When I bought our home I knew the floors had to go.
The previous owner had this hideous brown rug throughout the house.
Except the lavatorys, every room was a safe rug. The lavatorys were a gross laminate floor. I had a few weeks before I needed to transport in amway. It made sense to do a major project separate from any of our stuff there. I decided to redo the flooring because it was the ideal time. I knew it would cost a lot of money however I would not regret it. I looked at all types of flooring. I knew I wanted a penny stone in both of the lavatorys. In the dining room I wanted a porcelain hexagon pattern, and for the rest of the beach home I looked at rugs plus didn’t like anything. I then decided a porcelain stone would be best. Since I was tiling the whole home I invested in a stone saw, big buckets of mastic plus plenty of grout. I also found an article online saying that stone is the best type of flooring with heated flooring. I learn about radiant heating plus enjoyed the sound of it. The beach home had a oil furnace, but it wasn’t great, however with radiant heating you buy electric heated mats from a Heating plus Air Conditioning dealer or the hardware store. The mats then are installed on the stone board that you put down. Then the up-to-date stone goes over top. Once it is down, you are stuck with it though, but you can’t replace heated flooring unless you redo the floors. I figure a 15 year shelf life on this heating system would be perfect. I would want up-to-date flooring by then anyway.