I bought my first home around a year ago. It's a lovely place. It's not too big, but there's plenty of space for myself and the intermittent visitor. However, it had one serious problem when I bought it. The last time the previous owners renovated the house, it was the 1970s. Perhaps I'm the only one, but 1970s decor is just not for me. The tye-dyed carpet and shiny foil wallpaper required a lot of work in particular. I had never even dreamed that tye-dyed carpet could exist!

Wallpaper was removed, paint was applied and things began to take shape. When it got to be time to start getting the old carpet out and replacing it with something more my style, I had to locate attractive, yet affordable floor covering. I decided to start in the entry and the kitchen because that's the first place guests would see. Still, I knew I had to keep the cost down, since eventually I would have to replace it throughout my whole house.

A major service provider in flooring, national floors direct, was one of the places I looked at. It had come recommended by a friend of mine who'd just redone his kitchen in hardwood, and since I liked the look of it I decided to give them a try. It wasn't the only place I looked, obviously, but having people come to my house allow me to compare various samples against my walls and furniture rather than having to go to a showroom and imagine how things would look made me favorably inclined.

As my budget was not large enough for hardwood but the variety of laminates they had was fairly wide and more over I found several options that will go quite well with my cabinets and countertops. (Those were, thanks to my good luck, were not bright orange or any other bright colours that I dislike therefore I did not have to go in for replacement.) Finally I selected a laminate resembling cherry and I thought it will look excellent in the entryway.

I noticed that the laminate prices at National Floors were quite comparable with prices in other places I checked; they were not either overpriced or overly cheap, but their range of selection was not too great. However, I found that that there was no additional charge for the stairs at the entry and in the kitchen and in addition shifting most of my larger furniture pieces was also included in their offer, and this made me decide in their favor.

The job that National Floors Direct did was very pleasing to me. Because of that, few months later I decided to hire them to carpet my living areas and bedrooms. The installation crew for the carpeting was different, but just like the first team, the installers were extremely professional and I am delighted with both the job they did and my house's new appearance.

The representative from National Floors Direct visited my home, and wrote a contract to install wood flooring, and assured me that the price was unbeatable.He scheduled an installation at that time for the next day, per their advertised "next day" promotion.major service provider in flooring affordable floor covering. After he left, I went to Home Depot found the same Armstrong wood flooring that he sold me for much cheaper (including installation) than he quoted me for the 420 sf.Again, I canceled the contract and got another phone call from the salesman explaining his error in not examining my sub floor.