Laminate flooring supply problem

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I need to replace some water damaged laminate flooring. It's 5-1/4 wide and 12 mm thick. (Just love the way they mix measurement systems :rolleyes:) From the box with a few spare pieces I have, the stuff was made in 2009. So far every contractor who has been to the house has sucked their teeth about getting more, and either they are right, or my Google Fu is weak at the moment. Dark wood in that size is like rocking horse manure.

Anybody know where I might be able to source what I need? Plan B is to divide up the room with two different types of flooring, which might not be a bad idea. It's a huge room that runs front to back of the whole house, with the front area being a formal living room, and the back being the dining room.
 
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Is an unfinished form available? Real wood flooring people can match colors. Those who use the cheap immigrant labor, can barely get the box open without causing damage!

Ivan
 
Our house has dark wood parquet flooring everywhere. Two years ago a burst water line ruined our dining room floor. Guess what? No one still makes wood parquet flooring, it is unobtainable today. So I had to use different flooring in the dining room. I didn't and don't like having mismatched floors, but there was no choice. Looks as though you have a similar problem that may produce the same outcome.
 
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Our house has dark wood parquet flooring everywhere. Two years ago a burst water line ruined our dining room floor. Guess what? No one still makes wood parquet flooring, it is unobtainable today. So I had to use different flooring in the dining room. I didn't and don't like having mismatched floors, but there was no choice. Looks as though you have a similar problem that may produce the same outcome.
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I suspect that is where we will end up, but hope springs eternal.:) I wouldn't mind having different flooring in the dining area, it would break up a very long area in the house.
 
I have installed Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring in many commercial buildings and in my last house and am currently using it in the new house I'm building for my self. It has no problem with dog pee, water leaks, or even a flood if it's installed properly. All my customers have liked it a lot and I've not received any negative comments and if some of it ever gets damaged by someone dragging a piece steel furniture or something it is simple and quick to replace a few planks. If you buy a higher grade with a thick wear surface it will last a long time. My upstairs I'm installing commercial 2 x 2 carpet tiles since carpet is quieter and the tiles are very easy to peal up and replace if some of them get stained or worn by traffic paths. Both products are becoming very popular in new homes around here and I would never use wood flooring again because it's going to get wet or damaged eventually and its usually very difficult and expensive to repair/replace.
 
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Laminate flooring just like tile comes and goes. When it's gone its gone and the same stuff is never to be found again.

I got lucky once and learned something as mentioned above. We did a tile backsplash behind the pellet stove years ago along with tearing out the wet bar and closet where the hutch resides. After about a year we asked each other "why didn't we continue that behind the hutch too?" We needed the accent tile. The other was still available.

So go to Home Depot (source) and nada. Call customer service and they search all stores in the USA, nada. They said when a tile is sold out, that's it, it's gone forever.

BUT! They say they did find two boxes left in Pearl City Hawaii (I'm in Va). So I contact the manager of our local HD and explain our dilemma, he say's I got this. He gets the manager of the Pearl City Hawaii store and gets it shipped freaking overnight!

BUT WAIT there's more, when I went to pick up the two boxes he told me there is no charge! I was dumbfounded and speechless. I asked why? He said because it's old stock and no longer in our system. I can't bill you, shipping is free too. I created a nice power point file of what we were doing as well as a very nice letter and sent it to their management. Sometimes we get lucky.
 

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I second the advice to always buy extra when you replace flooring and save it for any future disasters. I left several boxes of wood plank and several boxes of porcelain tile in a closet of our previous home when we sold it for the new owner. They came in handy several times in that home before we moved due to water leaks under the slab. I have (too many) boxes of leftover tile for this home, too. Haven't needed any of these yet, but . . .
 
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