Hardwood Floors?

[Judy V]

Hi,

We are purchasing a 1981 Pacific Living home and are wondering if we can put in hardwood or engineered flooring. Also, ceramic tile in entry/baths. Will the weight be too much?

Thanks!

[Mac]

Not an expert but here is my understanding:
Tile - Done as an option today by Palm Harbor; remodelers have some mixed results, due to floor flexing. There may be ways around that - go over to http://mobilehomerepair.com/ and have a look there too.

Hardwood - I've read that particleboard floors can't be nailed to properly (to install the planks) - if so, an engineered, floating hardwood floor would be my choice.
cheers, Mac

[webtiger]

We put Bruce Hardwood from Home Depot in our 1991 Guerdon and have not had any issues whatsoever. It's a floating floor and have had a number of comments from inspectors and other tradespeople that it was a well laid floor.
We were lucky in that our sub floor was flat in the living and dinig room areas and the house was re-leveled 3 years earlier after the infamous Nisaqually Quake here in WA State.

HTH!

[Andrea Mayfield]

We live in Santa Maria, California and have just installed the Bruce engineered hardwood floating floor (Coastal Woodlands) in the living & dining rooms and Pergo Accolade (Sandstone) floating tile in the kitchen and bathrooms. The installers said it went down easily. Our home was just leveled a few weeks prior to installation (after earthquake bracing.)

It looks great!

Good luck with your new floors.