We're getting new flooring, too
Posted By: mtroadie on 2008-07-10
In Reply to: Need opinion on hardwood floor vs linoleum - new flooring
Actually, we're building and we've decided to have our own flooring installed, rather than the builder's. We've owned a home for the past 15 years (3 houses) and I've changed flooring in all of them. We've had hardwood floors, ceramic tile, linoleum, carpeting and berber carpeting. My favorite is berber carpeting and ceramic tile.
First of all, we have 3 kids - so stains are a problem, as well as scratches on a hardwood floor. The house we're currently renting (till our new one is built) has hardwood floors and I hate them. There are dust bunnies everywhere! I guess you don't notice it as much with carpet. I sweep 2-3 times a day my entire downstairs. Also, my boys love to play with matchbox cars and I'm constantly telling them to take them outside because I don't want them scratching the hardwood floors (they're not even ours).
But some areas of the house require noncarpet flooring, and for those areas, I prefer ceramic tile. Linoleum can tear, especially if moving appliances to clean. Ceramic tile can get expensive, though, and our solution to this was the Durastone tile by Congoleum (I'm sure it comes in other brands). It's the best of both ceramic tile and lineolum. It comes in tiles and is very durable. We had it in our bathrooms and just loved it. Pricewise, it's right in the middle of linoleum and ceramic tile.
As for carpeting, I love, love, love Berber. We've had both dark solid-color carpet and light. The light shows every stain and the dark shows all the white lint/fuzzies, can't stand either. Because of the texture as well as the color shades, it's great for camoing stains and lint. Depending on the color you get (we'd always gotten tans with navy/hunter/burgundy in it), it will match through many furniture changes. Berber is great! Just make sure you get the better quality of padding to go under it, otherwise it'll feel like you're walking on concrete.
Okay, sorry 'bout all that. If you can't tell, I love to decorate. Hope all goes well with your new flooring. Let us know what you decide.
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We have ceramic tile in our kitchen. I love that it is easy to clean and always looks great, BUT if I am on my feet in the ktichen for long periods of time I have to wear tennis shoes and it still kills my back and legs. (I'm a young 49!!)
My brother had Pergo flooring and had a water leak while on vacation and it ruined the entire floor.
Just a little more info to help you make your choices. Good luck!!
Any ideas about flooring?
I am in the process of hopefully buying something besides the carpet I have in my home at the present time. I moved here in 2004 and the people before me had put in an extremely light beige carpet throughout the great room and dining room. Here is the problem. I have an older cat who throws up maybe 3-4 times a week. You guessed it, she throws up on the carpet. I want to get something else but wondering what kind of flooring to get. I have slate at the entrance and have put tile throughout my kitchen and hallway. I am not too interested in wood. I could again put tile throughout (not worried about the cold to the feet, by the way as always wear my "berkies," but not 100% sure that is what I want to do. I am open to any and all suggestions regarding any type of flooring because I definitely am looking for a solution to the light-colored carpet and the constant cleaning.
Flooring ideas
What about the pebble-tec (unsure if that is what it's called), multicolored to match existing decor, many variables on colors, really easy to maintain, adds richness to interior? The process involves heating epoxy glue and selected colored pebbles (tiny) in a concrete type mixing barrel and then pouring it in the designated areas where it is hand-trowled smooth and level. With this you get custom color blends of variegated pebbles and if ever you want a change just use area rugs. Just a thought....we're planning on doing this later this year in our entry way and bathroom floors. Good luck!
Flooring ideas
Ok, need some help with some flooring ideas. I have tile through my kitchen, hallway and want some ideas on what to do with my living room/dining room combo which is carpeted at the moment. I have a really nice home so my hubby is saying does not want to junk it up. I was thinking perhaps about rather than real wood, the laminate flooring but he is sorta digging in his heels and does not think that would be satisfactory for us. I am thinking cost-wise because I am tired of paying those $$$$ for everything. Does anyone else have this type of flooring and if so, tell me how you like it, the procs and cons, ok? I have several really big 8x12 rugs that I would use both for part of the flooring for both rooms (I just have those over the carpet at the present time). Give me some hints! Thanks.
Try laminate flooring sm
We installed the wood laminate right over our existing floor from the kitchen all down the hallway. It looks great, is easy to clean and puts up with lots of wear and tear. My husband installed it by himself in a day - the pieces just click together. Some of the brands out there look cheap, so you have to be careful, but ours looks like the real thing. Good luck!
I called for my 3 furkids as having some flooring put in
and even said 2 could "room" together and was told $308.00 for the week. I thought about it and we have a garage, parked the vehicle out and used that and so glad I did, love them so much and I don’t know if the animal clinic gives visitation several times a day.
Pergo-type flooring
I'm thinking of installing wood laminate (Pergo or something similar) flooring in my house. I have 2 dogs. One is a puppy and still has issues with housebreaking. Does anyone here know whether or not the grooves are self-sealing with the laminate flooring, or would I have to worry about urine seeping into the grooves if he went on the floor? I don't mind waiting until he's older to put it down, but if I can be assured that the urine won't get underneath the flooring and smell forever then I'd love to do it sooner!
Thanks!
Sandi
Question re wood laminate flooring
We have wood laminate flooring in our study, which we love. However, we are going to put a room-sized rug in there because my beloved dog, Fox, a 10-year-old Pomeranian, not only has problems with patellar luxation (with four surgeries on his back legs in his first 3-4 years) but now has chronic dislocation of his right shoulder. So you can imagine how much trouble he has trying to stand up on the slippery wood laminate floor. We have tried putting down runners all the way across the floor, plus he has a bed and a blanket down there, too. But it is much cooler lying on the floor, so that's where he stays. He is in here with me all day as I work, but every time I get up, he gets up, scrambling like crazy to get his balance and get his legs firmly under him.
So....to my question. This is a fairly nice rug we are buying, but it says it has a polypropylene backing. Should I get some kind of pad to go between the rug and the laminate floor? I have included a link below, I don't know if that will give you any more information. But I don't want to damage the laminate - the backing on one of the original runners I bought (cheap, from Wal-Mart) stuck to the floor. It didn't damage it, but it was a very small area and I found it fairly quickly. This rug is going to be on the floor long-term.
Thanks in advance for any info! 
Ck out the flooring stores/depts. Laminate made to look like all kinds of exotic woods, stone,
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You're not 'low-class', you're FUNNY, & a good writer!
Which is often the case then someone is the first to cast stones!
You're surprised? I'm not. They're not going to stop voting....
as was mentioned in a prior post. Imagine if they succeed? They just may.
At least you wait until they're cooked! LOL...we're raw dough
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Sounds like you're doing great! We're also making out...sm
daughter pay for gas and insurance when she starts driving. She hasn't started driving yet because she doesn't want to get a job to pay for that privilege. That's her choice. We're also making her pay 1/2 of the fees for the state required driver's education course.
Things you're afraid of vs. things you're not
I didn't used to be afraid of spiders, but I seem to have developed a fear of those little beasties. I also can't stand boats, water deeper than my hot tub and bridges. I'm also fairly convinced that UFOs, if not aliens (well, isn't anything driving those things?) are real, so that kinda scares me, yet it is strangely fascinating. I'm also afraid of El Chupacabra, though I'm very certain that's not real. It's one of those "hahahahaha" fears.
Things other people fear that I do not include snakes (awwww, they so cute! they look like they're smiling!), rats, gangbangers (except Mara Salvatrucha, move them up to my "scary" list), poverty, death, traveling at high rates of speed with almost anyone sober, bats (CUTE!!!!!), homeless people, Sasquatch, most of my male friends, bears, mountain lions.
Fear is such an odd thing, don't you think? So much of it is relative to our own experiences in life, yet at the same time some of them are downright irrational.
So, how 'bout you? What will send you running screaming in the other direction, and what things can you take care of when someone else goes running screaming in the other direction?
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I see what you're saying...but
heaven forbid, they break up and one of them dies, wouldn't you want the same thing. If she were to die, wouldn't she want her husband to have the same choice she is wanting??? I guess I'm just concerned with pushing this on the husband and he doesn't want to do it. I hope it all works out though. This is a hard decision to make.
You're welcome!
I hope you can come up with something, I've "been there and done that".
Should be you're not, not your not
and actually in the minority as I do work a full 8 hour day, no chasing after kids, walking the dogs, doing housework so you got it exactly right, in the minority as opposed to a lot I read about on here.
Aww, sorry you're going through that...sm
My husband can get into moods also, but I honestly won't allow him to talk to me like that. In every relationship I've ever been in, I wouldn't allow it. In the beginning when I was pregnant with our second child, I wrote him a long letter telling him I needed more help and would not accept anything less. I was so stressed out with working at home and taking care of a 2-year-old and being pregnant. That was it! Ever since then, I swear he does more than me! If he talks to me in a certain way, I demand an apology and I get it, not always right then, but a little later. He knows I won't take it. We've been together for 15 years now, and that is a big thing in keeping us strong. He doesn't take my crap, either:-) He's still my best friend so it's worth it to make it work. Stand up to him and make him respect you! I say that with much care.
Because you're mom, LOL.
Moms just know these things.
We're all in this together ...
I think. It's always reassuring for me to know that other people are dealing with the same stuff I am.
She was furious when she found out I had gone through her purse, but too bad. You live in my house, you live by my rules, sweetheart.
Another thing that gets me is where she was getting the stinkin' things anyway. She works in a restaurant where her coworkers smoke but I hope they would know better to get them for a minor. As far as I know, she hasn't started up again.
you're welcome--sm
a lot of physicians are almost insistent on someone taking the synthroid, and it makes me wonder how much stock they have purchased with the manufacturer. They always try to say we don't need the T3 that is included in the Armour, but I know I feel a whole lot better with taking it. I didn't even know I had a thyroid problem until I went to a doc with flu like symptoms and wanting to sleep 14 hours a day. I saw a doc from India in an urgent care clinic, who I had never seen before. I was hardly in the door yet and he said *how long have you had that goiter?* I was stunned. I had seen so many doc's in between and none of them ever picked up on this. I was on synthroid for five years, and never really felt much difference. I read up on thyroid problems from all sorts of web sites and decided to try the armour. Unfortunately my doc at that time would not prescribe it for me. HE did not believe it in. *hmmmm*. I had to go to an endocrinologist, as well, and still had to BEG to try it. He reluctantly gave it to me and it took a while to get it up to the level that would even out my TSH levels, but I am now at 120 mg and seem to be holding. I do feel better, but as I said earlier, I still battle with weight loss/gain. but every body is different. stick to your guns, get what you want, and check back in three months or so and let me know how you are feeling/doing. email me if you wish.
If that's what they're doing ...
it's fine with me. I thought it was interesting, but different that we suddenly focused on 2 characters I didn't remember. But there they were in scenes from the past that I did remember, LOL.
No, we're not out there saying come on
But by nature cats do roam. We have a big field in our back yard and he only goes out early in the morning and goes through the brush. He comes up on them when they fly up and he will jump straight up after them. I have gotten many away from him simply because the first thing he does is bring them to the back door, but when he meows to be let in, they fly away. My husband and I certainly aren't thrilled about it, especially during the springtime, but cats do go after birds and the big old hawks flying around our house could easily scoop up our tiny little female kitty, and I suppose that would make it even?
You're right
Trying to leave while he is there, especially in the middle of an argument, is a gesture, not a serious attempt at leaving. All it does is make him angry and more vigilant.
And you're right that even the best organization can't guarantee complete safety. But they can offer shelter, advice, compassion, and some safety. It's better than trying to do it on your own.
I'm sorry if you have been in this situation before. No one should have to go through that. But unfortunately, many, many women do, every day.
Maybe you're right about his
tummy hurting. You can give dogs Pepcid; ask if you can give something like that to your cat to try.
Are you aware of any weird low-cal foods your cats like? Like cooked vegetables? If so, maybe that would help. Or offer grass to chew in the house.
I'd go to one of those holistic places and see if they have suggestions. They might even have aromatherapy for cats, HA!
I agree it's hard to correct a cat's bratty behavior. Next time consider a dog, LOL.
Tell us what they're about, or if there's another
author you could compare them too. Are they romances, mysteries, stories about moms or what?
you're welcome............sm
there's a lot to them to explain and I will supply one of 1000s of links...but to me it's like a person is damned if they do, damned if they don't living with one of these types....
here's the link :)
http://www.ptypes.com/passive-aggpd.html
You're not alone in this
Hi,
I found out yesterday that my 15 year old kitty Dimas has bone cancer in the jaw. Last week the vet determined he had cancer according to the blood tests but couldn't find a tumor. Then over the past 5 days he developed a huge bony tumor on his jaw. He might only have a few days left and I have to decide when to put him down. I'm convinced that he will let me know when he's ready. Meanwhile, I'm a mess and am so terribly sad to be losing my buddy. Please know that I feel your pain and my prayers are with you and your kitty.
Lisa
You're not alone in this
Hi,
I found out yesterday that my 15 year old kitty Dimas has bone cancer in the jaw. Last week the vet determined he had cancer according to the blood tests but couldn't find a tumor. Then over the past 5 days he developed a huge bony tumor on his jaw. He might only have a few days left and I have to decide when to put him down. I'm convinced that he will let me know when he's ready. Meanwhile, I'm a mess and am so terribly sad to be losing my buddy. Please know that I feel your pain and my prayers are with you and your kitty.
Lisa
You're so not alone on this one!
I've been going through some extreme stress of late...I actually asked for a "mental health day" yesterday and was refused...and I don't ask for nuthin' unless I really need something. I was going to take that time to go for a hike in the woods--that always clears my head and relaxes me.
But right now I'm waiting on a delivery of firewood soon...I find that taking an hour or so to stack it or chop it works for me, but that's just because I'm a psycho. ;-)
I hope you find some relief soon--I totally know where you're coming from!
Can't really help, but you're not alone!
Unfortunately with mine I pretty much always ended up in the hospital on IV medication after days of vomiting. I got them every month with my cycle, so eventually the doctor put me on the Depo shot so I wouldn't have my cycle and that pretty much stopped the headaches. However, I just stopped taking the shot for other medical reasons and I definitely fear those headaches! I'm so sorry you have to deal with them!
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Neither of my parents was alcoholic but our family was MAJORLY dysfunctional. So I can definitely relate. And I have a son who is 20 years old. Seems just yesterday he was in middle school....sigh.
OMG, I think you're right
Just call me stupid. LOL. I looked up GE Owens Illinois, and I think that did pop up, but I thought he said "in" and not "and". Thank you so much.
you're welcome *S*
For the entire month of Ramadan, the folks of the Muslim/Islamic faith fast all day (but go to work and all the stuff they normally do but cannot ingest anything during daylight hours) and then eat/party all night....
Maybe not what you're looking for, but
I just went upstairs for more coffee and one of my cats was playing soccer with a dead cricket on the kitchen floor. He seemed quite content , but I still had to throw it away.
I wish my cats were more sociable. My young male, Tripp, will come downstairs a couple of times a day, sniff everything and go back upstairs. I hardly see my female, Lucky, at all during the day. Not that I want them knocking stuff off my desk while I'm trying to work, but there must be a happy medium somewhere.
Ya know you're right....
time with your kids is the best thing no matter what you eat!
I think you're right
Hopefully the school will do something, or else the ex will decide to homeschool if he's really fanatic about this. I do plan on calling the school on Monday and see if they will discuss this with me.
You're welcome! (nm)
"nm" means no message...but since you are here,
What kind of makeup do ghosts wear?
Mas-SCARE-a
I've been working too long.
Cause you're there and cause they can!
I know exactly what you're going through!
I think I was in as much pain if not more when my child's heart was broken. I think it is very sweet your son is sharing this with you and all you can really do is offer comfort and understanding. Lots of kind words such as "this will get better" and "if it's meant to be, it will be". Obviously the situation you describe has gone on since the beginning of time (well ok not quite) but it is very common when one goes off to college. So sorry you both are going through this :(
You're right (sm)
You're right and I do tell them how lucky they are and tell them she loves them and remind them that she won't be around forever. I am thankful for her...not trying to get rid of her...just trying to decide whether to force my kids to spend the night or not.
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You're not alone....
I started at 6 a.m. and working until 2:00 or so. Already had 1 depressing procedure note. Hate those anytime, but especially so close to Christmas.
Have a good day!
you're not
nm
Always know that we're there for you...
I know it's not the same, but...
Anyway, Mom just figures she has done the best she can and has no regrets. She has folks around who love and support her, but it still hurts when she's shunned by sis. She stands her ground and won't let sis walk over her, but keeps the door open, hoping that one day, she'll walk through it just for companionship. It would be great for at least one of you to have that happen - my mom, you, or jlynn.
But trust me, if you took your daughter to her grandparents', she KNOWS the younger generation does most of the traveling, and I believe still do. Some of the younger generation just have scheduled themselves out of the ballpark these days (this lesson, that league, golfing, etc), and have forgotten to build in time for family, trying to squeeze the important stuff in between the "keeping up with the Jones'" activities or for the older generation to jump at any invitation to "come watch" instead of "let's spend time together". I'm not as young as most folks with kids the age of mine, but kids are big money these days, and parents are buying into it, making sure the kids have violin lessons they really don't want or need instead of time with grandparents, unstructured with friends, or even some necessary time to themselves.
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REALLY, it was my pleasure.
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Hot isn't he? I miss it now that N/T isn't on.
And you're okay with that?
Just my opinion, but I don't want the government, which can't seem to do anything right anyway and has changed guidelines on just about every recommendation it has ever made in history, to start essentially rationing out my food intake, etc. I don't want the government insisting that I should be drinking 2 cups of coffee a day, one glass of red wine, and 2 pounds of pinto beans a week, all in the name of making me healthy. I don't want forced exercise, giving birth between the ages of 19 and 26, or marrying all in the name of being healthy. Encouraging them to tax the things that they disapprove of is a slippery slope to: A) Furthering the chasm between the haves/have-nots as fewer average people can afford it; B) Encourages the feds to regulate our lives even more than they do already.
You're right - AI
They got saved for doing a bad job last night. My daughter just reminded me that no one goes home tonight. I agree with you about Kristy Lee Cook. She was in the bottom three three times and I really thought she should be gone already.
OK, while we're at it
Anyone who plays a sport (voluntary choice, avoidable risk), anyone who rides a motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile, jet ski, or boat (voluntary choice, avoidable risk), anyone who drives more than 10 miles to work (the more often/longer you spend on the road, the higher the risk), etc. Let's also include those that work out for their health, but might work out too much and injure themselves. Let's also include the couch potatos that don't take any risk, because not taking a risk also endangers your health in the long run. If we try hard enough we can include everybody, because sooner or later, everybody will get caught taking an avoidable risk.
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