Comments on: Concrete Jungle

By: Linda at 2nd cup

Linda at 2nd cup — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:21:47 +0000

I remember, “Press On!” and it wasn’t a scripture. Sorry you went through what you did, but new stuff is fun.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:44:07 +0000

Having lived in Florida, I am not sure how peel and stick would hold up. I would go with regular ole tile or staining the concrete. Tile will be worth it if you sell later. There are so many options out there for a reasonable price.

Hold out if you can- everyone will need flooring now and you should look out for price gouging. Buy some cheap area rugs in the meantime. Make sure you get a licensed contractor- we’ve been burned.

By: Shalee

Shalee — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:44:47 +0000

My advice is to ditch the peel and stick and go with tile. A little more costly on the front end, but oh my lands. It holds up way better and won’t come off were you flood again, heaven forbid. As an added bonus, if you get a tile that looks “dirty”, you won’t have to clean as often!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:34:16 +0000

I vote for the stained concrete. It is the bomb here – everyone doing it and i have to say, it does look nice. Haven’t seen a bad job of it yet. Good luck with the forced remodel job!

By: Laurel

Laurel — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:10:14 +0000

I am so sorry you had some water damage, I am surprised we didn’t. Our neighborhood turned into “Lake (insert street name).” I hated even getting out of my car. Now it is so stinkin humid and I am being stalked by tons of misquotes.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:03:54 +0000

Oh, my, what a lot of work lies ahead of you. I am sorry you all have had so much trouble.

I like the peel and stick, but I have no sage advice for you. For I know that I too would be barred from the whole process, well, except the cleaning up.

Good luck! Glad you’re back and most of all that you all are safe.

By: Paige

Paige — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:15:34 +0000

Oh my goodness, but that’s a lot of trouble. I wish you luck.

By: Inna

Inna — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:06:53 +0000

I second buying Goo Gone. We used the whole bottle after we installed linoleum squares in our bathroom.
Another thing- for some reason some squares in certain areas of the floor wouldn’t stick. We had to get some kind of floor glue (don’t remember the name, but it was sold next to the tiles).
Good luck!

By: Gypsie

Gypsie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:31:31 +0000

I have peel and stick in my house, that is what it came with, and I HATE it! Not only is it cheap, it looks cheap and as others have stated before me, it takes nothing at all for them to start coming up. My pup managed to peel them up when she was young!

But, if you are placing them where they wont get wet at all, it shouldnt be as big of an issue.

Personally, I would stain the concrete and get some throw rugs or replace the carpet with either carpet or wood.

By: rrmama

rrmama — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:00 +0000

Go even cheaper and it’s the latest style…stain the concrete. Buy a can of stain from Home Depot or Lowe’s. Then buy a sealer. Done! Alot less headache on Fiddle Daddy and you still get out of the house work while the stain dries.

By: Kelly @ Love Well

Kelly @ Love Well — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:08:05 +0000

But wait. Concrete floors (stained with color or maybe stamped with a texture) are all the rage these days. Why not leave it alone? You’re hip and modern. You can pull that look off.

By: catnip

catnip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:52:06 +0000

Make sure the concrete is super duper clean or they won’t stick properly. It helps if you use a sealant or primer on the concrete first, to keep the dust down.

We used them in our basement and we’re very happy with how they look.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:13:09 +0000

I have those same ones in my kitchen! I’ll have to ask the Hubs if he has any advice cuz I’m no help at all.

By: Luke Holzmann

Luke Holzmann — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:08:18 +0000

Loved this post. It’s good to have you back. I’m smiling more, me thinks.

~Luke

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:15:52 +0000

Ha! Like your choice but have to tell you that I came home with a few boxes of these one day to do our enclosed porch with and for some reason (as with most DIY stuff, I assumed I would put the baby down for a nap and lay this floor in a snap. Enter Hubby. There is apparently a process. Cleaning the floor with something, measurements, cutting….blah, blah, blah….It took him 7 hours to do a 14 x 10 floor. Oops!