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KAHALA PACIFIC FLOORS SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 HAWAII RENOVATION 7
Fast facts for flooring buyers
It’s amazing what a dif- ference clean, fresh floor coverings can do for your
home. If you are in the mar- ket to throw out your tired old floor, Shirley Pai Hilton of Kahala Pacific Floors has distilled down some of the information from her month- ly Great Flooring 101 webinar to share with you as quick tips when shopping for new flooring.
First off, if you are think- ing about wood, go to a specialist. The large home improvement stores rarely carry anything in the way of wood that can be called good quality. Also, with Ha- waii’s humidity, move away from solid wood and go with an engineered floor
that has a decent wear layer on it. You want to be able to refinish it at least a few times. This is pretty much the best bang for your floor- ing buck.
If it is laminate you are thinking of, think again. Al- though it has been a durable, budget-friendly option for many years, the new lux- ury vinyl floors have really pushed it out of contention. Either way, you are just deal- ing with a photograph sitting on the surface, and you can never refinish the floor, but the additional feature of the vinyl being waterproof has left laminate dead in the wa- ter. The current generation of luxury vinyl is also rigid, which cuts down on expen-
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sive floor prep (smoothing out the subfloor). Kahala Pacific Floors currently has hundreds of different looks to choose from in their showroom.
Porcelain is probably your best choice when it comes to a tile. While natural stone is the ultimate in elegance and beauty, it does require more maintenance and many va- rieties are not as durable as porcelain. Ceramic tiles are also still on the market, but they are not as strong as por- celain due to being more po- rous. Grouts have also come
a long way to save you time and elbow grease keeping things clean.
This is a mere fraction of what you can learn at Kahala’s monthly webinar. Its next 60-minute online session is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. Enjoy learning about flooring and installation from the comfort of your own home, and ev- eryone who signed up gets special pricing on everything they sell, including installa- tion. Call 808-847-7711 to re- serve a seat or email sales@ piiwood.com.
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