10 Things To Think About Before Installing Hardwood Flooring
November 26, 2010 by Robert Mccormack
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10 Things To Think About Before Installing Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood floors can add beauty and warmth to any room in your home and can be a wise choice if you are remodeling or building an addition. Hardwood floors can last for decades so selecting the best hardwood floor for your particular needs is important. Here's some things to think about if you are considering installing hardwood floors in your home.
1. Type of hardwood flooring. Believe it or not, there are countless types of hardwood floors. The first thing to do is to choose amongst the various types.
2. Price. Not everything that is expensive is of the best quality. Most often than not, the price of flooring depends on the cost of materials from which it is made and how it was transported from the manufacturing plant to the present store. If the flooring is imported from another country, chances are it might cost a lot, but is not necessarily sturdier.
3. Maintenance. Various types of hardwood floors require different forms of cleaning to maintain the original look. Though the usual sweeping and waxing will do, specially formulated cleaning formulas are available depending on the type of flooring and different kinds of woods may have different cleaning restrictions and needs.
4. Repair. Not all wood floors lasts forever. Proper repair and maintenance of damaged floors can preserve the original grandeur, but you must be sure that the appropriate materials will be on hand years down the road.
5. Method of payment. If one is short in cash, look for stores that accept credit card payments. Since there are still some home depots that do not accept specific types of credit cards, it would be best to check first if ones credit card is acceptable from where one has decided to purchase. If the only place where ones preferred hardwood floors is available does not accept credit cards, it would be best to first save the needed cash since it would be unlikely that they would run out of stocks until such time that funds are accumulated.
6. Not all hardwood floorings are of the same color. Choose the shade that best suits the general motif or shade of the house and its furniture for a more coordinated look
7. Consider the rooms where the hardwood floor will be installed. Naturally, if one prefers their bathroom floor to be made of wood, this would entail a special type one since it is common knowledge that wood and water don't mix.
8. To purchase unfinished or pre-finished wood flooring. Hardwood floors can be bought in its unfinished (not subjected to any treatment) or pre-finished (has several coating of UV-cured polyurethane) state. Installation of pre-finished hardwood floors would result in lesser odors and dust, thus requiring little time for clean up.
9. Installation. Hardwood floors may be nailed down, glued or floating. If the current floors are covered with ceramic tiles or vinyl the floating form is the best. This also cuts the cleaning time since it would only be assembled on top of the old flooring Choose which best suits the type of under floor one has or the capability of the one doing the task.
10. Choosing between engineered and solid woods. Engineered ones are much easier to install since they can be glued or nailed down. Solid woods on the other hand cannot be subjected to sub-standard installations.
Whatever type of hardwood flooring one chooses, you are sure to end up with a handsome element for the room that is both functional and durable.
Lee Dobbins
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would these things affect an appraisal?
we purchased a foreclosure sept 30 2008. back then it appraised for 180K (i believe, we bought it for 160K so i know it was just a little more than that price).
since then we’ve ripped out all of the stained carpets and installed hardwood floors, we removed about 6 dead large trees from the yard, expanded the kitchen into a formally unusable space adding 9 cabinets, under cabinet lighting and about 80" of countertop space (its spread over 3 areas tho, not one large one), redid the kitchen of course with tile and new countertops, new applicanes adding a dishwasher, disposal and washer/dryer as well as a "slop sink", we’ve also fenched off the back yard, and got a completely new roof which included gutters (we didnt have them, or flashing before)…
we want to install a tankless water-heater which will allow us to expand one bathroom, and we want to expand a second bathroom as well (both would be getting slate tile, new vanities, new showers/tub and one would be getting a new toilet – the other was replaced about 2 months ago due to the fact the old one fell over while my husband was sitting on it!) but we kind of need some funds for those since they are going to need to be completely gutted but we’re thinking 10K would cover both bathrooms since we would do all the work ourselves (husband is very handy and an electrician). i mean the kitchen only cost about $5K total and that was with the appliances and new cabinets, we installed everything and did the tiling ourselves, heck my husband had to run new power for the disposal, washer/dryer, stove and he had to run water for the washer too
but would what we have done so far up the appraisal do you think? we wouldnt be doing anything until spring so its not like i’m going to run out and get it done soon, just asking
oh yeah we’ve also installed an attic fan, recessed lighting in the living room and pendent lighting in the dining area (formally only had floor lamps)
If your thinking of doing a home equity line of credit, it will all depend on your housing market. If the value of houses have dropped in your area, you could actually owe more then it’s worth and probably wouldn’t be able to get any line of credit from it.
This is only a problem in very small parts of the country.
You probably have developed enough equity that if you want to to take out a line of credit for $10k, you probably can.
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