re: Question about hardwood floors (Long)

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Maybe it's just me but these seem cheesy anytime I've walked on them. Get good planks or engineered wood and have a flooring crew do them right.

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On slab on grade houses the proper way is to dap out the slab in the wood floor area and pour a concrete to chain wall, then coal tar pitch the slab area or 30 lb felt, and lay floor joist the same thickness at 24" centers, 3/4' plywood, 15 pound felt then install nailed flooring parallel to longest length of room. It can change direction from room to room.

But to OP if this is strictly for resale you will not get the cost back. If you want to do it for yourself then by all means but I'd let your wife try the stain first.