All Forum Posts by: Michael Kenny

THERE WE GO lol Now I will look it over

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Dal 99% of carpet companies order there carpet from Dalton. GA. That is the carpet manufacturing capital of the US. My opinion is to buy your carpet from a carpet store, buy builder grade, but get your own installer. You will save about $4/yd. In a 2000sf house that is a saving of about $900 Freight on carpet is added in either way because at some point that carpet had to be shipped to the store.

Hello everyone I decided to make a formal post about this. I am in FL and I am a flooring store manager looking to get into REI. I have learned so much on these forums so I want to help everyone out. I have a wood distributor who services the entire east coast.....They do jobsite delivery so just PM me if you need some prices....Cabin Grade or 1st quality available. I am not trying to profit from this but just trying to give back to this community. Normally Cabin Grade I can get to you for about $1.50-$2.00/sf and 1st quality starts around $2.99/sf for Bruce Products. Let me know I can get about anything.

Michael

I pay my carpet contractors 3.50/yd for installation. There is no tip as they are their own companies and work for themselves. 3.50/yd is the industry standard in my area. If you go thru a store they will add their margin on top of that.

Florida real estate right now is slowing down. Prices have to some extent doubled in the last few years. I am in the Tampa area though on the west coast. The big thing if you are looking to move here is the cost of insurance. Good Luck!

it all actually depends on the time of year and the degree of climate change. Here is my rule of thumb. 0-24 hrs is fine if the climate change is 15 degrees or less atleast 24-48hrs on engineered wood that will experience a greater change. Also make sure that you have the correct expension gap and always use quarter round not shoe molding. As a novice it is worth the extra $.15/lf to give you that extra cover up area.

Michael

*BTW if anyone on the East needs wood deals PM me and I will try to get you a good deal

Hello everyone I am actually a flooring salesman so I will give my opinion. Most of the time Laminate Flooring is actually just about as expensive as an engineered floor. My opinion to my customers in terms of resale value is always put down real engineered wood! Also, Never buy flooring from Home Depot or Lowe's they over charge you alot. I would also look into store specials..for instance I have a product I sell for 5.95/sf installed or 2.99/sf wood only(home depot sells it for 4.97sf wood only). The time it takes you to install the floor and figure out how to make those hard cuts around the doors or curved walls you might as well use your time which I am sure is more valuable doing something else and hire the store to put it in. Most stores also offer 6mts or 12mts no interest, no payments so you wont pay a dime until you sell your house if you are doing flips.

Michael