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Originally Posted by CaramonLS

I'm not handy in the slightest, but I've decided that this summer I am going to redo the laminate floors in my main room (roughly 450sqft).

The stuff I have right now was from the previous owner, and was quite clearly the .49 cents per sqft crap. People walk across it and it leaves impressions.

What AC rating should I be looking for? Should I get AC4 stuff or should I splurge for AC5? I have 2 pets, so it needs to be tougher.

I know the technology is pretty much snap on for the most part. What problems am I going to run into if I do it myself? I don't have a ton of curves in my place aside from a semi circular bar style table to the kitchen, so apart from that half moon, I have a couple door frames and that is about it for special cuts.

My moisture barrier and lower level is fine, so I don't think I want to replace it. I am just planning to rip off the current 12mm stuff and put new stuff on top.

Originally Posted by photon

Need to replace the hardwood flooring in a condo that got some water damage, it's a concrete floor (or a thin layer of concrete anyway) underneath with in-floor hot water heating, so I assume it's an engineered floor that I'm looking for?

First thought is porcelain tile in the kitchen / entry and stay with wood everywhere else.

Any alternatives out there that I should consider? It's a high end condo so I'll probably avoid laminate. Bamboo seems kind of nice but not sure if it's as durable, the stuff that's in there now still looks like new even though it is 14 years old.

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