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Project Introduction & Material Comparison

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How NOT to install Hardwood Floors- Before during & After including all our screw ups

What happens here

The video begins by showing the existing flooring, including old carpeting and areas with previous laminate flooring. The narrator introduces the project: replacing the old flooring with engineered vinyl plank flooring. He briefly compares engineered vinyl plank with solid wood flooring, noting that engineered vinyl plank is more moisture-resistant and tolerant to changes in humidity, making it a better choice for certain areas like kitchens or bathrooms where solid wood might expand or contract excessively.

Goal: Understand the project scope and the chosen flooring material.

Tools and materials

  • Engineered Vinyl Plank Flooring COREtec — The new flooring material to be installed
  • Solid Wood Flooring — Shown for comparison with engineered vinyl plank

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did you have a bad cut I used it though I ended up using it where we talked about the difference between an engineered vinyl plank flooring system move the old carpet an actual clickable floating floor system thinking you get the most delicate thumbs fingers yes I'm smelling per year and all like this floor is driving me nuts right where the dog and the cat are sniffing each other's box I literally just went through and slipped the whole worid [Music] we're learning tools that to you boy there's a lot of little things that can screw a guy up you cut from the topside and that didn't work out so hot flooring that was gonna go in completely clean it or mostly the dog sniffing the cat okay all right let's Frankie let's tell the guys what's happened and it's been about a month since we installed these floors six weeks and we've noticed that the floors are starting to separate even in the middle on the end you can see where we've got it pulled apart and you just discovered why so your thriftiness to say five boxes on this job twenty years from now I'll tell you all about how well this silicone works this is the one Frankie's using right here Frankie's home cleaning services got one 888 we got wood putting it where we talked about the difference between an engineered vinyl plank flooring system here's the engineered vinyl plank flooring that was gonna go in an actual clickable floating floor systems now this board here yeah is wider than the other one engineered vinyl plank system is going to be more moisture resistant and tolerant than actual wood right Frankie correct here's one of the drawbacks to that it's not gonna feel like wood on your feet it's also gonna give you a difference in thickness in this so if the tolerance floor height doesn't issue door jams or an issue or anything like that you may want to end up going with something like this is your cheaper one it's got a lot of flop and give to it engineered vinyl plank systems a little bit more sturdy awful has this weird gloss you've got high moisture areas real wood is probably not going to be the solution for you that's where something like this would be a little better of real wood floors over there and you ended up pulling them up last year by the dishwasher's this isn't going to expand and contract let's show these guys how to install real wood system in a room like this let's do this thing all right that's one

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