All Forum Posts by: Ryan R.

@Cuong Le rather than reply to your message I feel it more appropriate to post a response here.

That cost is only for the floor itself. For laminate, factor in additional cost of underlayment, they sell big blue rolls at HD that work well. For hardwood, factor in glue or nails.

I installed both floors myself so I can't give any insight as to labor costs. Although an old school way to determine labor is to use material costs. So $2 per sq/ft labor for laminate would probably be about right since it goes down pretty fast. $4 for hardwood since it is typically glued or nailed and takes longer.

Although I would never install either in a bathroom, I do have engineered hardwood in my kitchen. It has the occasional water or milk spilled on it from my 2 year old daughter, with no problems. As long as the installation is good (tight joints) and there aren't large spills that go unattended, it should be fine.

To your original point of tile floors: Tile is obviously the best choice for wear, but it is also the most labor intensive and less preferred than wood.

@Roy N. answer me this riddle. Which side of the wall is the warm side in Oklahoma?

I've installed both engineered hardwood and laminate.

Laminate has bad connotations because for years it was garbage. Laminate has come along way though. They still make the garbage stuff, but if you spend a little more you can buy a decent laminate.

If you purchase a quality underlayment and a decent laminate floor, most people will not know the difference.

The only benefit I see to the hardwood is that you can claim its real wood flooring...

Laminate is cheaper and it is typically harder (scratch resistant) than engineered wood.

Below are two of my houses that I personally installed the floor. One is laminate @ $1.99 sq/ft. The other is engineered hardwood @ $3.99 sq/ft. Can you tell which is which?

Thanks for the insight @Matt Devincenzo.

Interesting catch on the roof's thermal conduction. It's a new black asphalt shingle roof. Time will tell.

I will try. We are mostly past the heat for this year and I hope to have this sold well before next summer, so any evidence I come up with will be largely based on perception..

Just had about a 20 square roof replaced a few weeks ago. House has a steep pitch, 6/12 and 6 valleys or so, and a flat roof room. About $3,000 in materials and $2,000 in labor. They did the whole thing in 1 day, replaced some damaged roof decking (1x6) and some hardi fascia.

Yes, electrical is already run and in place.

The wire hanging is where a closet will be built.

This is supposed to be high-density foam. I haven't felt it yet so we'll see..

Another picture for the record.

@Pat L. @J Scott Yeah that's what I thought too. It probably helped that it was easy to access. They were able to spray it standing up. Originally he came in at $2 per square foot, but we were able to work him down to $1.50 once he saw the job.

I'm paying $1.50 per square foot for this job. As mentioned, the bedrooms are what used to be the attic, so the roof line makes up the walls. The heat trapped in this upstairs was incredible, even with a new ridge vent put in the roof; this helped push me to try the spray foam.

My Foreman sent me this picture a few minutes ago. FYI, rafters were dimensional 2x6's.