themagicone
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Minneapolis, MN
| Wood floor opinion...
Need an opinion on some flooring choices... Main floor of the house is about 800sqf, consist of kitchen, dinning room, hallway and living room. Cabinets are going to be a natural hickory. Going with a gray colored counter top and back splash. Stainless steel appliances. My first choice for flooring is a heart pine hardwood. But people say it will be too soft with dogs. There is some nice laminate in wide plank but I just think it lacks the color and look of the real thing. Hickory flooring is an option. I dunno... My budget is $3 to $5/sqf for product. What would you choose in the situation? |
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dgilbert
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clubs: | with dogs in the house, TILE. i don't care what type of wood it is, the dogs will ruin it eventually. some types sooner rather than later.
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themagicone
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Minneapolis, MN | I should of added that I hate tile, I despise it, I can't stand it. The coldness, the grout that never comes clean... |
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supernac
join:2003-03-26
Springfield, MO | reply to themagicone
I bought some single plank laminate about 6 months ago from »www.hoskinghardwood.com. Looks a lot better than I thought it would, I like it so far. We did about 600sf. |
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Jon
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Lisle, IL | reply to themagicone
Never had pine floors and it is soft but have had dogs and oak floors for at least the last ten years. 4 Dogs currently. Other than the muddy foot prints they haven't done any damage. |
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stev32k
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Mobile, AL | reply to themagicone
I think it would be kind of classy to have the floor match the cabinets. The same finished hickory floor would look good, but I just like hickory flooring especially the wide plank. |
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cowboyro
join:2000-10-11
Shelton, CT | reply to themagicone
You can buy oak for ~$2.50/sqft on sale. Black Friday... Lowe's will have it @$3.28, a friend bought last year for $2.50 (pre-finished) from HD.
For the kitchen I would still do tile... |
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Toadman
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Medina, OH | I have pergo for 6 years now with 2 dogs, they are small. It looks ok, but it can never be confused for real hardwood. |
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Kramer
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Heart pine is pretty darned durable. We have a large old part of town where most of the houses are near 100 years old and any authentic restoration of them would be with antique heart pine. Antique or reclaimed heart pine sells for much more than $5.00/ sq foot and that is the really beautiful stuff. It does mar easily, but that is part of its beauty. A friend of mine had a mill and would travel the east coast for lumber from buildings that were being demolished. He would then bring it home and mill it and sell it as t&g flooring. He would give me scraps for use as kindling for my wood stove. I couldn't afford the real stuff. It does make amazing kindling. If you use it, save your scraps. |
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themagicone
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Minneapolis, MN | I was looking at something like this: »www.1aflooring.com/ProductDetail···G106BRMP |
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Have you checked out Bamboo? Just a thought... |
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Kramer
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I don't think that is heart pine... is it? |
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themagicone
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Minneapolis, MN | reply to themagicone
I just feel in love with this: »floorsforlife.com/plantation-plank_new.htm - the natural hickory. $5.50 or so/sqf - tad over budget but oh is it nice. |
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dandelion
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Germantown, TN
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I have oak with antique oak finish... along with dogs and cats. That type of finish just doesn't show any damage with animals around. Possibly you can look at an antique type finish.. less smooth with the wood you like. |
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nunya
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My experience with kitchen flooring:
Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever put a laminate floor in a kitchen. I won't do that again.
Wood floors are "ehhh" in a kitchen as long as you get something in a hard species and maintain it.
Tile or stone is the way to go.
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| said by nunya  :My experience with kitchen flooring: Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever put a laminate floor in a kitchen. I won't do that again. +1 |
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aurgathor
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said by nunya :My experience with kitchen flooring: Never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever put a laminate floor in a kitchen. I won't do that again. Mine wasn't too bad, even though I removed it a couple of months ago for unrelated reasons. It came with my place when I bought it.
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JoeG4
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Wouldn't dare do wood in a kitchen, had it before and it's just too high traffic, and then there's the possibility of getting water on the floor. Not nice. And then you have your stove sitting on the wood floor? I dunno about that.
If all else, bamboo grows in water - it doesn't get funky if it gets wet.. BUT
It will scratch like crazy. If you get the cheap stuff, it's also a bit photosensitive and the surface will change color a little.
OTOH, it's not stained, so you can sand em off in time, and it's really cheap - you can find bamboo at competitive rates with LAMINATE for crying out loud.
I wouldn't go nuts, but you're only talking about 800sqft anyway, it shouldn't be too terrible regardless. In a few years time though, you may not see the $5 fancy wood as sexy as you do now that HGTV is shoving it up everyones' butts.
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| said by JoeG4 :OTOH, it's not stained, so you can sand em off in time, and it's really cheap - you can find bamboo at competitive rates with LAMINATE for crying out loud. I wouldn't go nuts, but you're only talking about 800sqft anyway, it shouldn't be too terrible regardless. All the bamboo I've see is really engineered (processed) wood and I don't know how well it would take to sanding.
800 sq ft is a lot to some people. That's half my house. 
I've had laminate in the kitchen for about 8 years, no problems, no regrets.
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cableties
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Natural Hickory is close to light maple (think basketball court flooring) with imperfections, etc.
Personally, a kitchen should be tile. the smaller the kitchen, the bigger the tile (18x18, 20x20...) so there is less grout (and grout if sealed right will not stain...they've come along way with the stuff).
But if you have to go with wood floors, something to contrast the cabinets is a plus. Heartwood pine is as strong as red oak, and if the dogs scratch it up in 10 years, a sanding and 3-coat will make it new again.
Sounds like a nice kitchen. Take some pictures when done!
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