Comments on: How About Home Improvement Adds a Classified Section

By: The Editor

The Editor — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:02:40 +0000

FROM THE EDITOR:

Judging by the website, and by nothing else, nor is this intended as an impartial review of this product, what they appear to be offering is basically a cleaner and finishing compound.

Depending on the state of your kitchen, a good cleaning and adding a sort of finishing compound with a little elbow grease, could improve the appearance of your kitchen substantially.

If you have a nice, hardwood floor, chances are, it is a series of slats fastened to some sort of grid of studs laid on top of your actual sub-floor. What a flooring contractor would do, is carefully cut out severely damaged sections, and replace those slats with comparable slats available from home improvement outlets like Lowes or Home Depot. You should ask yourself, are there any areas of my floor severely damaged? Discolored? Had standing water on them for an extended time? Cracked? Broken? Is a good cleaning enough to accomplish your goals?

If you have issues beyond basic cleanliness and maintenance, chances are, this will not work for you. You should start asking yourself, how much is it to replace the floor? How much more is it to make the change from wood to tile? Etc.

If you still feel that a good cleaning will be enough to fix your kitchen to your satisfaction, then you must ask yourself about this product and comparable ones on the market. For $25, you can probably buy a fair amount of cleaners and polish. Strangely absent from the website you mentioned, is the square footage coverage rating. Then the next question is what about the specialty sponge and equipment they recommend. You can probably buy comparable product at a competitive price.

If cleaning and polishing is enough for your project, you may or may not be able to accomplish this using this product, and it may or may not be the most cost effective.

-Bill Johnson

By: Harry Artt

Harry Artt — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:27:52 +0000

Hey Dave; Personally, I love hardwood floors. But having that in a “wet area” such as a kitchen, is obviously a little risky. But seeing you already have them there, if you like the wood floor look in your kitchen, I would stay with it. Just make sure all water supply connections are in good shape or new. And make sure the floors are well sealed and taken care of. They can survive in this environment if you don’t have any leaks and clean up spills immediately.

As to the $25 “New kitchen in a box”, I am extremely skeptical. I have always been a believer of ‘you get what you pay for’, and that is probably exactly what you will get. I am a general contractor here in Florida, and my guess is that for $25 you will get either instructions on how to remodel your kitchen, or a pint of cabinet paint … lol. However, if you chose to try it, please keep me posted. You can reach me at harry@arttofimpactwindows.com. Thanks and hope that gives you some help.

By: dave

dave — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:41:32 +0000

I want to do a renovation project on my kitchen and am browsing around to do some research. I have hardwood on my floors and wondering whether or not to get it replaced with tile? I ran across this ad that says new kitchen in a box which only costs $25 and I am wondering if I should give it a try because of the price. This would save me hundreds. My fellow DIY-ERS advice plz?

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