Hey guys......appreciate all the input - especially yours Jeff and Greg, because you do this for a living, thus the nice detailed commentary and technical aspects.
I only got home about an hour ago and am a bit bushed to say the least from a long day which included removal of all the damaged laminate from Mom's home. There's just a few pieces left underneath this huge china cabinet that I didn't have enough energy left to deal with.
Below are a few pics.
It wasn't very hard to remove - just time consuming because of transporting it all out to the curb as well. I didn't use a wheelbarrow - just hand carried it. I acquired the neighbor's trashed wicker table to use to stack the boards on so it wouldn't look like everyone else's debris pile. Not sure if it's the German in me or what but I like keeping things as tidy as possible - even with trash piles.
Very glad to hear I'm headed in the right direction with the vinyl planks or tiles. I feel like it will be the planks because Mom will probably want to stick with the wood "theme". I also think that would looks best but we'll see.
I plan to visit a local flooring business either tomorrow or Thursday and see what they say. I also want to price it out just for the materials so I will have some info to help make the decision whether to take it on myself or not. I'm not afraid of trying new things but I'm also willing to pay someone else if it frees up my time for other things and also any aggravations that arise when you do something you've never done before and run into the unknowns, if you know what I mean.
I will post again when I know more. I was so tired today after removing the existing flooring I didn't even do any measuring!
Thank you all again!
