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"Jennifer" wrote in message
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We're kicking around the idea of installing floating bamboo "hardwood"
floors over the tile in a few rooms. It just seems like a waste to
tear all the tile out if we don't really need to; maybe the next owners
will want to take it back down to the tile, who knows?

Googling has produced contradictory results. Some sources say it would
be fine as long as the tile is flat enough (and what is flat enough?)
The floors look level, but the tiles are textured around the edges...
they look like they're supposed to have been chipped out of stone by
hand, or something.
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I agree that going over the tile will be a bad idea. Transitions will be a
pain as well as you will have some spring in the floor. (I assume here we
are talking about a floating floor). If your tile is installed on concrete
it will be a real pain to get up and leave a flat surface to put the bamboo
on.

Have you considered area rugs?

I have... I'd be fine with area rugs, actually, but my husband really
wants hardwoods.

We wouldn't actually have to worry about transitions; the house has a
funny layout; it's a tri-level, and we'd want the hardwood throughout
the whole middle level.

I'm actually not trying to be lazy about it, I just know that the
previous owner put a lot of money and effort into this tile; it's
pretty unique and rather cool, and I have yet to stay in a house for
more than 5 years, so I am always thinking of the next owner, who might
hate bamboo and adore the funky tile

Ah well, it was just a thought. Thank you all for your advice.

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Jennifer