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Homeowner Forum / Construction / December 2005lumber liquidators
I've searched and found some older messages about lumber liquidators, but I'd like a new update. I've read some pretty bad stuff about how quality has gone down the tube over recent years and people have had all kinds of issues getting the warranty backed when the finish has bubbled. I don't know if these are isolated cases of user-error or installer-error. Does anyone have any opinions on the company? Good or bad experiences? Any tips for dealing with the company? Given what I've read, I will definitely inspect each floor piece before its laid. My husband and I are looking at putting one of the exotic species of wood floors throughout our new house, so any other supplier is just too expensive for 1600 ft of wood floor. Saw a job a couple of weeks ago - 3/8" flooring - stuff was terrible - random widths - tongue missing - bad finish. It was from LL. Have also heard horror stories about stuff milled in China. Go to that home website - www.gardenweb.com and go to the flooring section - a ton of cookies on this site but good info. There are a lot of different sources of flooring reviewed. > I've searched and found some older messages about lumber liquidators, > but I'd like a new update. I've read some pretty bad stuff about how [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > wood floors throughout our new house, so any other supplier is just too > expensive for 1600 ft of wood floor. I bought a couple of thousand s.f of unfinished 3/4 " white oak from them with no problem, at half the price that is was elsewhere. > I bought a couple of thousand s.f of unfinished 3/4 " white oak from them > with no problem, at half the price that is was elsewhere. what grade was it? I can get some for about 2.50 locally. but am looking for qrtr.sawn. I know a guy who bought some maple from L.L. and is pleased with it. I think finishing can make or break the floor in some cases. > I've searched and found some older messages about lumber liquidators, > but I'd like a new update. I've read some pretty bad stuff about how [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > wood floors throughout our new house, so any other supplier is just too > expensive for 1600 ft of wood floor. Last year, we bought about 500 sq/ft of Australian Cypress from the local Lumber Liquidators warehouse. We only needed about 400 sq/ft, but ordered a little extra just in case. The company itself was pleasant to deal with, and had the materials in stock. It took two trips, but we carted the wood home ourselves in my small utility trailer. The Australian Cypress seems to be really prone to splitting anyway, but we did receive a fair percentage with broken tongues, damaged grooves, etc. In addition, the Australian Cypress has some really wide color variations, which meant many perfectly usable boards were just too ugly to lay down in our floor. :) However, we planned ahead and ordered extra to accomodate the waste and had no problems. Even with the extra, we came out ahead on price. We installed many of the "ugly" boards under the areas where our kitchen cabinets would go, leaving the pretty boards for the visible areas. Overall, I'd say it was a pleasant experience. Just remember to blend in the shorter boards as you lay down the floor. We didn't do that enough, and ended up with lots of little boards at the end. It worked out fine in our case since the final area was in a hallway, but it could be a problem if you weren't careful... Take care, Anthony LI has a small place here in Austin, no address listed, just a phone #. Called multiple times, most times no answer, got a recording sometimes, left message. No response. I'd take my money elsewhere. We did the floors in three rooms already and have the material for two more plus a hallway. The only problem we had was the milling on some of the Brazillian Cherry. It "could" have been dealt with by the installer for about an hour's extra work for an entire room; but it wasn't. However, other than that, the flooring looks terrific! We installed Bolivian Rosewood in one room, with enough for the other rooms and hall, previously mentioned; out master bedroom in Bloodwood and anothe bedroom in the Brazillian Cherry. The price we paid was at least 1/2 of anywhere else, or less! HTH... > We did the floors in three rooms already and have the material for two > more plus a hallway. The only problem we had was the milling on some [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > HTH... The name alone "Liquidators" implies they are selling stock that could not be sold at full price by first line retailers. I would expect a certain level of defects but poor customer service should not be part of the deal. Careful marketing has convinced us that liquidation only means discount but that is not the case. > The name alone "Liquidators" implies they are selling stock that could not > be sold at full price by first line retailers. I would expect a certain > level of defects but poor customer service should not be part of the deal. > Careful marketing has convinced us that liquidation only means discount but > that is not the case. for real! a bunch of culls |
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