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Oblio
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Sorry if you already did this. Can you post a picture of what you currently have selected? I am just curious what the color is you are looking for.
Never really found good deals at lumber liquidators, on par with lowes maybe. I would give whatever youre buying a thorough look through, they can have some weird names.
Crone
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Oblio
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This is pretty close to the look you are going for and is under $3, like I said earlier if you make a big purchase (I think 3k is the threshold) you can qualify for an additional discount. We bought our LVP with some tools, tile and a new washer/dryer, I think we basically got one or both the washer/dryer for free, I will have to check with the wife. I know we got a great deal. This prduct is thinner than your Laminate, but again it is waterproof.
Khane
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Strange that everyone has had bad experiences with Lumber Liquidators. That's where I got my EVP bathroom floor, and the EVP floor for a lot of my first floor apartment.
I got bargain bin pricing on both.
I got this for the first floor apartment for $1.39 per sq/ft
And I got this for my bathroom for $2.09 per sq/ft
I will say I got special "contractor" pricing since my buddy owns a contracting firm and the first link I did almost the entirety of my 1500 sq/ft first floor apartment with so I got another discount for quantity purchasing.
I got bargain bin pricing on both.
I got this for the first floor apartment for $1.39 per sq/ft
And I got this for my bathroom for $2.09 per sq/ft
I will say I got special "contractor" pricing since my buddy owns a contracting firm and the first link I did almost the entirety of my 1500 sq/ft first floor apartment with so I got another discount for quantity purchasing.
Vinen
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BrutulTM
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A few years back there was an expose about laminate flooring from China having excessive amounts of formaldehyde. This was a real issue but it has since been corrected. Also the early LVP flooring had phthalates in them which are endocrine disruptors linked to various health effects (although not cancer as far as I know). However, these are in tons of plastic shit that you touch every day and they have since been removed from most LVP flooring.
I'm guessing Vinen is referring to one of these things although it's highly unlikely that lumber liquidators gave anyone cancer.
I'm guessing Vinen is referring to one of these things although it's highly unlikely that lumber liquidators gave anyone cancer.
Vinen
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This is correct. I was too lazy to find an article.
My father-in-law got lung cancer a year after laying down some of these floors. Doubt it was related but the concidence was too close to home. (Note: He doesn't smoke, etc... but living through China's first boom in Shanghai probably exposed him to more shit than the idiots in this thread who scrape popcorn ceiling without a mask)
Lanx
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your FIL probably quit smoking, but he smoked in the past, everyone smoked in china smoked back then
Noble Savage
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Anyone have any experience with removing asbestos tiles? I am about to do a reno on my 1960's brick ranch and have asbestos tiles located in my kitchen, small patch in my bathroom and half of my basement. Gotten a couple of estimates and they are close to 10k. Is this something that I can do on my own with the proper equipment and precautions? Or is it a job I should leave to the professionals.
I already own a 650CFM 4 stage HEPA air scrubber and a p100 full face mask. So I feel like I might already have most of the PPE gear that I would need.
I already own a 650CFM 4 stage HEPA air scrubber and a p100 full face mask. So I feel like I might already have most of the PPE gear that I would need.
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Zapatta
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Encapsulate that shit and lay right over it, worse thing you can do is try and remove it. If you want it pulled pay someone and it will be an arm and a leg.
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Vinen
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Would make a big difference how they're attached... if you can get them up without much disturbance a person could do it safely in my opinion. Problem is telling someone over the internet you never know all the circumstances and competence.
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Lanx
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