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dita531 Posted: Oct 14, 2005 02:56 PM

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2003wedding. Posted: Oct 15, 2005 10:09 AM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

you cannot refinish laminate

Sasha96 Posted: Oct 17, 2005 07:42 AM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

I've had both and prefer the hardwood. Laminate won't scratch and is very durable overall. The wood is softer sounding to walk on (not as loud or hollow sounding even with the thicker padding), can be refinished, and is a natural material. Laminate is basically a formica. They have the laminate with a thin wood layer on top. My mother has it and hates it b/c it shows every ding.

februarybride Posted: Oct 17, 2005 11:31 PM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

I'm not a big fan of laminate. We have it in our townhouse now and it's starting to come up and has chipped in certain spots. I think if it's a low traffic area then it is probably okay but we have it in the entry and kitchen and it's just not durable.

DjPiLL Posted: Oct 19, 2005 11:09 AM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

I have a laminite style floor in a high traffic area in my apartment. Havent had a single scratch or chip.

Snowboardgirl Posted: Oct 19, 2005 03:06 PM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

go with hardwood. Laminate looks fake, in my opion. Wood is also better if you ever sell your home.

hsacks23r Posted: Oct 19, 2005 03:55 PM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

we have wood flooring it was in squares I dont recall what it was called but FH did the dinning room and kitchen-0- I will show you pics when I get home if you would like

we just got our house in 8/2005 :):)

hsacks23r Posted: Oct 19, 2005 03:55 PM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

Parkay (??)flooring is what we have

skew Posted: Oct 19, 2005 06:35 PM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

Posted by Snowboardgirl

go with hardwood. Laminate looks fake, in my opion. Wood is also better if you ever sell your home.

i agree 100%

Blu-ize Posted: Oct 20, 2005 09:19 AM

Re: Hardwood Floors or Laminate

I have the Quick Step Brand of Laminate in my living room. It's a light maple color and looks very good. Not saying it looks exactly like wood, but the cost of putting a hardwood floor in that room would have been about 40% more. The laminate is very easy to take care of (low maintenance)

I have hardwood in some other rooms and ceramic tile too. Now tile is very low maintenance. We are going to take our stairs and hardwood them for asthetic and feline purposes (if you get my drift). Just say no to carpets if you have cats!