Laminate flooring

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).

Thanks.

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Richard Beri
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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.

-Bruce

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Randall Thomas

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

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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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. Here are the results thus far on brands... come vote those of you who are interested...

Alloc Flooring 1% [ 3 ] Armstrong Laminate Flooring 5% [ 9 ] Balterio Laminate Flooring 1% [ 3 ] BHK Laminate Flooring 1% [ 2 ] Columbia Flooring 0% [ 0 ] Harmonics Laminate Flooring (Costco) 15% [ 25 ] Loc Floor 4% [ 8 ] Mannington Floors 3% [ 6 ] Meyer Laminate Flooring 0% [ 0 ] Minfloor Laminate Flooring 0% [ 0 ] Pergo Flooring 7% [ 13 ] Quick Step Laminate Flooring 8% [ 14 ] Shaw Laminate Flooring 5% [ 9 ] ShawMark Laminate 0% [ 0 ] Sovereign Laminate 0% [ 0 ] TrafficMaster Laminate Flooring (Home Depot) 3% [ 6 ] Tundra Laminate Flooring (IKEA) 4% [ 8 ] Westhollow Laminate Flooring 0% [ 0 ] Wilsonart Flooring 4% [ 7 ] Witex Laminate Flooring 4% [ 7 ] Other (which one?) 9% [ 15 ] I'm not sure yet 6% [ 11 ] I don't know if I even want laminate flooring 11% [ 19 ]

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Tim

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".

David

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David

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.

-Bruce

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BruceR

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! :)

David

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