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April 6, 2009
IKEA Flooring
Hi all,
Has anyone had any experience using IKEA flooring? We are looking at the TUNDRA style.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60103019
Will we be getting what we pay for--cheap and undurable? Or will it last?
Thanks!
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I had similarly priced laminate plank flooring in the main traffic area of our old apartment. After four years of several hundred person parties and messy winters it still cleaned up to look almost new. As long as you don't get water under it it's really durable, just make sure you leave room for it to expand around the perimeter of the rooms. If you're going to do it yourself make sure to buy an extra chop saw blade that you plan to toss when you're done. It's super hard and dulls blades pretty quickly.
Posted by: bunkerlabs at April 6, 2009 9:20 PM
I am pretty frugal but I would beg, borrow or steal to get a real hardwood floor. My friends put it in their coop to save on costs and they regret it. It gets scratched up and once it gets dented you can't repair it. If you have hardwood at least you can sand and reseal the spot. It also added zero value to their apartment when they tried to sell. If you aren't going to move that may not matter. They always talk about how easy care it is, but how is a wood floor that much harder to care for if it is sealed? Also my parents have it in their home, they are elderly and super careful about caring for things. Even they managed to knick up the laminate. Laminates always come with 25 year warranties but what good are they? Who has actually tried to get their money back when their laminate gets scratched up?
Home Depot makes click together real wood floors, some are pre-stained and already to go if you want to do your own install.
Posted by: bqe1970 at April 6, 2009 9:21 PM
If you use with good care it should last for a long time. I put laminate floors for my tenants apartment to save the cost. They've took good care of the apartment and it's already 5yr after the renovation, the floor still looks new. The good part of it is it's waterproof, however you need to make sure your floor level is flat. I have seen others put it on unlevel floors and causes bubbles everywhere. Once the surface breaks, then its life pretty much ends. There's also a thicker one which called engineering floors, costs around $2.89-3/ft which you should also check it out. The result is much better than those laminate floors.
Posted by: luozh01 at April 7, 2009 8:28 AM
Im a big fan of most ikea things - but their flooring is complete crap. (Quality laminates cost just as much as hardwood.)
Posted by: Mrs. Limestone at April 7, 2009 10:34 AM
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