"-MIKE-" wrote in message
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On 3/26/10 1:35 PM, Leon wrote:

A flooring company that sells solid hard wood flooring, engineered hard
wood
flooring, carpet, tile, and laminate/Pergo style flooring told me that
only
real wood floors and ceramic style tile are considered permanent
upgrades.
Everything else will have to be replaced, eventually.


Interesting. I guess that would certainly depends on the product *and*
installation.
Many of us have seen bad solid hardwood floor product/installation that
took less work to replace than repair/refinish.

Some of the engineered stuff I've seen, had close to 3/16 hardwood top
veneer, with the stain penetrating the entire ply. You could sand and
refinish that stuff without re-staining.

My wife is in love with Cork for the kitchen. I'm looking into it. I
like the 1'x3' and longer sizes I'm seeing, too. Seems like installation
with one man could be done in a day.


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A kitchen in a day alone? It'd be a heck of a day, what with toe kick
removal, installing under cabinet fronts, under fridge, under dishwasher,
along edges of cabinets, toe kick re-install, the multitude of doorways and
thresholds in most kitchens, pantry, etc etc...

Been there many times, done that, and now I charge quite a premium for it...
:-)

jc