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One May 8 I wrote a very large check for 2,800 square feet of hardwood floors. On June 20 we had a storm in Chicago that caused water to back up into my unit and now I have to write another very large check for more hardwood floors. (Yes, I have insurance, but there is more to the story and I won't bore you all with the details here... )
My current floors are 3/4" genuine hardwood. The same floor guy who did them said he would have to take up the damaged area, dry the wet concrete underneath, replace the plywood subfloor, put down new wood, and sand and stain the entire floor to match. The kicker here is that I have to move everything out so he can sand and stain the whole thing. I want to do that at much as I want to slam my left tit in the car door. Repeatedly.
So I started looking for options and came across prefinished products which could be done in sections and I wouldn't have to move out. Plus they could be repaired (more) easily if the need ever arose again. (Obviously I'm having the underlying issue addressed so this DOESN'T happen again but now I'm gun shy.)
I don't like a lot of the pre-finished options because they look very fake to me. The problem, for the most part, is the beveled edges, especially where the pieces meet end-to-end. I came across some options though that are oil finished and the ends and sides appeal to me more, especially on some of the distressed one.
This is not a cheap solution so I need to be really sure. Some of the ones I like got up to $17/foot for the material alone so I have to be damn certain before I commit (although more realistically there's a $7/foot option I could live with, and that's definitely more palatable from a pocketbook standpoint).
Does anyone have thoughts on pre-finished floors? And does anyone have oiled wood floors?
P.S. - When I say "hardwood" I am also open to engineered (but not laminate) options if they are especially good quality.
My current floors are 3/4" genuine hardwood. The same floor guy who did them said he would have to take up the damaged area, dry the wet concrete underneath, replace the plywood subfloor, put down new wood, and sand and stain the entire floor to match. The kicker here is that I have to move everything out so he can sand and stain the whole thing. I want to do that at much as I want to slam my left tit in the car door. Repeatedly.
So I started looking for options and came across prefinished products which could be done in sections and I wouldn't have to move out. Plus they could be repaired (more) easily if the need ever arose again. (Obviously I'm having the underlying issue addressed so this DOESN'T happen again but now I'm gun shy.)
I don't like a lot of the pre-finished options because they look very fake to me. The problem, for the most part, is the beveled edges, especially where the pieces meet end-to-end. I came across some options though that are oil finished and the ends and sides appeal to me more, especially on some of the distressed one.
This is not a cheap solution so I need to be really sure. Some of the ones I like got up to $17/foot for the material alone so I have to be damn certain before I commit (although more realistically there's a $7/foot option I could live with, and that's definitely more palatable from a pocketbook standpoint).
Does anyone have thoughts on pre-finished floors? And does anyone have oiled wood floors?
P.S. - When I say "hardwood" I am also open to engineered (but not laminate) options if they are especially good quality.