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OK so I am planning on changing out my flooring. I have been complaining about it for years, and it's time I pull the trigger.
When I built my house, my builder put in builder grade carpet, and it's absolute ****. I want to change it out.
For this I need some advice.
I am going to do the downstairs only, for now. The bonus room is upstairs, away from the rest of the house, so it won't look separated and disjointed if we have two different kinds of flooring (which bugs me).
I am estimating about 1,900 sf downstairs.
I love carpet, but have a fat English bulldog. She's housebroken, but the oil from the pads on her feet cause the carpet to smell. I love carpet but I want something that will look cleaner.
I am not a tile person. I have ceramic tile in my wet rooms, but that's it. I hate the square tiles all over the house. Would rather stick with my crappy carpet.
I can't afford hardwood right now. I would love it, and prefer it, but it's so pricey.
I don't want laminate. I may sell the house in the next year or two, and I want a good ROI.
So I have been looking at the wood-look ceramic tile. It looks like hardwood, but has the durability of tile. But if you put in wood-look tile, can you bump it up against each other, or do you have to grout it? I don't want to grout it, because the whole purpose of getting it is so it will look like wood, and not tile.
Anybody here that is knowledgeable in this area?
Also, any realtors who can tell me what the best ROI is for flooring? I live in coastal Georgia, and lots of people have tile because of the sand, but I hate square tile.
When I built my house, my builder put in builder grade carpet, and it's absolute ****. I want to change it out.
For this I need some advice.
I am going to do the downstairs only, for now. The bonus room is upstairs, away from the rest of the house, so it won't look separated and disjointed if we have two different kinds of flooring (which bugs me).
I am estimating about 1,900 sf downstairs.
I love carpet, but have a fat English bulldog. She's housebroken, but the oil from the pads on her feet cause the carpet to smell. I love carpet but I want something that will look cleaner.
I am not a tile person. I have ceramic tile in my wet rooms, but that's it. I hate the square tiles all over the house. Would rather stick with my crappy carpet.
I can't afford hardwood right now. I would love it, and prefer it, but it's so pricey.
I don't want laminate. I may sell the house in the next year or two, and I want a good ROI.
So I have been looking at the wood-look ceramic tile. It looks like hardwood, but has the durability of tile. But if you put in wood-look tile, can you bump it up against each other, or do you have to grout it? I don't want to grout it, because the whole purpose of getting it is so it will look like wood, and not tile.
Anybody here that is knowledgeable in this area?
Also, any realtors who can tell me what the best ROI is for flooring? I live in coastal Georgia, and lots of people have tile because of the sand, but I hate square tile.