The Cost Of Laminated Flooring

Laminated Flooring can be a great option and very durable however there are so many options available it can be confusing about what is the cost of a Quality Laminated floor.  Most consumers look at the wrong qualities in a floor.  For instance, I just met with a man who was buying a laminated floor and I understand why he thought the competitors floor which is thicker and less was a better buy however there are costs involved in making a lamianted floor.  

The Wear Layer

The locking Mechanism

The core

The Biggest cost of making a laminated floor

The two main costs are the wear layer and the locking mechanism.  The cost in the wear layer is effected by the Graphics, or how real the floor looks, the thickness described in millimeters and the adhesive used to keep it all together.  If you are looking for an inexpensive laminate in a plain oak look 7 millimeter wear layer, the least expensive one if your buying out of stock would range 1.29-1.49 sq ft for product fancier laminates can range higher upwards to $4 sq ft.  The other expense is your locking mechanism.  It is not commonly known by consumers but most of your main manufacturers all use one locking mechanism that they pay a royalty to use.  Why is this? Very simply it is the best and if your locking mechanism is not good, your sales will drop as soon as the installer starts complaining about how horrible the floor installs.

The other main cost is the core what is the middle made from how dense is the core? How water resistant is it? Is it made of HDF or Plastic? This determines  sound and impact absorbsion and how much water effects the product.  A Plastic core product is going to run upwards to 5-7 sq ft, the problem with this approach is you can get a nicer LVT product installed for this and not have any moisture problems and have an easier installation.

Inexpensive laminated floors should cost 3.50-4 dollars a sq ft to install product underlayment and labor.  Inexpensive LVT floors will run closer to 4 dollars a sq ft and top out around$7 but they are more resistant to moisture.  

We hope you found this helpful.

Solid Prefinished Hardwood in Bellvue TN

Solid Prefinished Hardwood in Nashville TN

The top picture is gunstock 2 1/4 choice grade the bottom is 3 1/4 warm walnut character.  Turman is a great option for affordable prefinished hardwood flooring that is still good quality.

The downstairs already had sanded and refinished hardwood in it and I suggested going back with that, however the old floor had signs of wear and I suggested that if they did do that they sand the entire floor down to match.  The turman allowed the homeowner to complete the look they wanted for much less

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Long Length Hardwood Specials

Long Length Hardwood Flooring

We have Graf Brothers hardwood and are the Middle Tennessee dealer for Graf Bros Hardwood Flooring.  They specialize in Rifted and Quartersawn, Long Length, and Wide Width Hardwood Flooring.

Here are the specials

2 1/4 rq white oak #1 for 2.75 or 7.25 installed Sanded and Finished
3" RQ Select and better for 4 or 8.5 installed Sanded and Finished
7" Plain Sawn red or White Oak Character for 4 or 8.5 installed sanded and finished

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What Does the Cheapest Price MEAN?

I was notified I was the second cheapest price on a job and lost out to the Cheapest.  The job was about 1500 and now its going to cost the client what they paid and what they pay me to do it again including removal and moving office furniture.  In case the pictures don't do the job Justice it was ran in the wrong direction, wasn't cut properly to be seamed together and the seam wasn't sealed properly.  Had this been done the job would have had 3 seams total instead it has 9.

What Did the Cheapest Price on Carpet and Install Mean?

• Carpet ran in the wrong Direction ( the job would have been easier and had fewer seams ran in the other direction)
• Carpet not cut properly ( in the one picture you will notice the seam is not straight, had it been row cut it would not ravel the way it is)
• Carpet is not sealed properly ( the seams are starting to ravel had the side seams been sealed they would not be raveling)
• The Client will have to pay to have the job done again, and incur removal and furniture costs.

Here it is done by Country Flooring Direct

Flooring For new homes Carpet hardwood

Do You need new carpet?

When you are considering selling your home, and want to get maximum dollar for your asset, you may need to address the walls and floors.  You should ask yourself how old is the carpet? If your carpet is more than 10 years old it probably should be replaced.  Do you have animals? Carpet fibers hold animal dander and smell that may inhibit people buying your home.  The carpet does not need to be what you want, it needs to be what will help the house appear clean and well maintained.  I recommend a beige plush carpet it is what you will see in most new spec homes.

What you see is an inexpensive nylon plush carpet beige this house was professionally staged.  If the carpet is new and just needs to be restretched or clean we do that as well.  Carpet that is old and needs to be replaced, that has not had pets on it, can be done cheaper if you dont replace the padding.

My Hardwood looks Dull?

If your floors look Dull or have small scratches you can Buff and Coat the floors.  Probably if the hardwood is not older than 4 years you can put a new top coat on the floor.  If its older or the floor have deep scratches or the color has faded you need them Sanded and Refinished.

Stencil painted hardwood floor

We installed sanded stained and coated this floor.  Bradleton Interiors was responsible for the design and stencil work.

Stains in Carpet

One of the main ingredients in Childrens Advil Blue Raspberry just above water and below Ibuprofen is Blue Dye #1.  Carpet is dyed at the mill either after or before becoming a solution.  Last week my son spilled this in a big blob over my showroom carpet.  My first concern was my son to see if he had ingested any of the Advil to see if we had to go to the emergency room or not to have his stomach pumped.  After realizing that most of the Advil was either on his shirt or on my floor I decided to give him water and crackers to absorb anything he had ingested and proceeded to clean my carpet.  Of course this isnt a how to raise a child site and it isnt easy cleaning up a mess with a 20 month old trying to help you.  But the stain came right out with water and white towels.  There was still a blue haze on the carpet the next day but I put a wet white towel down on it and repeated and the haze was gone.  Why did this work? The carpet was a solution dyed polyester some of the best carpet when fighting stains.