Hi all. New member here, and flooring novice. My house got flooded, and I'm going through insurance to replace my floors which were engineered and glued to the foundation. The insurance provided an estimate of what they will cover. I picked a floor that came in slightly under the $/sq. ft. allowed under the estimate. The floor I picked is recommended to be floated with a vapor barrier underneath, but can be glued as well. The contractor from the list of insurance-preferred contractors came back with an incremental $4,000 charge over the insurance estimate, citing it's due to using a float versus glue-down. :eek: This would be out-of-pocket and not covered by insurance. For all you pros out there, does that sound reasonable? It doesn't to me. If that's the main reason, I'd say forget it and just glue it down. I asked for an itemized breakdown of the incremental costs to show the individual cost increases over the insurance itemized estimate, I got stonewalled. Any input appreciated.

The protector on one of the legs on a chair of my dining room set broke and exposed a nail like post and it scratched an approx 8" section on my hardwood floor. The section got dirty and my mother tried to "clean" it leaving a scratched blackish 8" section on my floor. I really don't want to completely redo the entire LR/DR floor but want to make the spot "look better" than it does now. Any advice would be appreciated.