[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Ok, I'll be the fly in the ointment here. I'm also not a fan of carpet but dislike laminate even more. Hold out and spend a few extra bucks for hardwood and perhaps tile for under the tank. I know it's a mobile as you mentioned and you won't be in it forever and you're on a budget etc.

problem with tile is no floor on a mobile is built up enough to prevent cracking over time. you need a deflection rating of 360 or higher. so now he has to add at least one layer of 3/4" toung and grouve plywood glued and screwed to the original flooring substrate and maybe another depending whats underneith. Hardwood is nice but for nice stuff your looking at 8bucks and up per sqft then you have to finnish it for a few hundred bucks to sand and varnish and the finnish you get will never be as hard as the surface of laminate so hard wood scratches way way easier. plus it has been mentioned befor that he has a moisture problem in his mobile.. installing hardwood is just asking for trouble in that case. so laminate or lyno are his best options for the practicality and price.

I would have used hardwood myself but it is not rated for below grade intalations, neither is enginered lumber so I went with laminat that was.

for upstairs I am looking for a good price on hand scraped plank which I am only going to use a oiled finnish. I have a dog so I don't want to be re-urathaining every year.. and I also want the old weathered barn floor look.

Steve