i'm busy putting in about 500 square feet of home depot "easiest?" (not), so they say, flooring. the trailer park price justifies doing it yourself. the appearance is definitely upscale middle class new jersey schlock that your fancy intellectual, gourmet neighbor would love..
SKIP THIS - ITS THE REALLY BORING PART:
i've put in tiles, and sheeting before but this is tough. it comes in 3' x 1' strips with gluey, sticky strips on the ends. the major problem is keeping the waste to a minimum, (for the first 300 square feet its less than 3%) especially when doing doorways, corners, and edges. the stuff sticks to you. the tarbaby problem comes to mind. it.is difficult to cut compared to one square foot square tile and the odd size with glued extensions make it difficult to measure. lots of room for errors. removal and refurbishing or replacing of moulding is necessary.
while loading they dented the trunk lid by forcing it shut. after a litlle grief the problem was resolved by someone hitting the other side to push it out. home depot repaid the tip i gave him but this was after getting an estimate from an autobody place for about $400. it now looks good.
yes i understand that guys carrying building materials around all day at home depot are really strong.
SEE, I TOLD YOU TO SKIP IT.
p.s. i would do the same thing again because being retired, i need the work. its pretty good exercise for a 150 year old man, and there's no sense spending my children's inheritance on contractors.
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