Refinish hardwood floors vs install laminate

[Damien Hall]

I want to know which is cheaper... to refinish old hardwood floors or to install laminate flooring. The hardwood floors in the property is in so so condition, no cracks, but it is uneven in some places though. Would it be cheaper to restore it or just install laminate floors?

[Account Closed]

You are considering laminate and you appear to want to just lay it over the present hardwood.

Two questions.

What are you going to do about the increased floor height? Will you need to trip doors or make other adjustments given the new floor height?

Second, what will the trim look like? Many hardwood floors have baseboards around the room and other fitted casings, etc. How do you expect to trim things if you put down laminate?

There are solutions that look OK and then there are some where it is very obvious that people cut corners.

John Corey