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1) my bulder was a good builder. They do quality work, better than HomeDepot. But they charge the highest.

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2) All floors will face the squeak problem. No exceptions. SOme builters use nails, then screws and glues to faster sub-floors to the joists. But you guess what. After the owners move in and have been living in the house for a while (1-2 years). The areas have most frequent traffics will hear squeaks. Subfloor and the joist do move by themselves.

There is no ultimate solution to that but a re-tightening process is necesary. My bilder sent in the workers to open the laid-down carpet, and re-screw the areas I pointed out to them (I listed the areas in the check list for the 1st anniversary). After the re-tightening, it is much better then before.

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Help give me some idea about OAK floor upgrade for new house. -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-8 {315} (#1970976@0)
Builder gave me a price list, for Bruce Dundee OAK stripes upgrade, The price is about $12-14/square feet. Totally $13.5K. The standard floor is carpet, but I do not like carpet floor. Should I do the upgrade right now or do it several years later. My new home is going to be closed on July. Thanks for your advice.

首先必须说的是，好大的房子！！这个价格是正常的builder价格，至于现在做还是以后做，就要你自己决定了。以后做的好处是便宜至少1/3，麻烦是到时候有家具什么的，一定会增加麻烦。 -happy30s(goodluck); 2004-11-8 (#1971060@0)
Do it later. Reasons, -albxu(Yukon); 2004-11-8 {588} (#1971120@0)
1. It's cheaper to do it later yourself or by some professionals (e.g. HomeDpot). The builders price is among the highests.

2. The sub floor and joist may need further tightening, screwing to cut the squeaks after you move in (typically after a period of time, say, 1 year). You may ask the builder to come back to your house after 1 year to fasten some areas with screws. If you already have your hardwood floor in place, it's not possible for them to work anything further. With carpet it is easier to them to work on because they can move it up and restore it with no diffculties.

First Thanks for your advice. About 1), You do not think builder can do it like HomeDepot? About 2), This is the first time I hearing about tightening. Maybe you are expert at it. Can you give me more info? Thanks. -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-8 (#1971563@0)

1) my bulder was a good builder. They do quality work, better than HomeDepot. But they charge the highest. -albxu(Yukon); 2004-11-9 {655} (#1972908@0)
2) All floors will face the squeak problem. No exceptions. SOme builters use nails, then screws and glues to faster sub-floors to the joists. But you guess what. After the owners move in and have been living in the house for a while (1-2 years). The areas have most frequent traffics will hear squeaks. Subfloor and the joist do move by themselves.

There is no ultimate solution to that but a re-tightening process is necesary. My bilder sent in the workers to open the laid-down carpet, and re-screw the areas I pointed out to them (I listed the areas in the check list for the 1st anniversary). After the re-tightening, it is much better then before.

This time I really understood. You are really an expert! This is just your experience or your major is in this area? Do you mind PM me your contact info? Thanks. -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-9 (#1972997@0)

you can ask your builder to leave this part to you. Then shop around, find a good price, and ask them to follow your builder's schedule. They will help u. -elsa(青虫>";{!}{=); 2004-11-8 (#1971135@0)

That's the way it works! -yaoming(姚明); 2004-11-8 (#1971726@0)

没明白，啥意思？ -elsa(青虫>";{!}{=); 2004-11-8 (#1971803@0)

I mean u r rite. -yaoming(姚明); 2004-11-9 (#1973487@0)

I'd take the default carpet. The reason being that the builder will charge you the full amount for the hard wood, not the difference between carpet and the hard wood. A few years later, it's an easy DIY -apuma(apuma); 2004-11-8 {119} (#1971553@0)
project; HomeDepot has demonstration sessions and the machines for rent. It's easy to install the hard floor yourself.

I don't think that's easy. easy to mess up though -tuantuan(那人却在灯火阑珊处); 2004-11-8 (#1971561@0)

Thanks everyone. Hi "elsa(青虫>";{!}{=)", do you know it influences my warrantee or not for me doing hardwook upgrade myself not by builder? -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-8 (#1971567@0)

nope, but don't do it by urself. -elsa(青虫>";{!}{=); 2004-11-8 (#1971601@0)

What I mean for myself is that I will find some professional to do it. -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-9 (#1972768@0)

请问，您买的房子是dundee 的吗？觉得质量和价格如何？我们也想找dundee造房子，可以谈谈您的经验吗？多谢。 -rebeccazy(小仙); 2004-11-9 (#1972087@0)

The builder is Mattamy Homes, and hardwood floor upgrade is Bruce dundee OAK stripes ... So do not know what is your dundee means. -zhouziren1(zhouziren); 2004-11-9 (#1972775@0)

Dundee 是我们这儿的一家房产商。我在他的网站上看到他们在多伦多也有公司，所以想问一下有没有人买过他们的房子。anyway, thanks a lot. -rebeccazy(小仙); 2004-11-9 (#1973071@0)

ask builder wheather u can find your own floorling subconctrator , within their time frame ,work together with builder's subcontractor , -didadi(时光如水); 2004-11-11 {235} (#1975871@0)
get the job done , most of the builder will be happy to let u do that ,that will save a lot of trouble for them ,at the same time u will save big money ., u can get cherry / jatoba 3/4" hardwood flooring , $10/sft ,labour and material

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1) my bulder was a good builder. They do quality work, better than HomeDepot. But they charge the highest.

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