Originally Posted by meg-2
I have ceramic in kitchen and bath, the rest of the first floor is hardwood. Attic room carpet. I like the tile in the kitchen and bath. The hardwood is nice also but it needs to be refinished and I'm dreading that. The grout is not much a problem, I did not put white grout in it is off white in the bath and sand in the kitchen. Once dried I coated it with polyerthene. Very happy with our choices.
Any suggestions on having the hardwood refinished?
When you have the wood refinished....ask them to use the finish that they use on the basketball courts at schools...ours is a satin finish, not high gloss. After 20 years the kitchen needs refinishing, but the dining room and foyer are still beautiful.. We were advised that if we had dogs, that we would need to refinish our floors every 3 years. If we did not have animals running in the house, then refinish the floors every 5 years. It's been 20 years and it is time to refinish!! Our floors are real oak so they can be sanded down many times. The Pergo floors can only be sanded done once.