Flooring Choices

[jeneisen]

My husband and I want to have laminate floors put in before Christmas, but we wanted to look at all of our options first before paying Doyles or Griffen to come in and install it. We looked at the option of buying the flooring from Lowes and putting it in ourselves, but my husband doesn't have the time and we really want to have someone else install it. Can anyone recommed a person/place that would give us a great price and install it? I am even open to websites that sell the supplies and paying someone to put it in, but if anyone knows of any local stores with good prices, we will go that way as well.

[kom526]

http://www.lumberliquidators.com
great prices on laminate and hardwood flooring and they have a showroom off Rt.1 near College Park. I do not know if they install.

Hope this helps a bit, good luck.

[Ken King (Premo)]

You might want to see if any of the installers that work for the companies do side work. They might be able to give you the professional installation at a better rate and use your materials.

[John Z]

Don't know where you live, but we had Flooring Central in La Plata install laminate flooring in our house about a year ago. We're very happy with it.

[Dupontster]

Not sure where you live, but about 10 miles over the Harry Nice bridge there is GCO on the right.....It is owned by Griffin and they have some really nice prices....There is a Tennison boy that installs too...They would have his name...He may even be in the phone book under Tennison flooring....He does an excellent job....I think you will be very satisfied with the laminate flooring....I ahve a lot of it and I am very happy with it....

We recently had Doyles do our ceramic tile in our kitchen. We've had them install carpet in the past and tile in a bathroom an never had any problems. This time, we were pretty unhappy with the service we received. The workmanship on the tile was fabulous, however, the estimate was off. We were told they could install it in one day, but it ended up taking three days. They "forgot" to tell us that they would have to install a subfloor, then the tile, then the grout....all on separate days. Another issue we had with them is that on the third day, the guy didn't show up when they said he would and we wasted half the day waiting for him. Calling the store didn't help, because they don't seem to have any computer system letting other associates know what is going on with their customers. We always had to talk to the same sales associate, and if they weren't in the store, we were SOL.

[Oz (Premo)]

The guy that used to own the Subways in Lex Park does tile installations. I think you know him. He's just finishing a big tile job in the new Aldridge Ford showroom.

[willie]

Floormost.
John White, 410 326 2995

[jeneisen]

Yeah I think I know who you are talking about. I didn't think to ask him to help, he is a good friend of the family if we are talking about the same person. I may call him.

I did find the type of flooring we want at Lowes and having my husband put it in will save us a ton of money. If I call him and he will help, then they should be able to knock it out in 3 days.

[tipsymcgee (Premo)]

Tennyson Flooring, Chaptico -- 301-769-2744. They do do a lot of the laminate floors for Griffin, I think. Nice guy that does good work. Depending on how big and what you have to work around, it really is easy to install yourself. I did a landing by my front door and a six by 10 section in front of my sliding door and had no trouble.