Charlie:
Branch, in Missouri, says, what’s your recommendation on laminate floors?
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Tom:
I like them.
Charlie:
He says he remembers that Lumber Liquidator fiasco. He’s going to put some up. He wants to put them on a second story bedroom with a finished bedroom below. The other over an un-air-conditioned garage below.
Tom:
First off, laminate floors are great. Lumbar Liquidators do not represent that floor industry by any means. They messed up big time. It’s like a Flint, Michigan water floor thing. I don’t know what to tell you about that.
Charlie:
In more ways than you can say.
Tom:
You go to Texas Floors, you talk to Jason or Ryan. You have laminate floors, you have engineered floors. You’ve got all these options. They’re awesome. They’ve been around for decades. I would say, yes, it’s awesome. Don’t confuse the issue of what happened with Lumber Liquidators. That’s what happens you when buy floor for 99 cents a square foot, by the way, and you get with someone who’s reliable and reputable.
Charlie:
He was told that over a bedroom should not have an under laminate with a vapor barrier.
Tom:
Again, who’s he dealing with?
Charlie:
Right, Texas Floors will set him straight.
Tom:
Yeah. Every floor, laminate, or engineered, has it’s own specifications. Put it down as the manufacturers wants you to do it.