A floor that makes that crunching crackling sound is one that was put in without a pad. We used laminate with a pad in Sue's teddybear cottage and it is as quiet as, well, a sleeping teddybear.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 1:16 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] snap together flooring > So, this is nothing more than a personal bias so take it with a truckload > of salt. Snap together, or laminate flooring has a lot of advantages, but > I hate them. Personally, the one's I have walked on sound like you are > walking on hollow plastic. I'm sure others have had different > experiences, > that is just my experience. Whenever I have walked on one of these > floors, I just picture a plastic looking simulated wood grain in my head. > I know that they look better than that, but that is the image I get > because of the sound they make. > > I think the engineered floors are second to actual hardwood. Since they > are partly real hardwood on top of a plywood substrate, they feel and > sound more like hardwood than does a laminate. > > If this is any indication, a sighted neighbor of mine recently ripped out > their laminate and put in hardwood because after three years, they said > the > laminate looked like crap. They said that you get what you pay for. They > put in cheap laminate because they thought it looked as good as real wood, > but because it was cheap laminate it just didn't hold up. They considered > a more expensive laminate but decided that real hardwood was not that much > more expensive than a high end laminate. > > I'm not knocking anyone's choice to use it, just thought I would give > folks the other side of the coin if they are thinking about installing a > laminate floor. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > ------------------------------------ > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.6/1360 - Release Date: 4/4/2008 > 6:02 PM > >
