Urgent Please Read/respond!!!! Part 2

[BettorsChat]

Morning all, spent the weekend installing hardwood flooring, I'm in so much pain, It hurts to type. For any BC members that are in construction, and spend the day hunched over a floor, this is for YOU!

Might be a great day to "whip somebody's ass!" My wife thinks it looks so good, she wants to do more rooms!

Are you putting down engineered flooring or the real stuff? And did you have to tear out the top layer of flooring plus get the nails etc out from under the sheet rock?

[vols fan]

We put down laminate hardwood flooring in our living room and dinning room.Shit sucks going down but looks damn good when your done

[ToDaClub]

Are you putting down engineered flooring or the real stuff? And did you have to tear out the top layer of flooring plus get the nails etc out from under the sheet rock?

Put down the real stuff. 3/4 inch Brazilian Teak. (I didn't pick it, but the shit is hard as rock.) Yes I had to tear out the carpet then a 1/2 inch chip board sub floor (not strong enough to hold staples I guess) I was somewhat fortunate that the chip board was screwed in, so I didn't have the nail battle, but whoever did it, must have had an automatically loading screw gun, cause they went 7 across the 4 foot board. Then I put in a 3/4 inch tongue/groove plywood, then sound proofing stuff. Then the wood.

[ToDaClub]

PS. I'm canceling my cable, my wife is watching way too much HGTV!!!

PSS. Monte, I hope you don't have to pull sheetrock off your floor!!! (Just caught that)

[ToDaClub]

We put down laminate hardwood flooring in our living room and dinning room.Shit sucks going down but looks damn good when your done

Is that floating, glued, or nailed??

[vols fan]

Is that floating, glued, or nailed??

floating.First four rows were a bitch but once it was heavy enough to stop moving it went pretty smooth.Fireplace and doors were a bitch but it does look good

[BettorsChat]

Put down the real stuff. 3/4 inch Brazilian Teak. (I didn't pick it, but the shit is hard as rock.) Yes I had to tear out the carpet then a 1/2 inch chip board sub floor (not strong enough to hold staples I guess) I was somewhat fortunate that the chip board was screwed in, so I didn't have the nail battle, but whoever did it, must have had an automatically loading screw gun, cause they went 7 across the 4 foot board. Then I put in a 3/4 inch tongue/groove plywood, then sound proofing stuff. Then the wood.

Did it on my current house and it was a pain in the ass. I won't be putting hard wood down again as I'll have to hire it out. Put down 3/4 inch thick Santos Mahogany looks great, but a pain in the ass.

[BettorsChat]

floating.First four rows were a bitch but once it was heavy enough to stop moving it went pretty smooth.Fireplace and doors were a bitch but it does look good

That stuff wouldn't be bad putting down as its like about 7.5 inches wide by about 4 feet long on all pieces.

Did you use tape to hold the pieces together at the start? Be careful with water as it will ruin that stuff quickly.

[vols fan]

Be careful with water as it will ruin that stuff quickly.

Funny you say that.About 3 weeks after we put it down I had a pipe bust under the slab in my kitchen that did about $8,000
worth of damage to the kitchen,dinningroom and laundry room.The laminate in the dinning room was fucked up after that water got on it.We do have a moisture pad underneath it so maybe that will help with the kids spills.

[vols fan]

Funny you say that.About 3 weeks after we put it down I had a pipe bust under the slab in my kitchen that did about $8,000
worth of damage to the kitchen,dinningroom and laundry room.The laminate in the dinning room was fucked up after that water got on it.We do have a moisture pad underneath it so maybe that will help with the kids spills.

I don't know if any of you have ever been broke into but we have been living at my parents house for the last 3 weeks while all the repairs were being done to our house.Well we just started getting stuff back in and came home yesterday and someone had busted thru the front door and robbed us.Bastards must have been on feet cause the only place they did anything was master bedroom closet and master bathroom.The police said most of the time the robbers are just looking for cash,guns and jewelry.They got about $400 cash I had put up for vacation in a couple weeks and Dixie never wears her wedding rings when they take kids on field trips to the pool so them fuckers got that shit to.A major kick in the balls.

[vols fan]

I don't know if any of you have ever been broke into but we have been living at my parents house for the last 3 weeks while all the repairs were being done to our house.Well we just started getting stuff back in and came home yesterday and someone had busted thru the front door and robbed us.Bastards must have been on feet cause the only place they did anything was master bedroom closet and master bathroom.The police said most of the time the robbers are just looking for cash,guns and jewelry.They got about $400 cash I had put up for vacation in a couple weeks and Dixie never wears her wedding rings when they take kids on field trips to the pool so them fuckers got that shit to.A major kick in the balls.

By the way,security system people will be at the house at noon today.I felt safe out in the country but not no more.Fucking $20 a month ain't shit for peace of mind.

[Spark]

Sorry to hear this vols ... That really sucks

[vols fan]

Sorry to hear this vols ... That really sucks

Thanks Spark.It's a shitty feeling knowing someone was in your house going thru your shit while your away.

I might have to start a "Georgia the new wild wild west" thread if I ever get a hold of those bastards

[Spark]

Thanks Spark.It's a shitty feeling knowing someone was in your house going thru your shit while your away.

I might have to start a "Georgia the new wild wild west" thread if I ever get a hold of those bastards

I know how you feel ... I have been burglarized ... not my home but my business ... 3x's ... all 3x's watched the low-life's on camera breaking out the front window to get in and then sledgehammering the inventory room door ... Really makes you sick ... only once out of the 3x's they got anything ... and that was due to a faulty motion sensor on the alarm system ..

[griffey_mojo]

Sorry to hear that Vols...I can't imagine...