Laminate is easy to do yourself. You could probably do it for $5-8k including

Jul 20, 2021
4:29:39pm

Thrill All-American

the cost of a miter saw and table saw if you don't already have them.

My wife and her friend did about 800 square feet in a previous home in one afternoon without any previous experience and it looked great.

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Is $19,000 high price to floor about 2750sf?Includes removing some tile in kitch

Dr MoBYU

7/20/21 4:14pm

That seems high to me

WhirleyPop

7/20/21 4:15pm

Agreed. Waaaaay too high, to me.

BleedCougarBlue2

7/20/21 10:07pm

We recently did about 900sf of laminate with removal of old floor

keilbyu

7/20/21 4:19pm

$6.90/sqft installed is a little high, from what I remember, but

RyneK

7/20/21 4:19pm

That’s high, but of course scarcity of workers might be part of the problem. We retiled most of our downstairs last

specsauce

7/20/21 4:22pm

We paid about $10k for carpet and laminate for maybe 1800 sq ft

wannnacruise

7/20/21 4:23pm

We did carpet with Home Depot and no problems. Sorry you had a bad outcome.

BNcoug

7/20/21 4:47pm

Yeah should clarify the carpet they did a great job, the laminate is where we

wannnacruise

7/20/21 4:59pm

I’d say $3+ per square foot just for install labor. So depends on tile.

blueaussie

7/20/21 4:24pm

Laminate is easy to do yourself. You could probably do it for $5-8k including

Thrill

7/20/21 4:29pm

I was doing a laminate floor & had a meeting to attend, expecting to finish it. My wife finished it & looks great.

Real G Man

7/20/21 4:34pm

Not that her looking great means she couldn't do a good job.

Florwood

7/20/21 4:48pm

Never hurts to get another quote

ManicBlue

7/20/21 4:33pm

In November we paid $7k for 2420sf above average carpet in St. George.

panacablue

7/20/21 4:34pm

Been wondering, do cabinets have to be removed to replace tile floors in a

O Gaucho

7/20/21 5:16pm

Depends on if you want the cabinets on top of the tile or not. Ours are not.

blueaussie

7/20/21 5:41pm

I didn't remove the cabinets, made sure the tile was up to the under part of the toe guard & sealed off with the grout.

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