I'm planning on installing hardwood flooring in our living & dining rooms
this spring.
I looked at a few of the laments, but, not too thrilled with what you get
for the money,
with the exception on "ease of installation".
I found some 1/2" soft maple for $2.20 a sq.ft. (surfaced 2 sides)
Would this be a sensible choice?
I'd think 1/2" would be thick enough, I've seen hw flooring as thin as 3/8"
I've also heard it stains well, any comments?
Figured I might be able to do more of the finish work myself and spend the
savings
on tools to do the job...
ThankX
Ron
Where are you located?
Boden
Ron wrote:
> I'm planning on installing hardwood flooring in our living & dining rooms
> this spring.
>
> I looked at a few of the laments, but, not too thrilled with what you get
> for the money,
> with the exception on "ease of installation".
>
> I found some 1/2" soft maple for $2.20 a sq.ft. (surfaced 2 sides)
>
> Would this be a sensible choice?
> I'd think 1/2" would be thick enough, I've seen hw flooring as thin as 3/8"
>
> I've also heard it stains well, any comments?
>
> Figured I might be able to do more of the finish work myself and spend the
> savings
> on tools to do the job...
>
>
> ThankX
> Ron
>
>
Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm planning on installing hardwood flooring in our living & dining rooms
> this spring.
> I looked at a few of the laments, but, not too thrilled with what you get
> for the money,
> with the exception on "ease of installation".
> I found some 1/2" soft maple for $2.20 a sq.ft. (surfaced 2 sides)
> Would this be a sensible choice?
IMHO, no. Three years ago I got some really nice Muskoka 3 1/4"
prefinished, clear, hard maple flooring for $3.15/sqft using a 10% off
coupon at Home Depot. HD doesn't seem to carry this brand anymore, but
I'm sure a flooring store in your area will have something comparable.
Canadian sugar maple with a factory finish is going to be a lot
more durable than local soft maple with a DIY finish.
Pittsburgh
> Where are you located?
>
> Boden
>
> Ron wrote:
>
> > I'm planning on installing hardwood flooring in our living & dining
rooms
> > this spring.
> >
> > I looked at a few of the laments, but, not too thrilled with what you
get
> > for the money,
> > with the exception on "ease of installation".
> >
> > I found some 1/2" soft maple for $2.20 a sq.ft. (surfaced 2 sides)
> >
> > Would this be a sensible choice?
> > I'd think 1/2" would be thick enough, I've seen hw flooring as thin as
3/8"
> >
> > I've also heard it stains well, any comments?
> >
> > Figured I might be able to do more of the finish work myself and spend
the
> > savings
> > on tools to do the job...
> >
> >
> > ThankX
> > Ron
> >
> >
>