My setup is pure theory. I ran tons of Ethernet to provide options. 5 years ago, hdmi helped me not have box in living room. 3 years ago, same with cable that only have ir remote so I used an Ethernet ir extender. I only use Apple TVs at each tv but in theory I could do hdmi matrix with hdmi over Ethernet. I have not done this. I don’t plan to do it. For a super bowl type party I will use Sonos to sync sound and hope video is close across all devices. My primary concern is audio sync over video. If Apple can every airplay sync video I will be so happy.
Nothing super helpful, I'm afraid. The worst of ours is on a face that I can bush hog, or somewhat exposed on the surface of a dry laid rock wall. I scalp what I can where the tractor can go, and spend a couple hours cutting every runner I can see on the rock wall, probably twice a year. The vines will go across the gravel driveway exposed and try and establish while being driven over. Victory is just keeping it beat back into it's corner.
from cursory research and having experience with both it seems the biggest sticking point with LVP is like...stigma? vs anything actually functionally better for hardwood with maybe some visual plus for hardwood cats, no dog, hope to stay for 5+ years but who knows
They both have their applications. I like LVP for pet, laundry, kitchen, and baths. Hardwood for more "formal" spaces.
I couldn't be more in love with our LVP. Besides the fact that it's amazingly pet friendly for our 3 dogs, it just looks fantastic.
I’m going to be changing out our hardwood for LVP pretty soon. Also getting rid of all carpet for LVP upstairs.
I miss our vinyl. Especially with little ones running around. Pros: Softer on the feet, cheaper, easier to replace, and it's less likely to crack your kid's peanut when he falls Cons: crazy wife preferences and ours showed footprints
real estate agent recommends keeping the hard wood and refinishing it in the kitchen/main spaces and replacing carpet in bedrooms/closets with lvp think its largely for resale hmmm
Yep, some of it can looks ass ugly too imo. It also can get spendy quick. When remodeling our kitchen we priced everything out and unfinished red oak flooring was about 1/2 the cost. We put about 24 hours of our own labor into it, but still.
oh there is already hardwood? Yeah refinish that shit, no brainer. Let me rephrase that, pay someone to refinish that shit.
I'd think the main issue with this would be making it match. I would personally want the same thing running throughout.
how do people transition this, try to match LVP style with the hardwood or go the other direction and just go whatever can't decide if matching will look worse as it won't be perfect or if just going different style potentially even different plank layout will look best
think when the choice is replace old carpet with carpet or move to LVP, vs trying to match existing hardwood to LVP or hardwood there's no perfect answer if you aren't replacing the whole flooring
Put in an all-cash, $5k over asking offer yesterday with a deadline of 5 today...they still haven’t responded. I hate real estate agents.
it just depends. Cash offer means no appraisal which definitely speeds up closing, along with no bank needing to verify income and what not, which speeds up closing also. I just had a friend take a cash offer over non cash for those reasons
Yea, but another 5% would easily be worth the hassle, in situations where they know the appraisal will come through Or the real estate agent has an appraiser in their pocket
real estate agent can’t choose the appraiser. when we bought our house almost 6 years ago the appraisal came back 10k less than what initial agreed price on contract was; however we had a clause that allowed us to back out if appraisal came back too low. We offered what it appraised for then and they accepted. Cash offer would have made them more money, if they would have had a cash offer at the time. Too many variables with the loan/appraisal process, assuming the offer is the same for sales price
Going to Stan for hardwood if we back up a bit. If you have 3/4” hardwood planks, you can easily sand and refinish 3 times. That gives you minimally 4 different colors/looks over the span of however long you have the house. It is 100% reusable for your next design idea in the space 5-80 years down the road.
No, a cash offer isn’t that much leverage, true. Nor should it be really. But the point stands that agents suck.
In a ballooning house market (seller’s market) cash offers should be a big deal. Tying a house up in option period and it possibly not clearing appraisal value should weight on a seller’s mind. Should it be more weighted that other things, probably not but with 2 offers of the same dollar amount, a cash offer should be the deciding factor if an agent has the seller’s best interest in mind. IMO, I do not work in real estate.
Are you sure there isn’t unfinished hardwood under the carpet? We had a pleasant surprise in our house...
I'm no expert in residential homes, but I suspect the actual life is shorter, combined with the fact that laminates/LVP looks perfect 10 years after heavy traffic while actual wood sure doesn't
I have 60 year old hardwoods and they look like they were just installed. They use balsa wood for floors where you are from or what?
This has to do with the old adage of "they don't make things like they used to." We had hardwood in our last house that we built in 2015 and it dented every time we looked at it. LVP in the new house. We've only had it 2 months, but so far we absolutely love it.
Team hardwood. If you are adding new alongside existing aged hardwood, just make sure your installer knows to feather in the new planks. If they know what they are doing and you’re doing a full sand and refinish, the transition will be negligible. And I’d just not even consider the prospect of refinishing again in your decision. Go with what you want to live with for 10 years.
I would pick something with contrast on purpose. Lots of LVP options out there that look like tile or stone. Physically there is a 1/4" or so height difference, so you'd need a small reducer.
Personally I’d put LVP right over the hardwood. Same feel and you always have the option to put carpet down over it.
next question, how do i attach a tv to this devils contraption, do I need a plate for my own TV or is this the whole kit?
Normally the TV has holes that line up with the holes in the cross member. It doesn’t look like one you attach separately and slide onto the bracket.