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Thinking about flooring.

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  • brendaB brenda

    @Jolly said in Thinking about flooring.:

    @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

    @George-K The management being Mrs. K? Yeah, if I were you I would pass on Jolly's advice on dealing with management.

    Really, I think it would be alright to have the wood. Matching can be done. We matched the color of maple flooring for our new kitchen with salvaged maple flooring from a community center in northern Minnesoooota.

    I thought he meant management of the condo. I didn't know he meant the Big Boss. I shall now silently slink away...

    LOL, Jolly! I see you're experienced at dealing with the management.

    It could be condo management, but since they own their condo, I suspect the management is a lovely redhead.

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    @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

    I suspect the management is a lovely redhead.

    Yup.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      We women know how these things are meant to work.

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

        @George-K The management being Mrs. K? Yeah, if I were you I would pass on Jolly's advice on dealing with management.

        Really, I think it would be alright to have the wood. Matching can be done. We matched the color of maple flooring for our new kitchen with salvaged maple flooring from a community center in northern Minnesoooota.

        I thought he meant management of the condo. I didn't know he meant the Big Boss. I shall now silently slink away...

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        @Jolly said in Thinking about flooring.:

        @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

        @George-K The management being Mrs. K? Yeah, if I were you I would pass on Jolly's advice on dealing with management.

        Really, I think it would be alright to have the wood. Matching can be done. We matched the color of maple flooring for our new kitchen with salvaged maple flooring from a community center in northern Minnesoooota.

        I thought he meant management of the condo. I didn't know he meant the Big Boss. I shall now silently slink away...

        I wondered about that. Seemed out of character.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • MikM Mik

          @Jolly said in Thinking about flooring.:

          @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

          @George-K The management being Mrs. K? Yeah, if I were you I would pass on Jolly's advice on dealing with management.

          Really, I think it would be alright to have the wood. Matching can be done. We matched the color of maple flooring for our new kitchen with salvaged maple flooring from a community center in northern Minnesoooota.

          I thought he meant management of the condo. I didn't know he meant the Big Boss. I shall now silently slink away...

          I wondered about that. Seemed out of character.

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          @Mik said in Thinking about flooring.:

          @Jolly said in Thinking about flooring.:

          @brenda said in Thinking about flooring.:

          @George-K The management being Mrs. K? Yeah, if I were you I would pass on Jolly's advice on dealing with management.

          Really, I think it would be alright to have the wood. Matching can be done. We matched the color of maple flooring for our new kitchen with salvaged maple flooring from a community center in northern Minnesoooota.

          I thought he meant management of the condo. I didn't know he meant the Big Boss. I shall now silently slink away...

          I wondered about that. Seemed out of character.

          Some of us never wondered. 😄

          I wonder why?

          Nah, I don't wonder about that either.
          😄😄😄

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            I bet you were that insufferable little miss-know-it-all girl in elementary school, weren't you? 😆

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              I bet you were that insufferable little miss-know-it-all girl in elementary school, weren't you? 😆

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              @Mik
              Gosh, much of my first grade year was spent gazing out the window. I don't know if I was bored or just lacked focus, maybe both.

              Thank goodness my teacher didn't give me hell for it, Instead, she would walk by and just touch my shoulder to get me to bring my mind back to the classroom . Life at home was bad, and I had a habit of tuning out like that. She had the patience to make a real difference for me, and I have often wondered what would have happened to me without her.

              It was also good for me that I had her for both first and second grades. This was a small school, and each classroom was for two grades. Having her for two years got me off to a good start academically.

              Several times, I have tried to find her to thank her. Her last name was Williams, which is just common enough to be difficult to track.

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                brenda
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                Get the wood flooring, George. It can be matched. It will look nice to have it flow with the rest of the room.

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                  Just now seeing this thread... regarding oak flooring looking good for a week... I've got hardwood all over my house, and there's not a scratch on it anywhere. It looks as good today as it did when I built the place 30 plus years ago. I also have marble in a few places. Not so much as a crack in the grout. It looks just like it did the day it was put down.

                  My guess is your tile was put down without a separation layer between the tile and the subfloor. Wood expands and contracts, and eventually any tile will fail if there's not a separation layer put down first. It's one of those things that some builders will cheat on if they can. I would get a good tile man in and put down new marble, but go back with 24X24 inch tiles.

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                    Link to video

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                      #33

                      Yeah, Larry, that was my guess too - tile on plywood or chipboard.

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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