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Originally Posted by photon
Thank you very much onetwo_threefour for the suggestion, that's the stuff I went with. The finish on it looks very nice indeed and looks dead easy to install. I think for the application we're putting it in it will be perfect.
The only unknown is will it hold up well in a rental unit, but this is a small enough install that I'm willing to experiment with it. If it works out well, this could be our new favorite flooring.
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Good luck with your project. The only thing I forgot to mention, buy lots of blades for your utility knife (i use the type that has a trapezoid shaped razor blade, if you know what I mean, rather than one that has the long blade where you break off a bit as it gets dull. You need to put a fair amount of pressure on the blade to cut through the stuff, and I didn't want to have the blade suddenly snap off or anything.) One blade seems to cut only about 6-10 planks before it gets dull. I bought a pack of 100 blades for 15 or 20 bucks to makes sure I had enough and went through about 15 of them. Make sure you have a good long steel straight edge (like a carpenter's square) and a piece of scrap plywood or something to cut on as well. It will make your life much simpler. I figured some of this out as I went along, although I was cutting on concrete for the most part.
Also, I think you need to order about 10% more than your actual square footage for anticipated waste, although if it's a simple square room you are doing your waste may be quite a bit less. We also found that we could minimize wate by using the scrap pieces at the other end of the room by cutting and peeling some of the back off, (you'll see what I mean once you start laying it down) although that might just be because I am extraordinarily cheap...
If you need any hints or advice feel free to PM.
