Hi, What's the diff between the sound coming off of the pergo, (is that also a snap together?) and the tile? Or do you mean the sound of walking?
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, RJ wrote: > Dan, > > I get the same feeling and can't stand the noise coming off the Purgo > flooring. But every one to there own taste. I prefer porcelain tile, but > again that is me. > RJ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Rossi > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 14:16 > 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 > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
