expensive hardwood that warped shortly after install in their new house. So our decision was mostly price mixed with a little bit of concern based in their experience. That’s not to say I think hardwood is a bad choice. To the contrary I think it’s really great and has much character over many years. But I also think engineered wood is an excellent substitute for many and I’d prefer either over tile, vinyl or other choices in most rooms other than bathrooms.
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As a previous Building Inspector I've been in thousands and thousands of new homes as well as model homes with every possible upgrades. Also as a previous Technician I've been in countless thousands of customers homes and I can honestly say engineered flooring is more common than I've seen hardwood flooring. Probably from a cost perspective it's cheaper and there's alot more home owners doing their own installation as a DY to save even more money. It's funny because if you plan on selling your home it doesn't matter if your flooring is engineered or not...the most important question they want to know is it hardwood and what species cause most people think hardwood is better and holds a higher resale over vinyl or laminate.
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speaking of two zone I have tow zone in my house for first time I love it currently using ecobee4 W/Alexa couldn't be more happy
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next phase! bamboo flooring came in and I have them acclimating on the first floor. gonna wait 7 days so i'll probably start tackling this next Thursday on my day off! 45 cases (10per 6' lengths) =450 pieces
i'll have to start tearing up the floors in the mean time
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Do you have a meter? What's the subfloor?? (need to check the moisture content there, as well) (this is all assuming a solid product with a nail down installation) -Mark in St. Louis |
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Ripped out the basic fireplace mantle and installed quartzite natural stone and a natural stone slab with my father.
The hardest and longest part was creating the frame to hold the stone slab.
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This is the money shot right here!
I did the same exact thing with our stairs and skirt boards! The white really pops against the hardwood. Although we elected to with a low-pile upgrade carpet on top of the stairs:
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The white really sets it off. Totally agree! We were contemplating on whether to leave the riser white?
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