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19 years ago
when will laminate flooring go away?
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Thats another great trendy idea,lets rip up all those nasty carpets, they are too comfortable/warm/quiet and get back to those old draughty floorboards with the wind whistling through,the timber is not by any means joinery quality, it was never intended to be, but wait Carol Smilie says we can hire a sander for a day and then varnish it. Sows ear? Pay the £1700 and get a proper parquet floor.
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19 years ago
I question the logic of posting upside down and not trimming, but to answer your other point, the phone only rings when you are in the bath.
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19 years ago
Some friends (one an architect) have just gone for Marmoleum in their kitchen and dining room. Quite splendid it looks and feels too.
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19 years ago
We did the same when we sanded and varnished the dining room floor. Threw out about 3,000 books (no, really), boxes of toys left over from our children and kept for the grandchildren, all sorts of fabric and yarns, machinery and goodness knows what else. It was a delight for well over a month.
That was about five years ago.
The clutter is back, it's just different ...
Mary
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19 years ago
They just need lifting you know, not ripping ... have you ever tried ripping a carpet???
It might whistle through yours boards but it doesn't do ours :-) We have no draughts. We don't stamp around. It's very warm - wood is a great insulator you know ...
It IS joinery quality. Do you mean cabinet?
It was intended to give a surface to walk on. That's what we do with our floors ...
Who?
I'm lost. Varnish a sander?
Er - then lay a carpet over it to stop the draughts, noise and discomfort? Parquet is wood ... I sense confusion in your arguments.
Mary
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No, I didnt think you would have any draughts.
No, its not, look at the holes, shakes, knots. Its second grade stuff to use for t & g floor boarding.
I mean a proper parquet floor laid over the boards, not the 'kits'in B & Q .
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Some do. The ones we tok up didn't. The fitted originals had rings fitted held by nails at the edges of the room. Easily lifted. The others weren't fitted.
So why do you assume that others have?
I'm beginning to understand why you think the way you do. You certainly seem to live in a substandard house ...
They were punched down before sanding.
We certainly think for ourselves and only take advice from those we respect.
Your words.
Again, I bow to your greater experience. I had no idea that there were kits nor that such kits were in B&Q. You do lead an exciting life!
Mary
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The fitted originals had rings fitted held by nails at the edges of the room. Easily lifted
No, thats called a groundsheet. You should have said that you lived in a tent!
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You don't know much about tents either
Over and out.