I was just wondering what is the best blade for cutting laminate flooring? I have about 40 cuts to make with my circular saw, I was hoping I wouldn't have to use more than one blade. I picked up a good quality 42 carbide tooth narrow blade would this be adequate and make a clean cut? (i.e no chipping?). I wasn't sure the riptide blade that came with my saw would be any good on laminate (20 tooth carbide).
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 23:12:57 -0600, Richard Beri wrote (in message ):
I had to cut about 1000+ sq feet of the stuff. I can't remember how many cuts but there were a lot. I used up two of the 40 tooth carbide blades sold by HF at $7.99 each.
IMHO, laminate flooring ranks right up there with peel and stick linoleum tiles. Looks just as cheap. Sorry to offend anyone...guess I'm just partial to the real deal. Jana
I don't know how recently you looked at laminate flooring but some of the more recent stuff actually looks quite good. I would agree with your statement maybe 3-4 years ago.
In other news, I'm doing a poll to kick off a new forum
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I absolutely agree. I recently checked out my neighbor's kitchen remodel and thought that they had a slate floor installed. Then she reiterated that it was laminate! I looked again and still had a hard distinguishing the laminate from the REAL tile in the adjacent room. Amazing stuff. I've got Wilson Art in my kitchen which I installed about 3-4 years ago; it still looks nice. Of course it doesn't have the identical look and feel to a professionally installed oak floor, but it looks good, is VERY durable and took much less time to install than a traditional floor.
Some very expensive new homes in the Bay Area are equipped with laminate floors, so apparently folks don't consider them "second rate".
I had little choice (3 years ago). I wanted wood but installation on a slab limited me to low-profile options. I used "Pickering" brand and it looks great. Has a much different sound than real wood but given my options (carpet or tile) this stuff was the right choice.
I ruined a REAL wood floor finish with my office chair. I refinished that floor and moved my pc and office equipment to another room with a REAL wood floor. Now THAT floor's finish has come off. If I was rolling around on a laminate floor, there wouldn't be a mark on it...
Morale of my little story is you've got some benefit from having a laminate floor! :)
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