I Installed My New Floating Hardwood Floor and I'm Glad I Did!

I installed a floating hardwood floor in our new patioThe only regret we have is that we covered it with
room. We were thinking about buying a new home.an old antique rug that my wife is proud of.
We looked around for several months. Our houseObviously, the old Persian-type rug was not made
isn't old. We just needed just a little more space forwith modern colorfast dyes, so it left a shadow on
entertaining friends, etc.the floor. We didn't realize it, until we rolled it back
A builder friend of ours Don Schneider helped us toafter about a year and could tell that the floor was a
decide that the best plan would be to knock out thelittle darker where the carpet had lain. It was a good
kitchen wall at the back of the house, and add afloor and a good carpet. We just shouldn't have put
patio or garden room. It would cost us less thanthe two of them together.
$40,000 to build. We would have to add $100,000When it was all over and done with, it was easy
more than we paid for this house in order to get thesimple and inexpensive. I am very glad that I installed
same square footage and amenities that we nowthe floating hardwood floor myself. I did learn one
have now with our new patio room. That sounds likeother thing. I should have bought an extra box of
a $60,000 savings to me.flooring. When I got down to the end I miss-cut a
We raised the old patio up to the proper level bycouple of pieces and lost over a day trying to find
pouring a concrete slab. That made it easy for me toanother box that matched the batch that we were
install a floating hardwood floor over it. We figuredusing.
out that it would cost us just about half of what itI hope this gives you the courage to give it a try and
would cost if I had Don or someone else do it. I'msave yourself a few bucks too.
the handy type, so I decided to go for it.