With help received from Mark Brown and Commercial Floor Rep, most of my underlayment questions have been answered, so now it's time to think about replacement flooring --- the planning phase.
My son is pushing me towards installing a 20+ mill LVP floating floor in my 2 small bathrooms, a vanity area and my laundry room (all are on the second floor). He installed $7000 of the stuff in his house and loves it! Being the guy that flipped the bill for the goods, I ask him often. LOL Anyway, I also asked the carpenter who installed subfloor patches --- he said "ABSOLUTELY NOT! Do NOT install a floating floor in these rooms." He said that water damage was only a matter of time. That opinion was shared today. So now I'm not sure WHAT to think. I don't really feel like installing ceramic tile upstairs over a 1" floor. I guess I could replace what was removed with something similar --- glue down no wax tiles.
Thoughts? Opinions? Real world advice?
Many thanks!
Confused in Chicago
My son is pushing me towards installing a 20+ mill LVP floating floor in my 2 small bathrooms, a vanity area and my laundry room (all are on the second floor). He installed $7000 of the stuff in his house and loves it! Being the guy that flipped the bill for the goods, I ask him often. LOL Anyway, I also asked the carpenter who installed subfloor patches --- he said "ABSOLUTELY NOT! Do NOT install a floating floor in these rooms." He said that water damage was only a matter of time. That opinion was shared today. So now I'm not sure WHAT to think. I don't really feel like installing ceramic tile upstairs over a 1" floor. I guess I could replace what was removed with something similar --- glue down no wax tiles.
Thoughts? Opinions? Real world advice?
Many thanks!
Confused in Chicago