New Floors - Laminate

Over the past couple of months, we have gotten almost all new flooring in our home. The only thing that is left is the tile in the kitchen and bathrooms.

In October, Ryan and I went on a weekend trip to Dartmouth to see his little brother, Eric. We returned late on Sunday night and found that there was water dripping from our living room ceiling. The water was dripping on our dark red couches which in turn faded on our white carpet. We did some investigating in the attic and found that it was the AC leaking. Ryan called their AC company to come out and inspect the unit. He found that drain had clogged (normal) but that the backed up water missed the secondary drain (not normal). This was because the unit had been installed some 7-8 inches out of level so the water was draining the lowest point... the corner right over our living room.

After several months of conversation with the builder (Lennar) and our insurance company, some mediocre work by the builder and then a decision by the builder that it was OUR fault, we finally turned the whole thing over to the insurance company because we needed to have everything fixed. The dealings with the builder are just too much for me to re-hash so I'll leave it at that.

With Ryan's "hookups" in the building industry, we found that we could fix the ceiling and replace our old carpet with some top of the line laminate for not much more than the amount of the insurance estimate. It was just too good to pass up. After 3 months of a red stain on the carpet we have nice, dark laminate floors in our living room, dining room and hallway.

Dining Room Before

Dining Room after

Entry Before
(Ryan had already torn out the closet piece)

Entry After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

The only down side so far is that Admiral is a white dog and this floor is dark. I never knew how nasty our white carpet must have been. I am sweeping almost daily.