Laminate flooring...

[Uabassoon]

I have ceramic tile in my apartment and I love it. That was what sold me on this place. I'm not sure that I could ever have a place that was mostly carpet. I like carpet in the bedrooms but that's about it.

[Cincy'sMom]

Ok, I love this laminate flooring you guys! I think this is something I would love to do in the dining room and kitchen. Thanks for the idea. So this stuff is pretty tough and holds up to dogs tromping across it?

I admit we haven't had it too long, but so far, no issues with our three on it!!

[gemini9961]

My hubby has a hard wood business and has for 23 years . I won't go in to the pros and cons of the engeneered vs the real thing . G but in our last house NO carpet servived. Wood is the only way to go. What brand are you getting Gemini? They are not all alike some are good others are a nightmare for the installer and the owner.

We are getting the Quick-Step brand. We went through Empire Today and they installed it. They are coming back this morning to finish so when I get home tonight it will all be done. Of course our house is full of dust now due to the installation so when I get it all cleaned up and pretty I will post pictures. I absolutely love it so far. Daisy and Delilah, my 3 clipity clop across the floor as well and I can tell which one is coming before I see them. They can't sneak up on me now. The color we chose is called French Oak. The laminate we got has a 15 year warranty on it that Empire Today covers. They have 25 year warranty ones as well but that was a little more than we wanted to spend. This stuff has got to be some on the sturdiest and most wear resistant stuff around.

[Logan]

I love the "real" thing, best, but I don't have any in this house. In my old house, I had solid oak flooring and it was much easier on my dogs, getting up and down. In this house, I have some Pergo (kitchen, hallway and entryway) and my husband laid a similar laminate floor in our den about a month ago.

Like you, I hate carpet, but I still have the majority of the house to go before I finally get rid of all of it.

Just make sure you have plenty of non-slip rugs for your pets to lie on so they can get up more easily. Our Murphy had a horrible time with the laminate and we ended up letting her live on the carpet.

Logan

[gemini9961]

Alright, the floor is in and my house is cleaned so here are the pics. I love my new floor. The dogs slide around on it pretty good, but they are learning they can't run full speed down the hall now.

Before:
The computer room. Uck, uck carpet.

And after:
Beautiful I do believe.


The twin bed that was in there was moved, that's why it's not in the "after" pictures.

Spare bedroom before:

The hose is there because we had to drain the waterbed, which is NOT going back in my house. I don't like it and never wanted it. It's going to my brother.

The room sans waterbed still with carpet. I let the dogs play in there since I didn't care about the carpet anymore.

The carpet in this room was still in pretty good shape since we hardly ever went in there.
Disregard the weird spots on my wall. We thought we could touch up some areas but it didn't work out so well. My next project is to re-paint the house.

[gemini9961]

Spare bedroom after:


Hallway before:


After:

Living room before:
This room was the worst of course, since it got so much use from us and the dogs.


After:

[Daisy and Delilah]

Gorgeous Amber!!

[gemini9961]

Our bedroom before:

After:


This is a picture looking into the kitchen so you can see what the kitchen floor and the new floor look like together.


Well there it is. I am loving it. Super easy to clean, just sweep or vaccumm and then use a slighty damp mop to clean more. Laminate is a little easier to care for than hardwood since hardwood can scratch easily and it needs to be waxed too. I would recommend laminate to anyone.

[k9krazee]

It all looks gorgeous Amber!!!

[Corinna]

Looks great you will find it much easher to clean too. Never hear of the brand or the installers but then again o'm on the west side of the country.

[JenBKR]

Beautiful! I love laminate flooring - we are having "Roscoe's" room (a room off of our kitchen where he stays when we are not home) done with the exact same thing - I can't wait! The carpet in there looks terrible.

[lv4dogs]

I have to say that it sure does look lovely, very lovely!


I know the spills and the such are a lot easier to clean but is it really easier to sweep and mop rather than just vacuum?

[gemini9961]

I have to say that it sure does look lovely, very lovely!


I know the spills and the such are a lot easier to clean but is it really easier to sweep and mop rather than just vacuum?

The vacumming is much easier, but I sweep up if I see a little here and there. As for the mop, I will do that occasionally just for extra cleaning. I think I am borderline OCD when it comes to cleaning, lol. THe Swiffer works great on it.

Thanks everyone for saying how nice it looks.

[christa]

Looks FANTASTIC! Isn't it great?!?! I love ours . . . I'd love to have it in the whole house but we only have it in 2 rooms.

Your house probably went up serious bucks in value!

Looks great! Thanks for sharing the before/after pics!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I have laminate flooring too, we did it ourselves though. It was quite easy, it just snaps together.