Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Laminate Flooring
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MGBROWN
03-31-05, 01:27 PM
I am planning on installing a laminate floor in my kitchen as part of a remodel. I am on board with how to trim around the existing cabinets, but around the walls I want to utilize the present moulding scheme I have now. It is a basic shaker style of 1X4 stained pine strips. It matches whats is around the windows. With the laminate, do I put the trim down first and leave the 1/4 gap off of that and use the appropriate 1/4 round or do I leave the 1/4 gap off the drywall and replace the trim on top of the floor with no quarter round?
Another question is I hope to extend the laminate into the foyer. Do I need to put a T-transition in the doorway between the kitchen and foyer or go straight thru? And how about where the laminate meets with the present Hardwood flooring what transition goes there?
Ideally I would like to go with hardwood all-thru the foyer and kitchen but thats not in the cards.
Thanks in advance.
Another question is I hope to extend the laminate into the foyer. Do I need to put a T-transition in the doorway between the kitchen and foyer or go straight thru? And how about where the laminate meets with the present Hardwood flooring what transition goes there?
Ideally I would like to go with hardwood all-thru the foyer and kitchen but thats not in the cards.
Thanks in advance.
Annette
04-01-05, 11:21 AM
one thought before you do this: by putting laminate (ie FAKE wood) right up against REAL wood, the laminate will look really really fake (ie cheap). laminate isn't too bad in a home by itself (i have it in my own kitchen & dining room and am very pleased), but every time i've seen it in a home that also had the real stuff, it looked really cheasy by comparison.
must you go with laminate or could you use maybe tile or vinyl?
must you go with laminate or could you use maybe tile or vinyl?
MGBROWN
04-03-05, 04:40 PM
The problem I run into is the thickness of the subfloor in the kitchen and my wife really wants to the look of wood in there. Would the engineered wood palnking be a better choice? If so which ones are the better product?
Annette
04-04-05, 11:01 AM
i just can't imagine you being able to find anything that would match, except maybe real wood - and then you'd have to refinish all of it together to get it all to match. and anything less than a perfect match will look like a remodel. you want it to look original and blend with the rest of the house, don't you? :confused: pro's?
there are a lot of tiles out there that have a really warm look to them, with colors mottled in tans & browns & golds, that would be the same sort of coloring as wood, but would work better with the wood you already have. and the tile would add value to your home, whereas the laminate won't.
sorry - i know your original question wasn't "should I?" but i felt compelled to put in my 2¢. it's your house, only you have to be happy with it.
there are a lot of tiles out there that have a really warm look to them, with colors mottled in tans & browns & golds, that would be the same sort of coloring as wood, but would work better with the wood you already have. and the tile would add value to your home, whereas the laminate won't.
sorry - i know your original question wasn't "should I?" but i felt compelled to put in my 2¢. it's your house, only you have to be happy with it.