Flooring

[Dom]

Anyone ever use or buy from Lumber Liquidators?I'm pulling up a carpet and moving an exterior door/slider and looking for options this is the back hallway/gonna be a mud room.

[TreeGuy]

Got some friends that used them for product and install. Botched the install and floor started cranking and warping. Lumber liquidators refused to help. They would have gone to Lowe's but didn't have the exact option they wanted.

 

Any company that recommends / hires sub contractors should stand behind them and the product. My .02

 

Have u considered tile ? Holds up to "mud" much better than hardoowd/pergo etc

 

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[Bionic]

I looked into them, and remember googling them, and being steered away. I honestly cannot remember why, but I did not buy from them.  I went with a local small business floor installer for the 4" hickory, and have been happy.  Hope this helped...

This is a "you get what you pay for topic"....

 

Edited February 4, 2018 by Bionic

[Dom]

Yup get what I pay for.This is only temp flooring where as I don't want to trash sub floor/was going to just use osb but wife not so happy with that idea.She is OCD bigtime

[goosifer]

8 minutes ago, Dom said:

Yup get what I pay for.This is only temp flooring where as I don't want to trash sub floor/was going to just use osb but wife not so happy with that idea.She is OCD bigtime

Just buy some cheap laminate flooring. It can be done DIY, especially if temporary, your cut ins around protrusions don't have to be perfect. If it's a wet area, go for cheap vinyl tile that installs the same as laminate flooring (tongue and groove). If you are not in a position to do it yourself, a decent handyman person you trust can do it. 

But why temp flooring? I'm curious. Easier to just do it once.

Another idea would be OSB and then sheet vinyl on top. If you screw but don't glue the OSB, that would be pretty easy to take out for the final flooring.

Edited February 4, 2018 by goosifer

[Dom]

5 minutes ago, goosifer said:

Just buy some cheap laminate flooring. It can be done DIY, especially if temporary, your cut ins around protrusions don't have to be perfect. If it's a wet area, go for cheap vinyl tile that installs the same as laminate flooring (tongue and groove). If you are not in a position to do it yourself, a decent handyman person you trust can do it. 

But why temp flooring? I'm curious. Easier to just do it once.

Another idea would be OSB and then sheet vinyl on top. If you screw but don't glue the OSB, that would be pretty easy to take out for the final flooring.

Temp because having 2 rooms converted to 1 and this is the easy route for hauling in and out also converting furnace and waser/dryer/laundry room.

[sodfather]

I got floor from them installed it myself 5 years ago. Holding up so far 

[tommyc50]

i walked in the one in brooklyn and walked right out. The guy was arrogant and i felt like i was buying a used car from him.We're lucky in the city especially in brooklyn we have alot of chinese floor and cabinet places and other flooring outlets so i was choosie when i did my house over .  And the quality varies .i bought floors from home depot. Pergo  laminate flooring  in my upstairs and i have no complaints

[Dinsdale]

1 hour ago, Dom said:

Anyone ever use or buy from Lumber Liquidators?I'm pulling up a carpet and moving an exterior door/slider and looking for options this is the back hallway/gonna be a mud room.

FWIW they have some close out items at the one in Wappingers and they are a good deal IMO by the SqFt.

I did 2 insurance jobs and installed some material from there. Not in my usual wheelhouse as I lay unfinished solid hardwood all the time and first time I did some of this snap together floating stuff. Not horrible, thinking of doing an apartment I have with it this summer. Bought the better underlayment they had.

[nyslowhand]

Last summer I had my small kitchen, adjoining laundry room and down the steps to rear entrance done with vinyl wood-look planks. Went in easy, little hard on cutting tools, has held up great and best of all it's waterproof, not water resistant. Flooring I used was much thicker than most vinyls and didn't need padding, but it should hold up great and it was better at covering the existing sub-flooring. BTW - Most vinyl planks are pretty thin & flexible, so take that for what it's worth. Anyways... in my research, Lumber Liquidator's products had great reviews as good, lower cost alternatives to the $2-3/ft name brands. The installer is an entirely different issue, esp if it were one suggested by the seller..!

Edited February 4, 2018 by nyslowhand